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climbers currently stranded on mt. sturgeon. vic.

andi nismo

19-Apr-2014
7:51:21 PM

Passing through Dunkeld, Grampians a couple of hours ago, saw an ambulance chopper near summit of mt. Sturgeon. Binoculars out and saw 2, maybe 3 people on a ledge about 70-100 metres from the top. SES confirmed they were roped climbing. If you're mates are climbing out that way, they seemed quite calm on a big ledge, and the emergency services in the area didn't seem too distressed by the situation. It looked to me like a straight forward extraction. Anyway, hope all goes well for them!

rodw

19-Apr-2014
8:10:45 PM

http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/rockfall-traps-vic-pair-on-ledge/story-e6frfku9-1226889920948

A ROCKFALL has trapped two men on a mountain ledge in Victoria.
A search helicopter and specialist rope teams have been sent to Mt Sturgeon, in the state's west, in a bid to rescue the pair.
Police received a mobile phone call from the men, aged 36 and 26, after the fall occurred about 1.30pm (AEST).
It is understood they do not have climbing harnesses

GroundFall

19-Apr-2014
8:43:59 PM

So the rock fell and they froze?

JimmyS

20-Apr-2014
6:39:45 AM

Choppers have been around all night, and I could still see the search and rescue lanterns on the summit from my house at around 11pm last night. Hopefully everything is going alright.

kieranl

20-Apr-2014
12:24:56 PM

This report from the Warrnambool Standard says that they were walkers who had left the track. Rescued after 7 hours yesterday.

JimmyS

21-Apr-2014
7:24:34 AM

Supposedly they came stuck on the ledge through curiosity. They reached the summit, the decided to investigate below the main buttress of the summit. Were on a ledge, and jumped to another to keep traversing around. When it got time to go back they realized the ledge the originally jumped from was to small to land on... Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

capt_mulch

21-Apr-2014
10:09:00 AM

Rope is a wonderful thing too :-)

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