A hiker who may have broken his ankle in the Mount Hood National Forest on Saturday was rescued after his friend sent an SOS on a handheld satellite communicator, officials said.
10 Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office search-and-rescue volunteers, including two medics, reached David Cahill, 43, of Damascus, near Ramona Falls. Cahill, an experienced hiker, injured his ankle when he slipped on a rock, the sheriff’s office said.
The rescue team received notification of the SOS – emanating from a mile-and-a-half up the Ramona Falls Trail – at about 4:30 p.m. and contacted a family member of the hiker, officials said. The rescuers completed the rescue by about 8 p.m…