A team from Haines and Skagway early today climbed within shouting distance of a fallen hiker who’d spent 12 hours braced against a tree on a Mount Ripinsky cliff face, unable to move due to injuries and his precarious position.
Keith Hutchins, 40, of Haines used a cell phone to call for a rescue at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday after falling off the mountain and into a steep ravine at about 1,800 feet elevation. His position…