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Cllmber hurt in Blue Mountains
technogeekery
9-May-2016
1:47:29 PM
http://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/3894941/rock-climber-rescued-after-falling-from-cliff/


"A 20-year-old man has been rescued after he slipped and fell down a cliff while rock climbing at Leura.

The man was part of a group of people who were climbing at The Main Wall on Sublime Point Road at around 12.40pm on Sunday, police say.

Officers from the Blue Mountains Local Area Command, with the assistance of Police Rescue and paramedics, abseiled into the area to assess the man.

He was later winched to safety and taken to Westmead Hospital with fractures to his legs.

Police also report a woman, believed to be in her 20s, was taken to Blue Mountains Hospital with rope burns."

Hope he is ok. Sweet Dreams?

sbm
9-May-2016
3:34:23 PM
I watched the video of the helicopter winch out on the Blue Mountains Police Rescue facebook page, it looked like they were either on the main ledge, or on the ridge walking out (there's a few small poxy sport climbing walls everyone walks past?). Sounds like the woman with rope burns dropped him.

The poor paramedic lashed to the stretcher looked like he got a few wedgies on inconveniently placed branches as the chopper swung all over the place. Looked a bit sketch actually - a good reminder that when you call in the chopper, you're asking the rescue crew to do some tricky and potentially dangerous stuff to make your magic carpet ride a reality.

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