Coast Guard medevacs distressed hiker at Lost Coast Trail

HUMBOLDT BAY, CA, UNITED STATES

05.18.2017

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart 

U.S. Coast Guard District 11

SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard medevaced a 29-year-old female hiker Thursday from the Lost Coast Trail approximately 45 miles south of Humboldt Bay.

Humboldt County Sheriff's Department personnel contacted Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders at approximately 11 a.m., reporting an activated Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) by a distressed hiker needing medical treatment.

An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescue crew from Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay hoisted the 29-year-old woman into the helicopter and transferred her to a local hospital.

"We encourage people hiking in remote locations to always carry an EPIRB," said Cmdr. Kevin Barres, the Sector Humboldt Bay response chief. "They are designed to save your life and in this case, it allowed us to rapidly assist a hiker in distress."

• Date Taken: 05.18.2017
• Date Posted: 05.18.2017 20:35
• Story ID: 234386
• Location: HUMBOLDT BAY, CA, US