{"id":689096,"date":"2026-03-29T01:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/689096\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T01:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:11:12","slug":"hiker-hospitalized-after-being-rescued-from-piestewa-peak-in-phoenix-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/689096\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiker hospitalized after being rescued from Piestewa Peak in Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A woman was taken to the hospital Saturday afternoon after crews rescued her from Piestewa Peak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Firefighters said they were called out to the famous mountain near 24th Street and Lincoln Drive around 2 p.m. Crews found the hiker about a quarter of the way up the mountain. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">She said she was feeling dizzy and couldn\u2019t continue her hike, firefighters said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"She said she was feeling dizzy and couldn\u2019t continue her hike, firefighters said.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6RU4DUVX55EIRLMJ5V3YPBS3M4.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>She said she was feeling dizzy and couldn\u2019t continue her hike, firefighters said.(Arizona&#8217;s Family)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Firefighters used what they call a \u201cBig Wheel,\u201d which is basically a stretcher on a single wheel like a wheelbarrow, to get her off the rugged terrain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">She was taken to the hospital for more treatment, but firefighters didn\u2019t say what her condition was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The rescue happened around the same time as another woman suffered a medical emergency near the summit of Camelback Mountain and was flown off the mountain. Firefighters offered to take her to the hospital, but she refused.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KTVK\/KPHO. 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