Climber Rescued west of Anvil Point

 Having just completed a training exercise , the Swanage Coastguard team were paged along with colleagues from St Albans Coastguard to a climber reported stuck 500 metres to the west of the Anvil Point Lighthouse

On arrival the teams located the climbers partner  confirming he believed the stuck climber had managed to get back to the base of the cliffs. 

The Coastguard teams then set up safety equipment and requested the  lifeboats search and locate the climber. 

On arrival the lifeboat confirmed the climber was safely at the bottom and was recoverable by the inshore lifeboat. 

As darkness fell the lifeboat crew assisted the climber and was he was brought back to the lifeboat house tired but no further injuries. 

Swanage lifeboat located  the climber who had become exhausted and made the decision to return to the base of the cliff. 

Coastguards monitored the lifeboats and were prepared to go over the cliff to recover the climber had the lifeboats not been able to get ashore. 

With a successful transfer both boats returned to the boathouse with the climber whilst  Coastguards assisted the climbers friend to recover equipment before reuniting the pair. 

With little 999 mobile phone coverage in the area  the emergency phone at Anvil Point yet again proved its value of being at the lighthouse for these incidents.