MOUNT HOOD, Ore., June 28 (UPI) -- A 27-year-old hiker survived a fall Sunday from the slope of Oregon's Mount Hood, authorities said.
Clackamas County officials said Kristopher Haskins of the Seattle area suffered a broken leg when he fell a "significant distance" while climbing near Sandy Glacier on the mountain's western slope, KGW-TV, Portland, reported.
County spokesman Jim Strovinck said Haskins, a University of Washington-Seattle employee, was able to get a call through to 9-1-1 emergency dispatchers about two hours after he fell.
Several more hours passed before rescuers were able to get him off the mountain with a helicopter, the TV station said.
More than 130 people have died in climbing-related accidents on Mount Hood since records have been kept, dating back to 1896.
