Rescue teams helped a 20-year-old North Bend man out of the wilds near Mount Teneriffe east of North Bend Monday, Dec. 26, after the hiker fell from a ledge and broke his leg.

The man was trail running to Kamikaze Falls at about 3 p.m. Monday, the King County Sheriff’s Office reported, when a large boulder became dislodged above him, struck him, and threw him about five feet down a ledge.

He believed his right leg was broken, and called for help. Two Eastside Fire and Rescue firefighters, sheriff’s deputies, Explorer Search and Rescue and Seattle Mountain Rescue personnel responded; the rescue lasted into the night. The man was found, and brought out by litter and a fire department four-wheeler. He was diagnosed with a possibly broken femur, and was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.