Hiker Rescued in Sierra Nevada After Being Partially Paralyzed by a Plant

She managed to call before her phone battery died, authorities said, prompting them to stress the importance of hikers keeping their phones charged.

Snowpack on the Eastern Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, near Lone Pine, Calif., on April 7, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

A search and rescue team located a hiker in Inyo County earlier this month—about 2 miles from a trailhead near Bishop, California—prompting officials to remind visitors in the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains to keep their cellphones charged in case of an emergency.

Inyo County Search and Rescue received a call June 12 at 6:30 p.m. for a hiker stranded on Taboose Trail after running into snow on the Sierra Nevada range leading into Kings Canyon National Park.