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Accident at Arapiles: November 9th 11-Nov-2010 At 7:59:19 PM Henward

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The climber hit the ground on ropestretch from a height of approximately 15 metres after dislodging a block weighing around a third a tonne and ripping 1 piece of gear on the front of the Pharos.
He sustained head injuries in the fall and/or landing. He was unconscious for an indeterminate time between 1 minute and 15 minutes, nobody knows exactly how long. He was attended initially by climbers from the pines campground and then paramedics. He was taked in an ambulance to an appropriate helicopter pickup point (I don't know where) and taken to melbourne for treatment. Edit: Nevermind, apparently it was a plane, I wasn't there after he was taken away in the ambulance.
He is recovering well and all indications are that he will make a full recovery in a short period of time.

Edit: Just read the link, pretty inaccurate and misleading crap.