Climber Rescued at Anvil Point

A tired and exhausted climber had to be rescued this afternoon west of Anvil Point.

The male from London was climbing with a friend when he became stuck on the cliff face six metres from the bottom.

The Swanage Coastguard team backed up by the St Albans Coastguard team were  tasked just after 3.30pm.  On arrival the teams set up for a rope rescue to retrieve the climber.   The Swanage RNLI inshore lifeboat was requested to provide safely cover whilst the recovery operation was taking place.

The climber was safely recovered to the top of the cliff and checked for any injuries before leaving to warm up.

The teams returned to station just before six o’clock.

The climber and his colleague did the right thing and called for assistance at an early stage of their situation using the emergency phone at Anvil Point.

 The Swanage and St Albans Coastguard teams were sent to the scene along with colleagues from the Swanage RNLI.