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Hiker Rescued From Three Sisters Wilderness

SISTERS, OR -- A hiker from the Portland area was rescued from the Green Lakes Trail near Sisters Wednesday, after suffering a medical emergency. The man’s hiking partner called 911 at about 3 p.m. to report he had become ill after two days of hiking. 

 

Dispatchers determined their exact location via cell phone data. More than a dozen Deschutes County Search and Rescue volunteers hiked in nearly five miles from the Pole Creek Trail Head and provided some medical treatment. 
 
He was later transported by Sisters medics to St. Charles Bend for additional treatment. 

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