Man rescued after Crater Lake tumble

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Story Published: Feb 1, 2009 at 6:19 PM PST

Story Updated: Feb 2, 2009 at 8:18 AM PST

By Associated Press

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Firefighters rescued a 26-year-old man who slid roughly 200 feet after trying to recover a friend's cell phone that fell into the caldera at Crater Lake National Park.

Kevin Harris, who is stationed at the Oregon Air National Guard's Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, suffered only scrapes after sliding down the snow-covered slope Saturday.

A battalion chief with Jackson County Fire District No. 3 told The Oregonian newspaper that Harris was fortunate to stop where he did. Another 20 feet and he would gone off the edge and into the water.

A firefighter was lowered on a rope to meet Harris, and rescuers pulled the pair back to the top.

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