Hiker rescued from California mountains after possible spider bite left her unable to feel legs
A woman was rescued last week after a possible spider bite left her unable to feel the skin on her legs during a hike in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains.
A woman was rescued last week after a possible spider bite left her unable to feel the skin on her legs during a hike in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains.
The hiker made a call for help around 6:30 p.m. on June 12 as she was on Taboose Pass Trail, the Inyo County Search and Rescue said on Facebook.
She was a little less than two miles shy of the trailhead when she went to get some water from a creek and “reportedly got bitten by what she thought was a spider.”
A hiker is rescued from Taboose Pass Trail in the Sierra Nevada on June 12, 2024.Inyo County Search and RescueAfterwards, she was “unable to feel the skin on her legs and could not continue her hike down,” Inyo County Search and Rescue said in a statement.
Luckily the woman, whose name was not released, was able to share her coordinates before her phone battery died.
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