Incidents:Mineral Broken Ankle

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Mineral Broken Ankle
Date 2024/07/17
Location Mineral Creek (Alpine Lakes)
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]

Our teammate did the usual J2 jump. However, the individual jumped a bit far out to the left and broke left ankle. We immediately tended to the injury using a sam splint and bandages to keep the ankle from subluxing in and out. We tandem rappelled the rest of the raps and the individual crawled during creek walks. Our team was efficient in getting the injured canyoneer out within 4 hours back to the cars. One of us depth check and rappelled down first with a throw rope, another tandem rappelled with the injured canyoneer to ensure safety, and the third cleaned all anchors and threw packs down the raps.

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