A 20-year-old man was rescued near Cascade Falls on Saturday (July 15) after falling roughly 50 feet.
Mission Search and Rescue (MSAR) collaborated with Ridge Meadows, Chilliwack and Central Fraser Valley search and rescue members to lift the man out of a ravine.
The 20-year-old91Ƶs friend witnessed him fall and called 911. He was walking up a trail between the suspension bridge and the main falls when some loose dirt on the side gave way, causing him to fall.
91ƵHe wasn91Ƶt doing some crazy reckless cliff jumping like a lot of people we91Ƶve rescued there,91Ƶ MSAR91Ƶs Trevor Regehr said. 91ƵHe appeared to be being pretty careful 91Ƶ he just wasn91Ƶt watching where he stepped.91Ƶ
Regehr says the man landed on some rocks and still had a significant drop below him. MSAR gained access and administered first aid.
Search and rescue members raised him back to the top using a rope system before he was transferred to BC Ambulance Service.
According to Regehr, the man was 91Ƶbanged up pretty badly91Ƶ with a head injury but he was stable.
91ƵHe91Ƶs very lucky,91Ƶ Regehr said. 91ƵIt was a huge fall and he91Ƶs gonna be fine91Ƶ so extremely lucky.91Ƶ
He says rope rescues occur a few times per year for MSAR.
91ƵThe loose rock [and] the rock fall on that cliff made it somewhat technical,91Ƶ he said.
Eleven members from MSAR attended the call 91Ƶ along with rope technicians from other branches 91Ƶ because it was a busy weekend with some members gone.
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