Overview

• Hallucinations of snowmen and cartoon characters from high-altitude cerebral edema prompted Zane to stray off the trail before plunging 120 feet.
• Ryan Wach witnessed the June 10 fall and scrambled down the slope to find his son still breathing.
• Inyo County Search & Rescue teams and a passing EMT coordinated an airlift to Southern Inyo Hospital and then to Sunrise Children’s Hospital in Las Vegas.
• He sustained head trauma, a broken ankle, a fractured finger and a partially broken pelvis and was extubated last week with doctors reporting he briefly opened his eyes.
• A community-led GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $23,000 to help cover his mounting medical and travel expenses.