Nicholas Banish, 21, apparently was helping a friend clean up some debris from the friend’s family’s property up Hardy Creek when he decided to go for a short hike late in the afternoon, according the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Cheryl Liedle. He slipped on a steep, rocky face and fell about 25 to 30 feet down the talus-ridden slope.
Liedle said search and rescue members from both Lewis and Clark and Cascade counties, as well as volunteer firefighters, responded to the call around 6 p.m.
“We had snow, hail, lightning, high winds and then the sun would shine n it was a very difficult rescue with the weather conditions,” Liedle said. “It was a technical rope rescue.”
At one point, emergency officials called for a support helicopter from Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, but decided that it wasn’t necessary since Banish’s injuries weren’t life threatening.
He was taken by ambulance to Benefis Healthcare hospital in Great Falls, but a hospital official said he was not admitted. Liedle said Banish generally suffered extensive bruising and scrapes, but didn’t appear to have any broken bones.
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