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Blue Mountains - male climber injured after fall 15-Apr-2013 At 9:33:54 AM technogeekery

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SMH today:

A 27-year-old injured rock climber has been winched to safety after falling down a cliff at Leura in the Blue Mountains.

The man is believed to have hit the rock face while falling about 15 metres on Sunday afternoon, breaking both his ankles.

Paramedics had feared the man would have to spend the night in the bush, after the rescue helicopter was unable to winch him from the cliff face.

An off-duty doctor abseiled to the man and placed his legs in splints after the fall at about 1pm.

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Other members of the public also assisted in treating the man’s injuries.

Paramedics later helped the man abseil about 50 metres to the ground, where the rescue helicopter was able to winch him to safety.

He was airlifted to Westmead Hospital, where he is in a serious but stable condition, an ambulance spokesman said.

Police are examining the man’s abseiling equipment.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/rock-climber-airlifted-to-hospital-after-cliff-fall-20130414-2htqj.html#ixzz2QU25Augc

Sounds like he might be an abseiler, not a climber, from the last sentence. Sounds like he got very lucky...