A hiker was rescued after his legs were pinned beneath a nearly 10,000-
pound boulder for seven hours in Inyo County, according to the team that
led the effort.

The Inyo County Search & Rescue team said on Facebook that it was called
to help the Inyo County Sheriff�s Office and California Highway Patrol
rescue a man reported trapped with his legs underneath a boulder Tuesday
afternoon in the Inyo Mountains east of the Sierra Nevada.

The boulder weighed 6,000 to 10,000 pounds, the team said.

Some rescuers were flown via helicopter into Santa Rita Flat, where the
man was trapped, while others drove there in vehicles. When the rescuers
arrived �well after dark,� they used ropes, pulleys and leverage to move
the boulder enough to allow the man to move.

The hiker, who was not identified, was taken to a hospital in Fresno after
midnight for his injuries. The extent of his injuries and whether he has
been released from the hospital were unclear.

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