Dramatic footage of a rock climber’s precarious helicopter rescue has been revealed, with emergency crews revealing he suffered serious injuries after falling 8m from a popular summit in the Victorian Alps.
The climber had been scaling the Horn on Mount Buffalo when their equipment failed, causing them to fall onto a “precarious ledge” several metres below.
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The mountain, about 325km northeast of Melbourne, reaches 1723m at its highest plateau and is popular with hikers and climbers.
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A Victoria Ambulance spokesman said the person was seriously injured in the fall,
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