A 20-year-old woman was critically injured today in a fall near the Pali Lookout.

Honolulu Emergency Services spokesman Bryan Cheplic said the woman was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in critical condition. A male companion, 26, was transported in stable condition to Queen's, said Cheplic.

Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Terry Seelig said the pair were hiking on a dry waterfall bed on the side of a mountain near the Pali Lookout when the woman apparently slipped and fell about 30 feet.

HFD rescue specialists were dispatched to the Pali Lookout area at 5 p.m., and an Olomana fire company set up a landing zone for the department helicopter at Pali Golf Course, where the hikers were brought to waiting EMS personnel shortly before 6 p.m.