Rescue Of Seriously Injured Hiker

Rangers and Park Police officers were notified of a serious injury to a hiker in the Marin Headlands around 9:30 p.m. on Friday, August 3rd. The caller reported that the person he’d been hiking with had fallen about 10 feet and struck  his head on the concrete of a military coastal defense battery. He also said that he didn’t know their location. Rangers and officers began scouring the areas of the Headlands with coastal batteries in an effort to find them. While they did so, the dispatcher worked with the caller to try to nail down their location. The hikers were found at Battery Mendel about 20 minutes after the call came in. While Presidio paramedics and fire personnel responded, ranger Matthew Harrison, who was first on scene, began administering first aid to the 22-year-old hiker. Paramedics provided advanced care and took the man to Marin General Hospital, where he remains in critical condition.