Hiker dies after falling off Mt. Si
NORTH BEND, Wash. -- A 27-year-old hiker was killed Thursday afternoon after he fell 200 feet down Mt. Si.
The man was hiking with a friend near Haystack at the summit over the 4,100-foot mountain around 1 p.m. when they paused to look around, said Deputy Chris Bedker with the King County Sheriff's Department.
The 27-year-old man then somehow fell some 200 feet from a steep rocky point, striking his head on the way down.
Bedker said the hiker's 22-year-old partner called 911 and unsuccessfully attempted CPR while waiting for rescuers.
Rain and fog near the summit made visibilities too low to fly in a rescue helicopter. But King County search and rescue teams were eventually able to lower two medics via helicopter to the trail at the base of the mountain but when those medics hiked to the scene, the hiker had passed away.
Crews are now working to bring the body off the mountain.
The circumstances over what caused the fall are not known, but other hikers described the conditions near the Haystack as treacherous.
"It's pretty bad," said hiker Peter Vanhoomissen. "It's slick as ice on some parts, especially with a little moss there. I mean it's dangerous."
The victim's name has not been released.
The man was hiking with a friend near Haystack at the summit over the 4,100-foot mountain around 1 p.m. when they paused to look around, said Deputy Chris Bedker with the King County Sheriff's Department.
The 27-year-old man then somehow fell some 200 feet from a steep rocky point, striking his head on the way down.
Bedker said the hiker's 22-year-old partner called 911 and unsuccessfully attempted CPR while waiting for rescuers.
Rain and fog near the summit made visibilities too low to fly in a rescue helicopter. But King County search and rescue teams were eventually able to lower two medics via helicopter to the trail at the base of the mountain but when those medics hiked to the scene, the hiker had passed away.
Crews are now working to bring the body off the mountain.
The circumstances over what caused the fall are not known, but other hikers described the conditions near the Haystack as treacherous.
"It's pretty bad," said hiker Peter Vanhoomissen. "It's slick as ice on some parts, especially with a little moss there. I mean it's dangerous."
The victim's name has not been released.