Who: A 47-year-old woman
Where: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Her mistake: Not sure.
What happened: A woman was hiking when she somehow broke her ankle on the trail. It is unclear if she fell or if she just mis-stepped. Somebody used a cell phone to call rangers. The first ranger was on scene in about 2 hours. A second ranger arrived shortly after. The rangers alternated turns carrying the woman on their backs down the trail. Other rescuers were on their way with a wheeled gurney.
When the gurney finally met up with the rangers, the woman was packaged and rolled down the rest of the way to the trailhead. It is unclear if the rangers are buff, or if the woman was small. The woman reached the trailhead around midnight, roughly 10 hours after the ordeal began.
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