A climber has been airlifted to safety after suffering a shoulder injury climbing to the west of Anvil Point.
The incident started just after 14.30 on Wednesday 15th when two Coastguard Rescue Teams and both Swanage RNLI lifeboats were tasked to the climber.
Arriving on scene the lifeboat crew managed to get ashore in rough sea conditions and provided first aid. Due to conditions it was deemed not safe to take the climber off the base of cliffs by boat so a Coastguard was lowered over the cliff to consider if recovery by cliff was safe using a stretcher however due to several overhangs and the climbers injury it was deemed safer to request the Coastguard helicopter.
Rescue 175 from Lee on Solent was tasked and airlifted the climber back to the top of the climber to waiting ambulance crews. After an assessment the climber was released to make their own way to hospital.
Teams , lifeboats and the helicopter were able to leave just after 18.00.
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