Some people will do almost anything for their dogs, And Margaux Cohen is one of those people. After her dog’s zion slipped on the trail on August 24, she grabbed her belt, trying to save him from falling. Unfortunately, the dog’s weight lowered her down. It is amazing that almost 60 feet, both Zion and Cohen are fine.
Cohen, who is a passionate traveler, has just finished the top of the Tricouni Peak near the Squamisho, north of Vancouver, British Colombia. When the accident occurred, she was with her friend Max Stobbe and his cousin. They landed from the top when they realized they had stopped the beaten road, so they decided they would check the map and return where they wanted to be. Cohen saw what seemed to be a small outcrop that would be easy to set up to get on the trail, so after Stobbe rose down, she and Zion tried.
“Then I go the second,” she said Squamish chiefLocal publication. “I think my dog Zion, slipping, lost its foundation in a certain way and he just started to slip down. And I had this instinct to just grab his belt, but I didn’t realize it, and because of my weight I was just going to fall.”
Fortunately, it was not just a fall below them, but it was enough that it was impossible to recover from the slide. In general, it and Zion fell almost 60 feet, before stopping.
“It wasn’t a straight fall. I went down four times,” she said from the Lions Gate Hospital, where she recovers from injuries. “So I probably fell 20 feet and then hit my face on the rocks and then fell again and again.”
But in the fall, he broke his leg, and the fact that she almost immediately understood. “… I was conscious, and then I looked at the leg and I was,” There’s something wrong with my foot, “she recalled. “My foot was not the right shape. I started screaming.”
Stobbe, who was far above her, couldn’t see where she stopped. The screams of her pain were hospitable and frightening – she was glad she was able to shout, but she knew something was very wrong. He carefully rose to her, then called 911. Zion sat next to Cohen with an injured paw.
“My dog was sitting next to me, just a walk on the tail, as if nothing happened,” laughed Cohen. “How he just had his life time.”
Squamish search and rescue crews were activated at 911 call, and over the next two hours they worked tirelessly to extract it too hot. The area was in the middle of the heat spells and the rock temperature of Cohen and Zion in the lowest 90s.
The rescue crews were able to pick her off the mountain, and now she is recovering in the hospital. Photos: Gofundme
“The weekend was really hot and there was no shadow,” she said. “So while waiting for two hours without shade on the rocks where you suffered the injury I suffered was really long. First of all, I probably hit my face three times. So my nose and left side of my face were really swollen. And I really couldn’t feel it. It was really numb. I was not forgotten by my nose.
Cohen is now recovering in the hospital. She underwent a single operation and a different on Tuesday. Although Cohen is located in Vancouver, it is not a permanent resident, so her hospital costs are not fully covered. A co -financing campaign has been launched to help her cover your living costs as she recovers, her hospital accounts and Zion veterinarian.
“Unfortunately, recovery will be quite long, because trauma is not just a broken bone where I can just quit and be fine,” Cohen explained. “They have to put plates and bolts in the leg. It will take a long time for me to actually gain weight on my leg. So I will need a lot of help for about the first two months and then I will need a lot of physio.