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视频显示，一支应急救援队于周六在华盛顿州一座山区的山顶营救了一名坠落50英尺后受伤的徒步者。
这段由当地执法部门发布的视频记录了这场充满挑战的搜救行动：金县警长航空支援小组的队员乘坐直升机，在西马山周边广阔的荒野区域展开搜寻。据华盛顿步道协会介绍，这座山位于西雅图以东约35英里处，其热门徒步路线在短短数英里内的爬升高度超过3000英尺。
执法部门称，西马山的山顶是海斯塔克岩，这名徒步者正是在此处坠落，可能头部受伤。最初，云层覆盖加上海拔4100英尺处的大风和积雪，阻碍了救援人员接近伤者。
“一旦天气好转，我们成功将他救出并空运到哈伯维尤医院，”航空支援小组在一份声明中表示。哈伯维尤医疗中心是西雅图的一家医院。
视频显示，救援直升机在山顶上空悬停时，厚厚的云层遮蔽了下方的景色。最终，数名机组人员从直升机垂降绳索，将徒步者救起并吊回直升机上。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUpJ5z82LCk
华盛顿步道协会称，每年有超过10万人前往西马山徒步，该步道往返全长8英里，海拔爬升3150英尺。
该协会将这条步道描述为“经验丰富和新手徒步者的理想之选”，因为其难度既能“提供足以让人炫耀的挑战”，又不会“难到把人吓跑”。该协会还提到，经验丰富的登山者常在早春背负负重背包徒步这座山，为攀登华盛顿州最高峰雷尼尔山做准备，并称“从步道起点出发后不久就会出现折返路段和攀爬路段”。
Video shows rescuers treating injured hiker who fell 50 feet on Washington mountain
May 17, 2026 / 1:56 PM EDT / CBS News
An emergency crew rescued an injured hiker who fell 50 feet from the summit of a mountain in Washington state on Saturday, video shows.
The footage, released by local law enforcement, captured the challenging search and rescue operation as members of the King County Sheriff Air Support team scanned the vast wilderness surrounding Mount Si by helicopter. Located about 35 miles east of Seattle, the mountain’s popular hiking trail ascends more than 3,000 feet over the course of just a handful of miles, according to the Washington Trails Association.
At the summit of Mount Si is Haystack Rock, where the hiker fell and may have suffered a head injury, law enforcement said. Cloud cover originally prevented rescuers from reaching him, in addition to wind and snow as the elevation climbed to 4,100 feet.
“Once we had a break in the weather, we successfully rescued him and flew him to Harborview,” the air support team said in a statement. Harborview Medical Center is a hospital in Seattle.
Video shows the rescue team hovering above the mountain while thick clouds obscured the view of the landscape below. Eventually, several crew members descended downward from the helicopter on ropes, retrieved the hiker and hoisted him back up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUpJ5z82LCk
More than 100,000 people hike Mount Si every year, the Washington Trails Association says, noting that the trail covers 8 miles roundtrip and includes an elevation gain of 3,150 feet.
The organization describes the trail as “a kind of sweet spot for experienced and novice hikers alike,” because it’s difficulty level provides “enough of a test for bragging rights” without being “so tough as to scare people away.” Experienced climbers often hike the mountain with weighted packs in early spring, as they prepare to climb Washington’s tallest peak at Mount Rainier, it says, noting that “switchbacks and climbing begin almost as soon as you leave the trailhead.”
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