A 63-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AFTER FALLING OFF A CLIFF INTO SOME WATER ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

THE YCSO FOREST PATROL RESPONDED TO A CITIZEN ASSIST ON PERKINSVILLE ROAD NEAR MILE MARKER 29. THE PERSON STATED HIS MOTHER HAD FELL AND WAS CURRENTLY OUT OF THE WATER, BUT COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN AFTER THE 15–20 FOOT FALL. THE CALLER WAS ALSO UNABLE TO REACH HIS MOTHER DUE TO TERRAIN.

TWO YCSO DEPUTIES AND BACKCOUNTRY SEARCH AND RESCUE, AS WELL AS NATIVE AIR AMBULANCE WERE CALLED OUT TO THE SCENE AND A TECHNICAL RESCUE WAS CONDUCTED.. THE FEMALE, CONSCIOUS AND ALERT, WAS FLOWN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A POSSIBLE BACK/HIP INJURY.

REPORTS SAY THAT THE MOTHER AND SON WERE HIKING AND TAKING PICTURES WHEN THE MOTHER STUMBLED BACKWARDS OFF THE EDGE. 

NO WORD ON THE MOTHER’S CONDITION.