The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Hasty team rescued two women Saturday evening near Anaho Island at Pyramid Lake who were blown across the lake while paddleboarding.
The Washoe County Sheriff's Office initially received a request for assistance from the Pyramid Lake Police Department for a possible water rescue. The two women had been paddleboarding and were blown away from shore toward the east by increasingly strong winds and were unable to get back to shore.
Two Hasty Team rescue swimmers and a paramedic, along with members of the Sheriff’s Specialized Vehicle Unit (SVU) who brought Marine 20, responded to staging at the Pelican Point boat ramp, where they deployed to locate and assist the two stranded paddleboarders. With assistance from Pyramid Lake PD, who maintained visual contact with the two paddleboarders via binoculars, Marine 20 was able to quickly locate and retrieve them. They had been blown nearly six miles off shore by the strong winds.
Everyone returned to staging at Pelican Point unharmed and the two women and their paddleboards were returned to their families by Pyramid Lake Police.
With summer boating and watersports season just getting started, WCSO recommends to always wear an appropriate Personal Flotation Device (PFD) when you are recreating on local lakes and rivers.
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