At 1517 hours the Team was called to assist an injured 68-year-old paraglider pilot who had crashed near the Piute Launch Area south of White Mountain Peak. Rescue base was established on the Chalfant Loop, and a filed team of 5 drove up the very rough unpaved road as close as possible to the subject’s location in a Polaris Ranger 6-wheel drive.

A medical assessment was performed, and the subject was packaged in a wheeled litter and transported back to the Ranger with a rope-rigging assist. The Ranger, with the subject and field team, returned to base and transferred care of the subject to an ALS unit for transport to Northern Inyo Hospital. The operation terminated at 2048 hours.

IC: Salazar Ops Leader: Bush Responders: Patterson, Buchanan, Lipman, Senior, Gerber