August 13, 2006

Mountain Rescue: Griffith Park

helicopter rescue griffith park

Shown above, a Los Angeles Fire Department rescue helicopter awaits an apparent hiking accident victim in Los Angeles' Griffith Park. This is the helipad near the "Five Points" intersection; apparently the accident occured closer to the Observatory (probably on the "Hogsback" section) and involved a broken clavicle (neckbone).

The "Hogsback" starts shortly after the helipad and runs to the fire road that runs around Mt. Hollywood; presumably they chose to transport the victim down the grade to the helicopter rather than hiking up the trail to a vehicle.

Before seeing this, I spent some time driving and then biked in Cheeseboro Canyon and powered up some hills (I was on the Palo Comado or a connecting trail), but I decided to cut that short since it was too hot. I came back to do a Griffith Park loop which, while on the road, is at least shaded in parts.





Posted to Los_Angeles at August 13, 2006 09:30 PM

Comments

(neckbone)

A more common name for clavicle is collar bone.

Posted by: eh at August 13, 2006 10:55 PM

This is a little off-topic, but has anyone noticed how much Griffith Park has changed over the past 20 years? I don't mean the park itself, but the crowds that go there on weekends.

Posted by: Erik at August 14, 2006 08:42 AM

I don't mean the park itself, but the crowds that go there on weekends.

How, for example?

Posted by: eh at August 15, 2006 02:19 AM


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