Updated at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Firefighters rescue 3 stranded Pali hikers
Advertiser Staff
Firefighters today rescued three male hikers stranded on a steep, slippery mountainside above Old Pali Road.Personnel from Rescue 1 and the Olomana Fire Station responded to the 11:50 a.m. call for assistance and brought the hikers down by rope from about 400 feet at 2:30 p.m., said Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Terry Seelig.
Seelig said rescue efforts were hampered by rainy and gusty conditions combined with loose rocks on the mountainside.
The hikers, ages 19, 21 and 24, used a cell phone to call for help. No injuries were reported.
