Each emergency call involves 30 or more first responders from area departments. Despite the manpower, it takes a long time to get injured people off the rocks and down the mountain, Rossman said. Rescue teams face the same daunting trail hikers use, one that can take almost two hours to climb and return to the parking area. They must scale boulders, shimmy up steep hillsides and squeeze through narrow, unmarked paths, often while lifting an injured person on a stretcher over obstacles and across the creek.