Mount Si lies on the western margin of the Cascade Range just above the coastal plains around Puget Sound, towering over the nearby town of North Bend in the U.S. state of Washington.
Between 80,000 and 100,000 hikers visit the mountain annually, trekking, scrambling, and climbing in the designated Natural Resources Conservation Area. A four-mile (6.4 km) long trail climbs a total of 3,500 feet (1,100 m) to the summit ridge, and the summit of Mount Si can be reached by an exposed class-three scramble up the north side of the summit block which is known as the “Haystack.”
The man in this video, however, is on the south side of Mount Si, having ascended a 5.8 face rather than the class three gully (visible in this video climber’s counter-clockwise 90 degrees).
It is hard to imagine how the man thought that he was on the right path, but he made the right call in requesting aid, and at approximately 12:45 pm on Thursday, August 9th, 2018 King County Sheriff’s Office helicopter Guardian 2 responded to the Haystack for the rescue of the cliffed-out scrambler-turned-climber.
Although King County Search and Rescue crews had been initially dispatched to make the rescue by foot, they were called off when Guardian 2 confirmed its availability and the man-with-man-bun was picked off the mountain and transported to Torguson Park in downtown North Bend.
This is the first time that the complete rescue footage is being made publicly available. Complete footage from Guardian 2’s hoist camera will be posted shortly.
Enjoy, and climb safe.
** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) **
As I posted in response to a comment on the hoist cam video of this rescue, the total bill to the rescued was $0.00.
Charging for SAR is and has always been a contentious subject, though it's really not that contentious in the SAR community. When I was actively involved with SAR nearly all agencies did not charge, but the exceptions made headlines because SAR is not cheap. Some states allow agencies to recoup costs where recklessness or negligence (very different standards) got people into their situation, but those laws are not often put to use.
The general pro/con arguments are the obvious:
á—” You don't want people in need of rescue second-guessing themselves. Delays cost lives, and they tend to make rescue operations much more dangerous when they inevitably happen (i.e. an injured climber waits until it starts storming to call for help).
á—” Government-provided services are paid for by taxes.
á—” Many rescues are paid for by insurance, particularly in Europe.
á—” Even in locales where there is a recklessness or negligence standard it's challenging to prosecute cases. In order to hold people responsible for alleged negligence there has to be a very clear line demarcating competence. For many backcountry emergencies there is no absolutely correct thing to do. (Other than call for help.)
*vs*.
á—” People might be less stupid if they know it might cost them a couple tens of thousands of dollars to get home safely.
á—” People might stop calling SAR for boo-boos if they knew their literal band-aid might come with an $8,000 / hr bill for the C-130 turboprop involved in its delivery.
There are crazy stories out there highlighting the potential consequences of charging for rescues. There's the woman who set out in the middle of the night in search of her lost husband instead of alerting authorities, which resulted in two [separate, dangerous] rescues. In another incident a lost hiker was found HIDING from rescuers, afraid that he would be saddled with the bill.
Rescues are expensive, but it's by no means clear that that charging people is the appropriate response. Even if they have a man-bun. (The dude in this incident should not have left his banana peel, though. That wasn't cool. Leave no trace, man. Regardless of your hairdo.)
Wait lower him back down he dropped his man card. Oh wait never mind it was cancelled when he decided to wear a bun and got lost.
It's kind of cute picturing him sitting there, dangling with his feet and snacking on a banana, while deciding on whether to admit that he kind of sort of needs help to get out of there 😊
It was man bun for me
Man bun?!?!?!? Leave him there.
Fun fact: If the police were defunded this guy would be dead
bro there is something under that rock right there i swear 8:04
Not the first, and won't be the last.
I came to see the banana peel.🌠Then I noticed his Man-bun looks more like a Pebbles Flintstone hairdo.
the only that came to mind when i was watching was the rescue heroes theme song XD
That is definitely not a man bun, not even a pony tail! I would say it's more of a pig tail lmao! Very rude to leave his banana peel there though…
How do you get to that position with no injuries or climbing gear? How and why was he even there, thats was a steep cliff
Why would you wear clothes that blend in with the mountain if you're hiking? I think they were only able to find him bcz of his pony tail flying that caught their attention.
Wondering if Bun Man lives in his mother's basement? What a costly waste of SAR's time.
Sometimes you need to rescue hipsters from themselves.
FYI, that is not a man bun. It’s at best a ponytail. To be a man bun has to be gathered and formed into a knotted lump of hair. 👵😜
I can't tell if he's happy because he got saved or of he's happy because it's his first time being in a helicopter
Yea. Cuz they had to 🤣🤣🤣
Must been mgk
That's the face of someone who had there ego checked, embarrassing
Great job.
"So honey, what did you do at work today"??? "I drew the Short straw so I dangled out of the chopper close enough to kiss the side of a mountain"!!
Just casually sitting on the edge of the chopper…just all in a day's work…😙😎🤯ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘
That man bun is his boyfriend's hand grip
That not a man bun..ITS A WANNA B PIG TAIL>>>:} Glad he safe..
These guys wearing buns on their head show their gay tendency. They should go ahead an bust out of the closet with a tutu
why bother??
this isn't a man bun its a baby pony tail this is gayer than I thought it was gonna be.
Most important part was he had a man bun
THE SOY IS REAL
I thought I saw bunny-boy on the "Everett Tweakers" live cam a while back 🙃🤣🤣🤣
Like butter fellas ðŸ‘ðŸ¼ðŸ‘ðŸ¼ðŸ‘ðŸ¼ðŸ‘ðŸ¼
Wow this pilot and chopper with team must rescue a man on the mountain
That man have nothing at him
No safety had ,harness only close on
The county team put thy lives in for a stupid idiot
Hope the county give him what comes to him he must feel it
Thanks all the rescue teams
Your good to taken your work serious to put you live there to rescue people live
Thanks for this videos what you sent to us I'm glad to watch it you are to proud team I have see on YouTube
May God bless you
Nice hair there Cindy, where's your tutu??!!!
LMAO @ MAN-BUN
If you wanna skip a bunch of boring nothing, skip to 7:30
Natural selection should have been allowed to take its course…..
Wow. Awesome!!
Pony tail