Hiker injured in fall on Tam McArthur Rim

Be careful up there...

A Florida man suffered a broken ankle and dislocated shoulder in a fall on Tam McArthur Rim on Sunday, July 7.

According to Deschutes County Sheriff's Office reports, Roger Wall, 44, of Winter Park, Florida, fell down a snowfield.

Sheriff's search & rescue personnel, U.S. Forest Service personnel, Camp Sherman's Hasty Team and Sisters fire district EMTs responded to the scene.

Sisters fire personnel and the Hasty Team located the hiker and paramedics and a Forest Service employee activated Air Life to fly in and get the patient out of the area.

Sheriff's search & rescue and the medical personnel treated the hiker and carried him about 100 yards to the helicopter landing zone.