He tied his shoes on his knees after his skin scraped off. 😱
“The guy went through hell,” Matt Stewart, president of the Jefferson Search and Rescue and aided in the rescue, told. “That trail is filled with downed trees. One close to him was a foot in diameter and a foot off the ground. He probably encountered that over most of the trail.”
EMTs found Oldendorf about three and a half miles from the trailhead, and they immediately began tending to him, using hot packs, foil, and extra jackets to warm him. They also splinted his leg until a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter was able to come around 7 a.m. and medevac him to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
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