Ambulance standby. As first-responders carry an injured climber down the Sugar Loaf landmark. Image: Winona Fire Department
Fell hiking or scaling? Not immediately clear
WINONA, Minn. – A hiker fell at Sugar Loaf Park and was caried off the bluffs with multiple injuries. The hiker was taken a few blocks to the Winona hospital. This was about 6:40 p.m. Initial reports had it that the hiker fell from “the rock,” which would indicate the 85-foot Sugar Loaf pinnacle. The pinnacle is equipped with glued-in metal hand and foot clamps for scaling. Rapelling is also an attraction at the city-operated park. The incident was the second in two weeks at the craggy pillar on the bluffs in southwest Winona. Over the years the years there have been other accidents.
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