A Vancouver girl is recovering in hospital with a damaged leg after falling 18 metres down a mountainside close to Squamish.
36-year-old Margaux Cohen, an avid hiker who paperwork her adventures on social media, had simply completed summiting Tricouni Peak along with her buddy Max, her canine Zion and her buddy’s cousin earlier than the incident occurred.
The group was climbing down from the height after they discovered themselves struggling to seek out the path.
“We noticed that the path was simply throughout a bit wall,” she instructed World Information from her hospital mattress at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver.
“We assessed the scenario. The wall, can we down-climb it? Is it onerous or something? We determined that it was a fairly straightforward down-climb in comparison with issues I often do.”
Nonetheless, Cohen’s canine slipped off a ledge whereas the group was climbing down. Cohen grabbed him, however the affect brought on her to fall.
She hit her head a number of occasions whereas tumbling down the mountainside earlier than touchdown on a flat rock floor and breaking her leg.
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“I didn’t lose consciousness in any respect, which, to be trustworthy, I’d have most popular as a result of I bear in mind every part of my fall,” she mentioned.
“I didn’t break my nostril, however as a result of I hit my nostril on rocks like thrice clearly it was bleeding rather a lot. My face began to swell. I used to be so swollen. I checked out my leg and I used to be like, ‘there’s something actually unsuitable with my leg, it’s not the best form anymore.’ I began screaming. I don’t know if it was ache or the belief of what had occurred.”
Squamish Search and Rescue arrived on the scene and took her to hospital by way of helicopter about two hours after her buddy dialed 911.
“I don’t suppose it’s a extremely very long time, however when it’s as scorching because it was final Sunday and there’s no shade and also you’re on rocks and also you’re injured, it’s actually a very long time.”
Docs at Lions Gate carried out surgical procedure on Cohen’s leg and are planning for a second operation. Regardless of her leg harm, she seems to have prevented any severe accidents to her head or important organs. Her canine additionally emerged unscathed.
“I simply imagine that somebody was watching over me that day,” she mentioned.
“I’m positively actually grateful that Max was there with me as a result of he’s one among my greatest mates and he dealt with the scenario completely. I’m clearly actually grateful for Search and Rescue as effectively as a result of I feel they all the time do an incredible job. I like Search and Rescue – I’ve been watching their series on-line and I like what they do. I’d love in the future to be a part of Search and Rescue myself.”
A GoFundMe web page has been arrange by a buddy of Cohen’s to assist her bills as she recovers.
