Following a minor incident on Tuesday, the team was tasked for its first rope rescue incident of the New Year today.
A young female climber was taken ill part way down the cliff in the Subluminal area and wasn't able to climb out. Her partner called the Emergency Services and the team attended alongside our colleagues from St Albans.
Although the rescue would have been a fairly straightforward rope recovery for the team, straight out of the Coastguard text book and exactly the scenario we train for, the Rescue Helicopter from Lee on Solent also attended and in the event its winchman/paramedic winched the lady up and delivered her safely to the waiting teams at the top and from there to a waiting ambulance.
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| Rescue 175 lowers its winchman whilst the rope rescue technician stands by. |
With a rope system in place, the teams deployed a rope rescue technician anyway to help make sure the couple's gear had been removed from the climb and thus preventing any false alarm calls from people potentially finding the equipment.
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| Rescue 175 lands near the lighthouse to offload the casualty |
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