
Video: Rescuers hoist hiker from narrow canyon in notoriously dangerous Punch Bowls area
The victim, who was not identified, was injured in the popular Punch Bowls area roughly 10 miles west of Ojai and had to be hoisted more than 200 feet by helicopter and taken to a local hospital, authorities said.
The Ventura County Sheriff's Department did not specify how the person was hurt or describe the extent of their injuries. But the Punch Bowls have long been known as an area for adventurous hikers to leap into the cool waters of the Santa Paula Creek. Although the dive can be exhilarating, Sheriff's Department officials said they respond to dozens of reports of injuries at the Punch Bowls each year, including broken bones, skull fractures and near drownings. Occasionally, those injuries prove fatal.
'The Ventura County Aviation Unit encourages the exploration of our beautiful back country, but would like to remind every one of the potential risks for injuries in these remote areas and the extreme difficulty of these rescues,' the Sheriff's Department said in an Instagram post.

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