Incident:Broken Ankle in Uncompahgre River (Upper) 2024/08/17

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Incident:Broken Ankle in Uncompahgre River (Upper) 2024/08/17
Date 2024/08/17
Location Uncompahgre River (Upper)
Severity Injury
Canyoneering-related
Yes
SAR involvement
No
Navigation problem
No
Swift water problem
Environmental problem
No
Communication problem
No
Planning problem
No
Skills problem
No
Body movement problem
Yes
Rigging problem
No
Rappel problem
No
Insufficient gear
No
Gear failure
No

Summary[edit]

One member of our party was performing a slide on the last slide in the canyon when she inadverdently caught her right ankle on a small protrusion 1/2 down the slide, which arrested her slide and broke her ankle. We splinted her ankle and moved her about 500' down canyon where we were able to make a climb out DCR and were able to haul her up to the jeep trail, where we were able to get her a ride down the hill. She eventually went to Montrose and got evaluated, finding out her ankle was broken. She was doing the right side slide. Turns out, 2 other people have been injured before doing the left side slide at that location, near a rooster tail. Most of us slide straight off that slide in the middle to good success.

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