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SAR Teams Get Altitude Sickness at Only 4,500 Feet

In 2003, a SAR team crossed a flat ridge at 4,500 feet elevation. GPS confirmed the altitude. Their altimeters spiked to 7,200 feet. No elevation change. Flat ridge crossing. They backtracked. Altimeters returned to 4,500 feet. In 2010, a SAR team crossed the same ridge. Three members developed altitude sickness on flat ground. Blood tests confirmed oxygen levels consistent with 8,000-foot exposure. The hiker they rescued had been there six hours. Normal blood oxygen. Consistent with 4,500 feet. Same location. Different elevations experienced. In 2017, three SAR members collapsed unconscious. Pulmonary edema. Cerebral edema. Conditions typically occurring above 9,000 feet. On flat terrain at 4,500 feet. Helicopter extraction required. The flight crew crossed the same location. Their altimeters: 4,500 feet. No symptoms. Ground teams are now prohibited from crossing. --- June 14, 2003: SAR team Alpha-7 responded to injured climber report in the Sawatch Range, Colorado. Team leader Sarah Chen led five members from western trailhead at 4,200 feet. Standard equipment including GPS units and barometric altimeters, all calibrated that morning. At 1045 hours, team reached ridge crossing. GPS: 4,510 feet. All five altimeters: 4,500-4,520 feet. Consistent readings. Ridge appeared flat. Minimal elevation change. Gentle traverse approximately 400 yards across. Halfway across—200 yards from start—medical specialist Lisa Warren radioed: "Alpha-7 lead, altimeter showing incorrect reading." Chen checked her unit: 7,180 feet. All team members checked. Range: 7,188-7,210 feet. GPS: 4,515 feet. No elevation change. Chen decided to backtrack. At the same 200-yard midpoint, altimeters dropped. By the time team reached original starting point: all altimeters 4,500 feet. Matching GPS. All units functional, no error codes. Chen filed report June 15: "Unexplained altimeter discrepancy at ridge crossing. All five units showed consistent 2,700-foot elevation increase despite GPS confirmation of flat terrain." Park Service surveyed ridge July 2003. Elevation profile confirmed: maximum 4,520 feet. Flat traverse. Ridge designated "Elevation Line." September 8, 2010: SAR team Delta-5 responded to lost hiker report east of Elevation Line. Team leader Marcus Holland reviewed the 2003 incident. Assessment: equipment malfunction, likely resolved. Decision: cross using GPS navigation, monitor altimeters. Delta-5 crossed Elevation Line. At 200 yards, altimeters jumped: 8,000-8,200 feet range. GPS: 4,510 feet. Team continued quarter-mile east. At 1318 hours, Daniel Osei reported headache and shortness of breath. Yuki Tanaka: mild headache. Angela Pryor: dizziness, rapid breathing. Symptoms consistent with Acute Mountain Sickness, typically occurring above 8,000 feet. Team located hiker 1355 hours. Hiker: conscious, no altitude symptoms despite six hours east of Elevation Line. Delta-5 extracted westbound. Symptoms worsening. Team crossed Elevation Line 1445 hours. Within two minutes: symptoms ceased completely. Osei, Tanaka, Pryor transported to hospital. Blood tests: reduced oxygen saturation consistent with 8,000-8,500 foot exposure. Hemoglobin elevated. Typical high-altitude adaptation. Hiker blood work: normal. Consistent with 4,600 feet. April 22, 2017: SAR team Charlie-8 responded to injured hiker east of Elevation Line. SAR coordinator Diana Foster briefed team leader Robert Hayes: "Elevation Line is documented hazard. We do not cross." Helicopter dispatched. ETA 45 minutes. At 1535 hours, victim reported deteriorating condition. Compound fracture. Bleeding. Ground team: 15 minutes via Elevation Line. Foster ordered crossing. Charlie-8 crossed 1542 hours. At ridge midpoint, altimeters: 8,900-9,300 feet. GPS: 4,510 feet. At 1558 hours, Nicole Brennan collapsed unconscious. Jordan Ellis assessed her. Thirty seconds later, Ellis collapsed. Then Kenji Yamamoto. Three unconscious in under two minutes. --- #altitudesickness #searchandrescue #SARteam #wildernesshorror #altitudeanomaly #elevationanomaly #mountainmystery #wildernessdocumentary #rangerprotocol #unexplainedphenomena #SARprotocol #GPSvsaltimeter #barometricaltimeter #medicalimpossibility #wildernesshorrorstories #documentaryhorror #campinghorror #hikinghorror #mountainhorror #atmosphericanomaly #realwildernesshorror #SARstories --- Welcome to Whispering Pines Horror 🌲🔥 – your campfire in the dark. New stories every week – subscribe so you never miss a tale from the woods: 👉    / @whisperingpineshorror   --- This video is fictional horror entertainment. All characters, ranger accounts, protocols, and incidents depicted are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, locations, or events is coincidental. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Park Service or any government agency.