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Man winched from cliff face in Wairarapa
Man winched from cliff face in Wairarapa
A Life Flight team rescued a man stuck
on a remote ledge in the iconic Pinnacles on the South Coast
of the Wairarapa.
Life Flight responded with a
Wellington Free Ambulance Paramedic onboard the Westpac
Rescue Helicopter.
The Wellington man, in his
20’s, called 111 to report that he was stuck on a ledge
after trying to climb to the Pinnacles Lookout.
The
man was able to talk the helicopter team into his exact
location.
Our paramedic was lowered to the man and
then the pair were winched back into the helicopter. He
was uninjured so was returned to his car in a nearby parking
area.
“Apparently he was told that he could climb
from the bottom of the Pinnacles all the way up to the
lookout” says Life Flight crewman Dave Greenberg. “He
made it quite a way up before being caught out by the shear
cliffs. He is quite lucky that he had cell coverage
because the area was well away from where trampers usually
venture”.
The Life Flight Trust is a charity
providing air rescue and air ambulance services. It operates
the Wellington based Westpac Rescue Helicopter and a
national air ambulance service. It relies on support from
the public and sponsorship from partners such as Westpac to
provide these services. Further information can be obtained
from www.lifeflight.org.nz
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