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Man survives plunge over Marysville Falls Search and Rescue pulls off first high angle, technical rope rescue in Kimberley C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
Photo courtesy KSAR
Peter Reid (KSAR), Nick Bedwell (Cranbrook SAR),and Jan Klassen (Cranbrook SAR) attach lines to a tree above the canyon.
Search for missing Jaffray man hampered by fast moving water Tamara Hynd Fernie Free Press
Swiftwater teams from Fernie, Sparwood, Cranbrook and Kimberley worked throughout the day and into the night on Saturday in the Bull River, continuing the search for the missing 20-year-old man from Jaffray. An RCMP dive team joined the search, but was forced to abandon the dive due to strong currents in the river. The Swiftwater teams were
able to locate the vehicle, using metal poles and underwater cameras in fast-moving turbid waters, around 12 feet under the surface. At this stage the pictures are not clear enough to provide any evidence as to whether the man is still in the vehicle. Simon Piney from Fernie SAR explained, “The vehicle is assumed to be that of the Jaffray man as there is no local knowledge of an other vehicle in the Bull River.
The river is clear and low in July and August normally, so local hunters would know if there was something in there from years ago. Cpl. Pat Prefontaine of Cranbrook RCMP added, “The river has gone back up as of yesterday probably due to the snow pack melt and high temperatures.” Work continues with SAR and family and friends to search the area while keeping a close eye on water levels.
A local man fell into Mark Creek, went over Marysville Falls and survived. On Monday, July 1, Kimberley Search and Rescue performed a highly technical rope rescue to retrieve the man from the river, something that they train often, but had never before put into KSAR photo practice. Rescuer Kimberley SAR Scott MacLeod down at Peter Reid from Kim- the scene with subject, packaging the stretcher. berley Search and Rescue says that they received a call about a missing man late Mon“He shouldn’t have survived — not day morning. with the falls running as they are, the “He had failed to show up for work and we log jams and rocks. It’s incredible to started a search,” Reid survive a ride down the falls.” says. Crews walked along Peter Reid the river — which is still Kimberley Search and Rescue running quite quickly — and the man was located sitting on a rock further down the creek. weeks for all area Search “He slipped into Reid said. “One person repelled and Rescue people. Mark Creek just above “It’s been an amazthe falls, “Reid said. “He down and did a quick managed to ride the falls assessment. He was ingly busy string,” Reid all the way down into the found to be in fairly good said. “We had the Bull bottom pool, then float shape. We sent down a River and Findlay Creek down towards the can- second line and a sec- searches, then this one. yon where he was able to ond person, then sent We’re very tired. But this get up on a rock. We had down a stretcher basket one had a nice outcome.” to do a rope rescue to get and pulled him up the On another light vertical cliff.” him out.” note, Reid says that while Nine Kimberley they were performing Reid says the fact that the man was alive was Search and Rescue per- the rescue, rubber ducks sonnel and four from that had escaped the finmiraculous. “He shouldn’t have Cranbrook were in on ish line at the annual survived — not with the the rescue. Normally a Food Bank Duck Race falls running as they are, rescue like this would go went floating by. the log jams and rocks. to Fire Rescue, Reid said, “While the team was It’s incredible to survive but because it started down there, the ducks with a search, SAR tech- were floating by. Maybe a ride down the falls.” Reid says that KSAR nicians took care of it. we should have rescued has a rope rescue team them too.” “This is the first high that trains regularly, but And despite all the they had never actually angle, highly technical searches in the past few had to use it in a rescue rope rescue done in weeks, training goes on Kimberley,” Reid said. before. for the busy team. Finding the victim Rope rigging systems “Ironically we are were set up on the can- alive was very satisfying, training rope rescue yon walls above the man, given the grueling few today,” Reid said.