Incident:disabling injury in Hades Canyon 2017/04/13

Incident:disabling injury in Hades Canyon 2017/04/13
Date	2017/04/13
Location	Hades Canyon
Severity	Injury
Canyoneering-related	Yes
SAR involvement	Yes
Navigation problem	No
Swift water problem
Environmental problem	No
Communication problem	No
Planning problem	No
Skills problem	No
Body movement problem	No
Rigging problem	No
Rappel problem	Yes
Insufficient gear	No
Gear failure	No

Summary

Great summary from Tom Jones here: http://canyoncollective.com/threads/fall-and-injury-in-hades-cyn-death-valley-april-2017.24614/ Picked up from news report here: https://www.ktvz.com/news/fallen-injured-sisters-fire-captain-rescued-in-death-valley/454189413

Accounts

Good description of planning and precautions taken, decisions made and outcome of a disabling injury (unspecified in article) in a canyon. Describes an unplanned bivy and split-party rescue callout.

Credits

Incident:disabling injury in Hades Canyon 2017/04/13

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