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A 57-year-old Texas man was airlifted out of the backcountry Thursday afternoon after sustaining a head injury on a horseback ride, according to a press release.
Pitkin County emergency dispatchers received a call around 1:15 p.m. about the man, who was riding in a group with an outfitter on the Tincup-Tinpot trail between Aspen and Lenado. The man and his horse fell 40-to-50 feet downhill and he “sustained a head injury with significant bleeding,” according to the release.
“Members of the group applied initial first-aid until emergency personnel arrived on scene” at 1:47 p.m., the release states.
“After careful review of the injuries and terrain, a Careflight helicopter was deployed to assist,” according to the press release. “The patient was airlifted to Aspen Valley Hospital for further medical attention.”
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outside of Aspen that claimed the lives of two New York residents Saturday.
“The aircraft crashed in remote mountainous terrain. We are determining how best to access the crash site,” Jennifer Gabris, spokeswoman for the National Transportation Safety Board, said Monday in an email to The Aspen Times.
A ground team from Mountain Rescue Aspen, working with a helicopter from the Colorado Army National Guard in Gypsum, located the wreckage and victims Sunday in response to a call earlier in the morning from a person who reported the flight overdue.
The bodies of both victims presumably identified as Ruben Cohen and David Zara were recovered as well.
Mountain Rescue Aspen, National Guard get climber off ledge after 25-foot fall
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An injured Denver woman was hoisted Tuesday from a ledge below the summit of Pyramid Peak and flown to safety by helicopter, according to a news release.
The 35-year-old woman fell about 25 feet near Pyramid Peak’s summit, suffered “multiple injuries” but was “conscious and breathing” when Pitkin County dispatchers received notice of the accident at 8:19 a.m., the release from the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office states.
“The climber was said to be lying on a ledge not far below Pyramid’s summit, immobile,” according to the release.