Recovery has just begun for a competitive Canmore mountain biker after a freak accident during a hike in Utah led to a leg amputation above the knee — but a crowd-funding campaign has raised his family's spirits. Matthew Hadley and his wife, Catherine Vipond, were enjoying a fairly basic hike at Fisher Towers near Moab, Utah, said Matthew's brother Adam Hadley during a phone interview on Wednesday. Matthew Hadley being evacuated from a hike at Fisher Towers near Moab, Utah, on March 13. They were walking near a cliff, a rock fell and struck him in the leg. Paramedics respond to Fisher Towers in Utah after a rock smashed into hiker Matthew Hadley's right leg.

Source: CBC News March 27, 2019 22:31 UTC