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El Dorado County Search and Rescue assisted a lost hiker and extracted her K-9 partner Marley due to injuries on her paws. Provided
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. A hiker and her dog who became disoriented while hiking in the Desolation Wilderness last weekend was rescued by emergency personnel.
El Dorado County Search and Rescue responded to a report of a solo female hiker that had gotten lost on Sunday, April 11. The woman and her K-9 partner, Marley, were trying to descend in the Horsetail Falls/Pyramid Creek area, when they became stranded in steep rocky terrain.
SAR said both suffered minor injuries from their descent with Marley suffering injuries to her paws.
El Dorado County Sheriff s Search and Rescue team with rescued dog Marley. Photo from EDSO SAR
The El Dorado County Sheriff s Office Search and Rescue (SAR) team from South Lake Tahoe responded to a call of a stranded hiker and her dog, Marley. The hiker had become disorientated and lost while hiking out of the Desolation Wilderness. As they attempted to descend the mountain from the Horsetail Falls and Pyramid Creek are they became stranded in steep, rocky terrain according to the sheriff s office.
Both the hiker and Marley had minor injuries from that descent.
The SAR team members assisted in navigating the hiker out of the wilderness and providing extraction for Marley who had injured paws. This required a special K-9 harness that Search and Rescue Operations keep in its cache of equipment. Both Marley and her owner were escorted out of the wilderness safely.