Bad leader fall in Idyllwild
Submitted by Anthony Moser on Mon, 2008-09-01 15:42.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
4:34 a.m. August 31, 2008
IDYLLWILD – Riverside County authorities say two rock climbers have been injured in a fall near Idyllwild – one critically.
Fire Capt. Timothy Bingham says the climbers were in the Suicide Rocks area on Saturday when the man fell more than 100 feet and suffered head injuries. Rescuers carried him about a mile to safety and he was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition.
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Bingham says a woman who was tethered to the climber was injured by the force of his fall.
Two other climbers rescued her but the weather turned bad and they were pelted with hail as they repelled down a rock face with her.
The woman also was hospitalized but there was no immediate word on her condition.
