{"id":26847,"date":"2025-06-30T10:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T10:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26847\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T10:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T10:13:11","slug":"2-hikers-fall-from-cliff-at-nanaimos-pipers-lagoon-park-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26847\/","title":{"rendered":"2 hikers fall from cliff at Nanaimo\u2019s Pipers Lagoon Park | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The patients were brought up and taken to hospital individually on stretchers.<\/p>\n<p>The second hiker, a male, was conscious as he was loaded into an ambulance.<\/p>\n<p>Fergusson said circumstances leading up to the incident aren\u2019t immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p>Pipers Lagoon Park\u2019s elevated, uneven and rocky terrain can be treacherous.<\/p>\n<p>On June 1, a woman <a href=\"https:\/\/nanaimonewsnow.com\/2025\/06\/02\/she-had-multiple-fractures-woman-rescued-after-rocky-fall-at-nanaimos-pipers-lagoon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sustained multiple fractures<\/a> after falling in the same area.<\/p>\n<p>With more people hiking this time of year, Fergesson said it\u2019s important to take actions to reduce risks while hiking, particularly recreation areas involving drop-offs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWear the appropriate footwear, be very aware of their surroundings \u2014 how close they are getting to cliff edges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><b>Subscribe to our daily news wrap.<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/nanaimonewsnow.com\/news-wrap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local news delivered to your email inbox every evening.<\/a> Stay up to date on everything Nanaimo and Oceanside.<\/p>\n<p>info@nanaimonewsnow.com<\/p>\n<p><b>Follow us on:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nanaimonewsnow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter (X)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nanaimonewsnow.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/everythingnanaimo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The patients were brought up and taken to hospital individually on stretchers. The second hiker, a male, was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[104,2147,23406,23401,23407,23400,23402,23403,50,18010,23404,23405,62],"class_list":{"0":"post-26847","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-central-vancouver-island","11":"tag-nanaimo","12":"tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","13":"tag-nanaimo-news","14":"tag-nanaimo-news-now","15":"tag-nanaimonewsnow","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-oceanside","18":"tag-parksville","19":"tag-qualicum","20":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114771788306451039","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}