NORTH BEND, Wash. — The King County Sheriff’s Office performed a mountaintop rescue Saturday after a hiker fell about 50 feet and may have incurred a head injury.
According to a video released by law enforcement, the man was hiking near Haystack Rock on Mt. Si when he fell and hit his head. The rescue was encumbered by weather, officials said.
“We had difficulty getting to him due to wind, snow and clouds at 4,100 feet. Once we had a break in the weather, we successfully rescued him and flew him to Harborview [Medical Center],” KCSO officials wrote in the video caption…