Injured Climber Rescued By Helicopter In Eldorado Canyon
Man Seriously Hurt After Fall
POSTED: 6:57 pm MST February 7, 2009
UPDATED: 8:21 am MST February 8, 2009
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. -- A climber is rescued after suffering serious injuries during a fall at Eldorado Canyon State Park on Saturday afternoon.Rocky Mountain Rescue and the Boulder County Sheriff Department were alerted to an injured climber at the park at 3:45 p.m.The man fell between 30 and 40 feet and suffered a possible spinal injury. The climber and his partner were climbing "Pool of Blood, " a climbing route on the West Ridge.
The climbers were using pieces of climbing protection and a rope. But when the man fell, all of his protection ripped out of the rock.Because of the type of injuries suffered and his location, rescue crews had to utilize a technical rescue with ropes and a litter. The man was later flown out by helicopter to a local hospital.
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