Forest rangers responded to a call to assist a hiker who fainted at the top of the Bald Mountain fire tower on April 18.

Witnesses reported seeing a 36-year-old from Gouverneur drinking with another hiker. Forest Ranger Lieutenant Bills and Rangers Lee, Piersma and Waligory responded. When rangers arrived, the other hiker dumped out a bag in an apparent effort to hide something.

With the possibility of drug use, rangers administered Narcan to the unconscious hiker. The patient remained unconscious. Rangers worked with the Eagle Bay and Old Forge fire departments and the town of Webb police on multiple rope systems along the trail to get the hiker to an Old Forge ambulance.

The following day, the subject was awake and in stable condition.