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DENVER (KDVR) — Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue successfully rescued an injured adventurer Saturday who had fallen while descending from Ellingwood Point on Friday.
The volunteer search and rescue team said the hiker called for help because he was off-route and knew he couldn't continue due to his injury and the terrain. The Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue team began the process of deploying teams, but severe afternoon storms were covering Blanca Peak, causing a delay in a helicopter insertion.
Teams began to head into the backcountry with the search and rescue team's specialty 4x4 team up Lake Como Road, before heading out on foot to reach the climber.