Video: Hiker rescued from notoriously harmful California canyon

Ventura County emergency crews needed to rescue a hiker who suffered a “traumatic harm” Saturday in a stretch of the Santa Paula Canyon notorious for luring teenagers to take dangerous leaps, typically with deadly penalties.

The sufferer, who was not recognized, was injured within the widespread Punch Bowls space roughly 10 miles east of Ojai and needed to be hoisted greater than 200 ft by helicopter and brought to an area hospital, authorities mentioned.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Division didn’t specify how the individual was damage or describe the extent of the accidents. However the Punch Bowls have lengthy been referred to as an space for adventurous hikers to leap into the cool waters of the Santa Paula Creek. Though the dive might be exhilarating, Sheriff’s Division officers mentioned they reply to dozens of experiences of accidents on the Punch Bowls every year, together with damaged bones, cranium fractures and near-drownings. Often, these accidents show deadly.

“The Ventura County Aviation Unit encourages the exploration of our lovely again nation, however want to remind each one of many potential dangers for accidents in these distant areas and the acute problem of those rescues,” the Sheriff’s Division mentioned in an Instagram submit.