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YOSEMITE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A antheral was rescued aft falling from a ledge portion climbing the look of Yosemite's El Capitan Monday afternoon.
According to rescuers, helium was astir three-quarters of the mode up the 7,500-foot boulder.
Fresno's CHP chopper received the distress telephone from Yosemite's Search and Rescue astir 1:30 p.m., but according to Aerial Supervisor Chris Barrett, the upwind interrupted the rescue mid-mission.
Rescues connected stone faces are already challenging due to the fact that unit members can't little the plumb enactment arsenic they typically would, but Barrett says this rescue was made particularly hard due to the fact that of the wind.
After making their mode up to the injured victim, Barrett says the precocious winds forced the chopper to crook backmost and onshore successful a adjacent meadow for an hr earlier returning.
The 2nd time, however, they were capable to marque nonstop interaction with the climber and hoist him to safety. According to an on-scene evaluation, helium suffered mean injuries aft falling from 1 of the rock's ledges. He was transported to a determination infirmary via Skylife and is expected to recover.
