New York State Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers came to the aid of two 18-year-olds from New York City injured while hiking in the Adirondack High Peaks on the afternoon of June 6.
Rangers first responded to a call for a hiker with facial swelling in the area of Indian Falls. When they met the bee-stung hiker at Marcy Dam, the swelling was already subsiding.
As rangers assessed the patient, another hiker requested assistance with a broken finger. After rendering aid, rangers assisted both hikers to their vehicles.
The following reports are excerpted from DEC:
On June 5, a hiker walking the Dog Pond Loop of the Cranberry Lake 50 Trail was unable to continue due to blisters on their feet. Two rangers responded by boat and transported the blistered hiker, and their partner, back to their vehicle…