KANE COUNTY, Utah — The Kane County Sheriff's Office had to be called out Thursday following a hiker taking a fall and needing to be extricated from Peekaboo Canyon.
The sheriff's office says they were called at 10:18 a.m. following the 70-year-old hiker taking a ground level fall while navigating a log in the canyon. Rescuers say the hiker was in a great deal of pain and instability.
The guides who were with the hiker stabilized him and requested emergency support.
The hiker was loaded into a vacuum splint and taken out of the canyon and flown to a hospital.
The entire operation took about 3 hours.
Officials say this incident can be utilized as a warning for other hikers. The sheriff's office say they have responded to 3 similar calls this week that involved overheated hikers.
They say hikers should be prepared for the extra heat as temperatures rise.
