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A 69-year-old hiker collapsed and died on a hiking trail west of Sisters early Monday morning.

Despite efforts to revive him, 69-year-old Robert Wayne Powell of Sisters died before he could be evacuated from the Pole Cat Trail about 15 miles west of Sisters.

Powell was hiking with a pair of younger companions, 19-year old Zander Albertson of Sisters and Parker Bennett, also 19, when he collapsed on the trail. The hiking partners called for medical attention, however would-be rescuers were delayed by the heavy timber in the area which prevented a Life Flight helicopter from landing in the vicinity. The party was eventually located about two miles from the Pole Cat trailhead by medical personnel traveling on foot. A short time later medics from the Sisters-Camp Sherman area consulted with emergency room personnel who advised the first responders to suspend resuscitation efforts.

This article appears in Aug 16-22, 2012.

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Hiker Dies on Sisters-Area Trail

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
August 21, 2012

<h1>Hiker Dies on Sisters-Area Trail</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />August 21, 2012</p> <p>A 69-year-old hiker collapsed and died on a hiking trail west of Sisters early Monday morning.</p> <p>Despite efforts to revive him, 69-year-old Robert Wayne Powell of Sisters died before he could be evacuated from the Pole Cat Trail about 15 miles west of Sisters.</p> <p>Powell was hiking with a pair of younger companions, 19-year old Zander Albertson of Sisters and Parker Bennett, also 19, when he collapsed on the trail. The hiking partners called for medical attention, however would-be rescuers were delayed by the heavy timber in the area which prevented a Life Flight helicopter from landing in the vicinity. The party was eventually located about two miles from the Pole Cat trailhead by medical personnel traveling on foot. A short time later medics from the Sisters-Camp Sherman area consulted with emergency room personnel who advised the first responders to suspend resuscitation efforts.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/hiker-dies-on-sisters-area-trail-2178802/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=20853&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/hiker-dies-on-sisters-area-trail-2178802/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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