Rescue crews and forest officials sounded alarm bells this week after five people in three days required rescues at the popular summer destination, found along the McKenzie River in Oregon’s central Cascade Mountains Darren Cross, McKenzie River district manager for the Willamette National Forest, said it can take up to seven hours for a person to be rescued: an hour to hike to cell service, two or three hours for rescue crews to arrive, another two hours to hike out, and a little over an hour to get to a hospital. “People go out there and they do these dumb things, and they get hurt and it’s a huge burden,” Cross said. “This has been a problem for us for a long time.” Click the link in our bio to read more. Photo by HaleJamesB/The Oregonian #Oregon #BluePool #TamolitchFalls