Our group of four climbers had successfully summited Mount Shuksan. It was a very long day and we were down climbing in the dark. At 1 am one of the members slipped on a hold and tumbled down a scree slope for about 50 meters, then dropped another 5 meters off a small cliff. The climber suffered a fractured vertebrae, broken ankle, concussion, and other injuries.

I initiated the beacon and we did what we could to keep the injured party warm. We spent the rest of the night trying to get some sleep. At 7:30 am runners from the Bellingham search and rescue arrived to assess the situation. At 9 am a Blackhawk helicopter arrived. The injured party was taken by helicopter to Bayview Hospital in Seattle.