Harrowing moment helicopter hovers frighteningly close to cliff face to rescue fallen climber
- Posted on September 13, 2026
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Harrowing moment helicopter hovers frighteningly close to cliff face to rescue fallen climber
An injured rock climber had to be airlifted from a steep cliff in the Sierra Nevada after experiencing a bad fall Friday afternoon. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) said that at about 12:45 p.m. Sept. 11, CHP’s Coastal Division Air Operations received a call to help with a rescue at Courtright Reservoir in the southwestern Sierra Nevada. The climber had fallen while on Power Dome, a massive granite formation at the reservoir, and needed to be...
