Doctor jumps in to help after seeing fellow climber fall on Mount Hood, Oregon cops say

A woman was climbing Oregon’s Mount Hood when she fell “several hundred feet,” deputies said. A doctor jumped to action.

The 31-year-old from Portland, Oregon, was climbing the volcano Friday, June 24, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said. She was seriously injured after falling hundreds of feet.

A doctor who was also climbing Mount Hood was nearby and rushed to help the woman, deputies said. Other climbers called 911.

“Callers notified responding units that a medical doctor, who was also climbing the mountain at the time of the fall, was now with the patient and attempting to render medical aid,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

Search and rescue officials went to Mount Hood to help the injured climber. About four hours after the climber fell, crews reached her.

They took over care of the woman, and she was hoisted into a helicopter and flown to a Portland hospital. Deputies did not disclose the woman’s identity or current condition.

Mount Hood is Oregon’s highest peak. The volcano has had two major eruptions in the past 1,500 years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The most recent eruption was in 1865.

Mount Hood is about 70 miles east of Portland.

This story was originally published June 27, 2022 at 9:41 AM with the headline "Doctor jumps in to help after seeing fellow climber fall on Mount Hood, Oregon cops say."