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Mountain climber rescued....	17-Dec-2009 At 6:58:20 AM	GravityHound
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Mt Arapiles! Wonder if he was taking the west ridge? (Taking the piss out of the article not the person). Hopefully the person is OK A MOUNTAIN climber is recovering in hospital after the scorching heat forced him to make an emergency call in Victoria's northwest. The 22-year-old had been climbing Mount Arapiles, west of Horsham, when he radioed for help around 8.30pm (AEDT) yesterday. Temperatures had reached a high of 40C degrees in the area and the climber and become dehydrated. A police rescue team and the state's emergency service helped winch the man to safety about two hours later. He was then airlifted to hospital suffering from both heat exhaustion and dehydration.

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