A woman hiking in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains in California had to call for an emergency rescue after her legs went numb following what she thought was a spider bite. Later, it was determined the source of her body’s reaction was likely the stinging nettle plant. The Inyo County Search and Rescue team reported about the incident in a .
“At around 6:30PM on Wednesday, June 12, Inyo SAR received a call-out for a hiker on Taboose Pass Trail who was unable to continue her descent from the pass,” the post read. The woman had been hiking on the popular , which traverses the Sierra Nevada range for 211 miles going through places like Yosemite and Sequoia national parks. At one point on her hike, she hit a section near Mather Pass, which peaks at over 12,000 feet, with too much snow for her liking and decided to exit the area via what’s called the Taboose Pass trail.
“About 1.7 mi shy of the trailhead, the hiker went to fetch water from the creek when she reportedly got bitten by what she thought was a spider. Afterwards, she was unable to feel the skin on her legs and could not continue her hike down.
She still managed to call for a rescue and relay her coordinates, then her phone battery died,” Inyo County Search and Rescue described. Rescuers assembled a team at Bishop, California, south of the ski town of Mammoth Lakes, and went to locate the hiker. Taboose pass.
Eastern Sierra. July 2016, [OC] [5184×3456] from lascott24 via Paisajes Increibles. — PaisajesI.
