Incident:Broken Left Leg in Hager Canyon 2026-07-11

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Incident:Broken Left Leg in Hager Canyon 2026-07-11
Date 2026-07-11
Location Hager Canyon
Severity Injury
Canyoneering-related
Yes
SAR involvement
No
Navigation problem
No
Swift water problem
No
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

Person struck obstruction on DCL vertical surface of DCL wall below waterline on R3/S3, causing high impact and fracture to left leg.

Accounts

Person in our group struck wall DCL causing severe injury on R3/S3 of RW beta. While sliding R3/S3, second person down left leg struck a part of the DCL wall under the waterline with heavy impact. Remainder of group slid farther right (couldn't communicate injury and rest of group didn't know about injury until everyone else already down). Wrapped up injured leg and evacuated through exit just after R4. Xrays on ER visit revealed broken leg from impact as anticipated (now in aircast and healing). I ran a few days later to reexamine R3/S3 more definitively and discovered DCL wall is not totally vertical/smooth and has some small deformations or protrusions sticking out under the waterline that if a body part were making contact would be very impactful (especially at speed since second half of the slide is basically a drop before entering water).

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