Another hiker rescued from Kalalau Trail

Kaua‘i Fire Department personnel rescued yet another distressed hiker — the seventh in less than 2 months — from the famous 11-mile Kalalau Trail along Nā Pali Coast on the North Shore.

The 25-year-old visitor who was hiking the trail called for help just after 9:20 a.m. May 13. Personnel with Līhu‘e Fire Station aboard Air 1 responded.

First responders arrived at Kalalau Beach, at the end of the trail, to discovered the distressed hiker with severe stomach issues.

The visitor was loaded into the helicopter and taken to the Waimea Athletic Field, where upon landing was transferred to Waimea Fire Station and American Medical Response personnel for further treatment.

The scene was cleared shortly after 11:45 a.m.

Tuesday’s rescue was the seventh time since March 23 that Kaua‘i first responders were called to render assistance after one or more hikers, many of them visitors, found themselves in trouble while on the popular North Shore trail, most of them during inclement weather.

It has been nearly a month since the last incident on the trail, April 18, when a distressed 67-year-old South Carolina visitor was rescued by amid inclement weather, particularly flooding.