An Alaska man escaped unscathed after being trapped by a 700-pound boulder for three hours during a hike in a remote area last weekend.
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This May 24, 2025, photo shows the creek near Seward, Alaska, where Kell Morris was trapped under a 700 pound rock. Once rescuers arrived, it took seven men and inflatable air bags to lift the boulder off as he drifted in and out of consciousness. Last Saturday, they wanted to avoid the big crowds that converge on the Kenai Peninsula community during holidays and decided to hike near Godwin Glacier on an isolated and undeveloped trail behind a state prison, Seward Fire Chief Clinton Crites said.Morris said he noticed dangerous boulders, some weighing up to 1,000 pounds , along the banks of the creek and avoided them the best he could, until he ran into an area he couldn’t pass.
Amazingly, she only had to walk about 300 yards to connect with 911 and relied on her law enforcement experience to send exact GPS coordinates to dispatch.
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