{"id":229300,"date":"2026-03-20T23:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T23:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/229300\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T23:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T23:48:14","slug":"california-man-67-stretchered-off-from-oregons-misery-ridge-trail-by-rescuers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/229300\/","title":{"rendered":"California man, 67, stretchered off from Oregon\u2019s Misery Ridge Trail by rescuers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PORTLAND, Ore. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.koin.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KOIN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;KOIN&quot;}\" class=\"link \">KOIN<\/a>) \u2014 A man from California who was visiting family in Oregon was rescued from Misery Ridge Trail at Smith Rock State Park on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Just after noon, deputies with the Deschutes County Sheriff\u2019s Office and search and rescue volunteers responded to the rescue call to assist Redmond Fire and Rescue and state park rangers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/police-seek-public-help-identifying-173132651.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tualatin police seek apartment prowler suspect;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tualatin police seek apartment prowler suspect&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Tualatin police seek apartment prowler suspect <\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A California man was rescued from Misery Ridge Trail in Central Oregon. March 20, 2026 (courtesy Deschutes Coutny Sheriff's Office).\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/34a0e9c504aa2f5f9ea4da5698690e70.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A California man was rescued from Misery Ridge Trail in Central Oregon. March 20, 2026 (courtesy Deschutes Coutny Sheriff\u2019s Office).<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A California man was rescued from Misery Ridge Trail in Central Oregon. March 20, 2026 (courtesy Deschutes Coutny Sheriff's Office).\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c849e5cbd544779d80a05d52d5f88a28.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A California man was rescued from Misery Ridge Trail in Central Oregon. March 20, 2026 (courtesy Deschutes Coutny Sheriff\u2019s Office).<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A California man was rescued from Misery Ridge Trail in Central Oregon. March 20, 2026 (courtesy Deschutes Coutny Sheriff's Office).\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a96acc88f53e62c107bee8f4037a33b8.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A California man was rescued from Misery Ridge Trail in Central Oregon. March 20, 2026 (courtesy Deschutes Coutny Sheriff\u2019s Office).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 67-year-old man had experienced an unspecified medical emergency on the trail during a hike, the Deschutes County Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cRedmond Fire personnel provided on-scene medical care, and SAR Volunteers transported the patient down the trail using a wheeled litter,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DeschutesCountySheriff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:social media post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;social media post&quot;}\" class=\"link \">social media post<\/a>. \u201cThe man was transferred to a waiting ground ambulance for further evaluation and transport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Deschutes County Search and Rescue has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deschutessearchandrescue.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:more information about the 10 essentials for survival;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;more information about the 10 essentials for survival&quot;}\" class=\"link \">more information about the 10 essentials for survival<\/a> when recreating outdoors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koin.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KOIN.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KOIN.com.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KOIN.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) \u2014 A man from California who was visiting family in Oregon was rescued from Misery&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,104164,104163,104162,545],"class_list":["post-229300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-central-oregon","tag-deschutes-coutny-sheriffs-office","tag-misery-ridge-trail","tag-oregon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}