Boulder County rescue crews were able to reach and safely evacuate an injured hiker from a trail on Monday afternoon thanks, in part, to ham radios.

Boulder County emergency dispatchers received a call just after 12:30 p.m. on Monday from a man in Colorado Springs who said that he had been in contact via ham radio with another man on Boulder County’s Fourth of July Trail that had come across an injured person, according to a Boulder County Sheriff’s news release.

Crews with the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, the sheriff’s office, Nederland Fire Rescue and American Medical Response responded to the call, and eventually a ham radio operator with the rescue group was able to reach the ham radio operator on the scene and confirm the location of the injured hiker, the release said.

Rescuers eventually reached the injured person, identified as Michael Schuett. He suffered minor injuries after slipping while attempting to cross a creek, according to the news release, and was eventually able to walk to the trail head with rescuers.

The ham radios used to help locate Schuett were a “huge benefit” to the rescue efforts, officials said in the news release.