A 73-year-old Denver woman slipped and took a lengthy tumble while hiking Mount Royal in Frisco on Sunday at about 1 p.m., necessitating a response from the Summit County Rescue Group.
The part-time Summit County resident rolled down a bank about 30 feet off the side of the trail. She reportedly came to rest when a tree finally stopped her.
“At the time it was pretty traumatic, but she was evidently able to shake it off,” said Charles Pitman, a mission coordinator for the county rescue group. “She wasn’t all that far up the trail. We had a paramedic hike in to her.”
The woman never lost consciousness or stopped breathing, and only ended up with light scrapes and bruises. The rescue team member reached her in about 15 minutes and by that time she’d dusted off and gathered herself enough to hike back down with only a small amount of assistance.
“Fortunately she was very lucky. It was just one of those little ones and everything worked out,” said Mark Watson, the special operations sergeant for the Summit County Sheriff’s Office. “She managed to get out and slowly work her way down, and it was more just an escort to make sure she got out safely. So it was just minor injuries thankfully, because she was about to head out for an overseas trip.”
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