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A 23-year-old woman sustained injuries to her lower back and one of her legs Saturday after falling 300 feet from the Puu Manamana hiking trail in Kaaawa, a fire department spokesman said.
The woman was airlifted from the Koolau Range to safety after fire rescue personnel stabilized her, Fire Capt. Chris Ah Mook Sang said.
The hiker was in a group of six that called for help about 11:34 a.m.
Ah Mook Sang said the woman was airlifted about 1:20 p.m. and transported to a trauma center in serious condition.
The trail she was on separates Kahana Valley and Kaaawa Town and is regarded as one of the most dangerous hikes on Oahu.
In September, a 30-year-old hiker survived a 300-foot fall from an area along the Koolau Summit Trail with cliffs sloping from 45 to 90 degrees.
Officials said Agnes Bryant lost her footing on an unsanctioned trail and fell in an area known as "The Notches" on the way to Konahuanui, the tallest peak in the Koolaus.
Bryant was taken to the Queen’s Medical Center in extremely critical condition and underwent surgery for a broken left arm and wrist, and was treated for neck and spine fractures, which did not cause paralysis.
In March 2012 a 48-year-old man died after falling about 150 feet off a steep section of the Koolau Range in Waimanalo known as "Bear Claw." Officials said Leslie Charles Merrell grabbed a boulder that dislodged, sending him over the edge.
On June 13 a woman hiking alone got lost above the Crouching Lion in Kaaawa and was rescued, uninjured, by a fire crew that picked her up by helicopter.
HIKER INJURED
