Ranger rescue in the Town of North Elba. Franklin County 911 transferred a call to DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch reporting an injured hiker on the summit of Mt. Marcy. The hiker, a 52-year-old woman from Bailey, CO, had slipped on the ice and suffered a hip injury. Nine Forest Rangers and two volunteers from the Search and Rescue of the Northern Adirondacks (SARNAK) responded to the Adirondak Loj to evacuate the injured hiker. The hiker was packaged in a litter and through terrible conditions, bothtthe injured man, and one rescuer who had some cardiac symptoms, were evacuated and transferred to waiting ambulances for transport to a local hospital for medical treatment.