Once a hiker reaches the summit, they leave the bells attached to thei...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mount Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 4th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Bobby J. Segovia, USMC Release... More
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 James Honour, UH-60
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 James Honour, UH-60 Black Hawk pilot assigned to Alpha Company, 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, at McEntire Joint National Guar... More
Hiking / Riding - Oklahoma, National Forest Service photograph.
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Members of a an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew, from
Members of a an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew, from Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Officer Port Angeles, Wash., and emergency medical service personnel move an injured hiker to a stretcher on the air fiel... More
A U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter assigned to B
A U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, California Army National Guard, is on the ground near the peak of Mount Whitney in Inyo, California, after in... More
A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway - Hiker Leaving Old Spanish Quar...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A happy hiker exits the Old Spanish Quarry Trail at Anastasia State Park Location: (29.874° N 81.300° W) Status: Public domain. Photo ... More
A South Carolina Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk
A South Carolina Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk is being refueled on the parking ramp of McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, S.C., June 25, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by South Carolina Air Nati... More
Coast Guard hoists injured hiker off beach north of Lincoln City, Ore.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody Reed, a aviation maintenance technician from Coast Guard Sector North Bend, monitors an injured hiker hoisted from a beach north of Lincoln City, Ore., May 27, 2018. The aircrew was... More
Scenic Byway 12 - Hiker Atop Small Falls
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A hiker peers down at a small waterfall near the slot canyons of Willis Canyon. Location: Utah Status: Public domain. Photo by Dennis ... More
West Cascades Scenic Byway - A Hiker's Paradise
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The South Breitenbush Gorge National Recreation Trail offers a splendid hike through old-growth forest, including many access points. L... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Wes Shinn, an aviation maintenance
Petty Officer 2nd Class Wes Shinn, an aviation maintenance technician from Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles, sit in the cabin of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter after the air crew landed to ... More
Scenic Byway 12 - Hiker above Reservoir at Escalante State Park
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A hiker braves a stormy sky to hike the petrified forest trail at Escalante Petrified Forest State Park. Location: Escalante Petrified ... More
Scenic Byway 12 - Hiker by Calf Creek Falls
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A hiker strolls past the foot of Calf Creek Falls in Escalante Canyons. Location: Utah (37.829° N 111.420° W) Status: Public domain. P... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernie Child, an aviation survival
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernie Child, an aviation survival technician from Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles, kneels next to an injured hiker in the Olympic National Park, Wash., July 1, 2... More
Members of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue
Members of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (SC-HART) responded to a call to rescue a hiker stranded on a mountain ledge at Table Rock State Park Jan. 5, 2017. (U.S. Army National Guard photo b... More
The crew of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, from Coast
The crew of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, from Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles, wait after they dropped off their rescue swimmer in the Olympic National Park, Wash., July 1, 2017. The re... More
Lakes to Locks Passage - Hiker on the Mount Goodnow Trail
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A hiker strolls through a spring-green forest on one of the boardwalk sections of the trail to the summit of Mount Goodnow . Location: ... More
Alabama's Coastal Connection - Hiker on Gator Alley
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A hiker looks up at the raised boardwalk ahead on Gator Alley. Location: Daphne, Alabama (30.656° N 87.913° W) Status: Public domain. ... More
Alabama's Coastal Connection - Hiker on Gulf Oak Ridge Trail
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A woman hikes a shady part of the Gulf Oak Ridge Trail in the Hugh S. Branson Back Country Trail system near Gulf State Park in Alabama.... More
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak hoists an injured hiker from North Sister Mountain on Kodiak Island, Alaska, July 11, 2019. The 55-year-old woman reportedly fractured her le... More
An Inyo County Search and Rescue team is loaded into
An Inyo County Search and Rescue team is loaded into a U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, California Army National Guard, Aug. 25, 2019, for a hig... More
Sgt. 1st Class Jun Imoto is presented the U.S. Army
Sgt. 1st Class Jun Imoto is presented the U.S. Army Achievement Medal from Maj. Gen. James Boozer Sr., June 6, for helping rescue a severely injured hiker. Imoto is from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's 3r... More
A U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter assigned to B
A U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, California Army National Guard, hovers as an injured hiker is hoisted on a litter from an area 13,800 feet up... More
Colin Ayers (right), Melanie Stam (center) and Ben
Colin Ayers (right), Melanie Stam (center) and Ben Stilin escape whiteout conditions on the Quien Sabe Glacier in North Cascades National Park, Washington, Sept. 10, 2016. After encountering an exhausted 77-yea... More
A pair of U.S. Army soldiers assigned to B Company,
A pair of U.S. Army soldiers assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, California Army National Guard, look out from their CH-47F Chinook helicopter while flying on a rescue mission, Aug. 2... More
Jeff Regh, (left) an electrical engineer from Libby,
Jeff Regh, (left) an electrical engineer from Libby, Mont., deployed to Kandahar as a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South project engineer to build high-quality facilities for the b... More
An MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter crew, from Coast Guard
An MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter crew, from Coast Guard Air Station North Bend, Ore., and members of the Curry County Search and Rescue Team prepare an injured female hiker to be medevaced about 7 miles south of Agn... More
Members of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Recue
Members of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Recue Team (SC-HART) responded to a call to rescue a hiker stranded on a mountain ledge at Table Rock State Park Jan. 5, 2017. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by... More
Melanie Stam (left), Colin Ayers (center) and Ben Stilin
Melanie Stam (left), Colin Ayers (center) and Ben Stilin (left) ascend toward the Quien Sabe Glacier in North Cascades National Park, Washington, Sept. 10, 2016. After encountering an exhausted 77-year-old Norm... More
A South Carolina Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk
A South Carolina Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew, part of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, return to McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, South Carolina after conducting a r... More
Coast Guard, local agencies rescue immobilized hiker near Newport, Ore...
A Coast Guard aircrew from Sector North Bend, paramedics from Depoe Bay Fire and Rescue and the injured hiker's father carry the immobilized hiker in a stokes litter across tide pools to an MH-65 Dolphin helico... More
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak hoists an injured hiker from North Sister Mountain on Kodiak Island, Alaska, July 11, 2019. The 55-year-old woman reportedly fractured her le... More
Members of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue
Members of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (SC-HART) responded to a call to rescue a hiker stranded on a mountain ledge at Table Rock State Park Jan. 5, 2017. (U.S. Army National Guard photo b... More
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Yelvington,
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Yelvington, a rescue swimmer stationed at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, hangs from an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter during a medevac of an injured hiker from Saddl... More
Ben Stilin (left), Melanie Stam (center) and Colin
Ben Stilin (left), Melanie Stam (center) and Colin Ayers look out toward Johannesburg Mountain after traversing a talus field in North Cascades National Park, Washington, Sept. 10, 2016. After encountering an e... More
An MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter crew, from Coast Guard
An MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter crew, from Coast Guard Air Station North Bend, Ore., and members of the Curry County Search and Rescue Team prepare an injured female hiker to be medevaced about 7 miles south of Agn... More
Members of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue
Members of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (SC-HART) responded to a call to rescue a hiker stranded on a mountain ledge at Table Rock State Park Jan. 5, 2017. (U.S. Army National Guard photo b... More
Members of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue
Members of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (SC-HART) responded to a call to rescue a hiker stranded on a mountain ledge at Table Rock State Park Jan. 5, 2017. (U.S. Army National Guard photo b... More
Crew members of a U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter
Crew members of a U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, California Army National Guard, are photographed while waiting for search and rescue personne... More
South Carolina Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk
South Carolina Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk on the parking ramp of McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, S.C., June 25, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by South Carolina Air National Guard Tech. Sgt... More
A Sector North Bend aircrew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin
A Sector North Bend aircrew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter prepare to medevac a distressed hiker from the Coos Bay area in Coos County, OR, Saturday afternoon. A ground party including local EMS and ... More
South Carolina Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk
South Carolina Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crews conduct post flight checks before leaving the helicopter on the parking ramp of McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, S.C., June 25, 2015. (U.S.... More
A South Carolina Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk
A South Carolina Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew, part of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, return to McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, South Carolina after conducting a r... More
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew standing by after
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew standing by after they transferred an injured female hiker to emergency medical personnel at Grants Pass Airport, Ore., Sept. 18 2016. EMS personnel then transported her to Asan... More
Coast Guard medevaced an injured girl from Olympic National Park, Wash...
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernie Child, an aviation survival technician from Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles, kneels next to an injured hiker in the Olympic National Park, Wash., July 1, 2... More
Ben Stilin (front), Melanie Stam (middle) and Capt.
Ben Stilin (front), Melanie Stam (middle) and Capt. Nick Anthony (rear) hike down a switchback on their way to Cascade Pass in North Cascades National Park, Washington, Sept. 10, 2016. After encountering an exh... More
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak hoists an injured hiker from North Sister Mountain on Kodiak Island, Alaska, July 11, 2019. The 55-year-old woman reportedly fractured her le... More
Capt. Nick Anthony, a U.S. Marine Corps recruiting
Capt. Nick Anthony, a U.S. Marine Corps recruiting management officer based in Seattle, assisted in the rescue of an elderly man while climbing in North Cascades National Park, Washington, Sept. 10, 2016. After... More
An injured hiker and members of the Inyo County Search
An injured hiker and members of the Inyo County Search and Rescue team are loaded into a U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, California Army Nation... More
Injured hiker medevac on Ammok Island, Alaska
Crew members of Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak take a stokes litter up a bluff on the southern end of Ammok Island near Kodiak, Alaska, to medevac an injured 58-year-old male hiker, Dec. 4, 2016. The aircrew tr... More
Elderly hiker rescued by Coast Guard
An elderly woman looks out of Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City MH-65 helicopter while en route to emergency medical services, Oden Island, Michigan, July 25, 2017. The woman, 85, had been overdue from her ... More
Coast Guard rescues stranded snowmobiler near Juneau, Alaska
A snowmobile is buried in a snowbank after the operator becomes stranded near Dan Moeller Bowl on Douglas Island near Juneau, Alaska, Jan. 5, 2016. The man was located, hoisted and transported to Juneau by a Co... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Caleb, a rescue swimmer from
Petty Officer 3rd Class Caleb, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Sector Norht Bend, and members of North Licoln Fire and Rescue prepare to hoist an injured hiker from a beach north of Lincoln City, Ore., May 27... More
A yellow square is displayed around Petty Officer 2nd
A yellow square is displayed around Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernie Child, an aviation survival technician from Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles, as he kneeled next to an injured hiker in ... More
A Coast Guard aircrew from Sector North Bend, paramedics
A Coast Guard aircrew from Sector North Bend, paramedics from Depoe Bay Fire and Rescue and the injured hiker's father carry the immobilized hiker in a stokes litter across tide pools below a cliff in Whale Cov... More
Jeff Regh, (center) an electrical engineer from Libby,
Jeff Regh, (center) an electrical engineer from Libby, Mont., deployed to Kandahar as a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South project engineer to build high-quality facilities for the... More
Members of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Recue
Members of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Recue Team (SC-HART) responded to a call to rescue a hiker stranded on a mountain ledge at Table Rock State Park Jan. 5, 2017. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by... More
Members of Astoria Emergency Medical Service surround
Members of Astoria Emergency Medical Service surround an injured female hiker at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River in Warrenton, Ore., prior to transporting her to Columbia Memorial Hospital for further medical... More
2 hikers, 2 dogs rescued by Coast Guard aircrew on Cupola Mountain in ...
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka crewmember assists an injured hiker on Cupola Mountain in Sitka, Alaska, on Sept. 29, 2019. The hiker, who was with a friend and their two dogs, reportedly suffered a severely in... More
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 James Honour, UH-60
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 James Honour, UH-60 Black Hawk pilot assigned to Alpha Company, 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, at McEntire Joint National Guar... More
A team from Inyo County Search and Rescue is inserted
A team from Inyo County Search and Rescue is inserted near Iceberg Lake on Mount Whitney, Aug. 25, 2019, by a U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, C... More
Melanie Stam (foreground), Capt. Nick Anthony (middle)
Melanie Stam (foreground), Capt. Nick Anthony (middle) and Ben Stilin (background) hike atop the Sahale Arm in North Cascades National Park, Washington, Sept. 10, 2016. After encountering an exhausted 77-year-o... More
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew prepares to land on
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew prepares to land on the cove shelf in a tidal pool during the medevac of an immobilized hiker off a cliff in Whale Cove, Ore., Jan. 2, 2018. Due to the tree height and a strong ... More
Members of a an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew, from
Members of a an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew, from Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Officer Port Angeles, Wash., and emergency medical service personnel ready an injured 68-year-old hiker for transport to ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Caleb, a rescue swimmer from
Petty Officer 3rd Class Caleb, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Sector North Bend, assists emergency medical service personnel approach a helicopter in Lincoln City, Ore., May 27, 2018. The aircrew was transfe... More
A member of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast
A member of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector North Bend prepares to exit the helicopter after thee crew landed in a tidal pool on a cove shelf below a cliff in Whale Cove, Ore., Jan. 2, ... More