Crews called to 2nd Lynn Canyon rescue in as many days – BC | 24CA News
For the second day in a row, crews with the District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services had been referred to as to Lynn Canyon to conduct a rescue.
Capt. Kit Little stated Tuesday’s incident occurred at a field canyon space referred to as the “30-foot pool,” the place a gaggle of individuals had been swimming.
“One of their friends wanted to keep an eye on them so they felt it would be a good idea to climb along the banks beside it. Unfortunately that triggered a little bit of a rockslide,” he stated.
“A bunch of rock and shale came down and hit the two people in the water.”
One of the swimmers suffered what Little described as “fairly significant” cuts on her again, whereas the individual on the cliff above almost fell into the canyon himself.
“The patient was lucky, if they would have got hit in the head, given the size of the wound on her back, this would have been a very different story, and probably very, very serious consequences,” Little stated.
Following the rescue, Little as soon as once more confused the harmful situations within the canyon, which have claimed quite a few lives over time.
He stated anybody visiting the park ought to obey the fences and indicators, that are there to guard individuals from hazards they seemingly don’t perceive.
“The canyon is a dangerous place, and you have to be very, very careful and know what you’re doing,” he stated.
“There’s a lot of places people shouldn’t be going, but once again they’re ignoring the signs, they’re ignoring the fences. They’re there for a reason, they’re there for your safety.”
On Monday, hearth and rescue crews had been referred to as to the Twin Falls space of Lynn Canyon the place a cliff jumper dislocated their arm and required a full rope rescue.
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