Vacationing Penticton SAR member helps out with Botanical Beach call

With a helping hand from a vacationing Penticton member, Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue hand-hauled a hiker off Botanical Beach on the Sunday afternoon. The team was called out on 27 July to help someone with a lower body injury on the beach near Port Renfrew; it provided first aid and carried the subject by stretcher to a waiting ambulance. "We'd like to extend our sincere thanks to Sterling from Penticton Search and Rescue, who happened to be at Botanical Beach and generously offered her assistance during the call," the local team said on social media. "This incident is a great example of how search and rescue teams from across British Columbia are trained to seamlessly integrate and support one another, no matter where the call happens." The article notes that the number one reason for search and rescue in British Columbia is injury, particularly to the lower body, caused by slips, trips and falls.