It took "one of the better rescues we've ever done," according to Whatcom County Fire District 14 Chief Jerry Debruin, but crews were able to extract a 25-year-old female hiker/photographer from a rock in the middle of Racehorse Creek just above the large bottom waterfall at Racehorse Falls Saturday evening.
The woman reportedly slipped while taking pictures near the falls, a popular hiking destination between Kendall and Welcome in Whatcom County. She was carried over at least one of the smaller upper falls at the location, Debruin said, but despite being injured, she was able to grab onto a rock and haul herself out of the water about 40 feet from the edge of the large falls that drop approximately 50 feet to rocks below.