July 7, 2009, 09-513 #18. Roger Patrick, 59, from Thousand Oaks, California was hiking near Lake Helen when his leg postholed through the snow and he injured his knee. Eight Team members hiked to his location, splinted his leg, provided first aid and began the carryout.
Due to difficult terrain, a second calling post was initiated and 7 additional Mono County SAR members responded and hiked in to assist. The injured person was brought out to the Saddlebag Lake trailhead where he was escorted to Mammoth Hospital by a Team member in the injured person's personal vehicle. Responders were: Michalski (Ops), Rushing, Salay, Hartstrom, Jim Lemon, DeGeorge, Case, Beck, Pavlovsky, Greene, Brenninkmeyer, Holmquist, Corning, Vetter, Schmidt, and Thompson.
