A 20-year-old man was rescued near Cascade Falls on Saturday (July 15) after falling roughly 50 feet.
Mission Search and Rescue (MSAR) collaborated with Ridge Meadows, Chilliwack and Central Fraser Valley search and rescue members to lift the man out of a ravine.
The 20-year-old鈥檚 friend witnessed him fall and called 911. He was walking up a trail between the suspension bridge and the main falls when some loose dirt on the side gave way, causing him to fall.
鈥淗e wasn鈥檛 doing some crazy reckless cliff jumping like a lot of people we鈥檝e rescued there,鈥� MSAR鈥檚 Trevor Regehr said. 鈥淗e appeared to be being pretty careful 鈥� he just wasn鈥檛 watching where he stepped.鈥�
Regehr says the man landed on some rocks and still had a significant drop below him. MSAR gained access and administered first aid.
Search and rescue members raised him back to the top using a rope system before he was transferred to BC Ambulance Service.
According to Regehr, the man was 鈥渂anged up pretty badly鈥� with a head injury but he was stable.
鈥淗e鈥檚 very lucky,鈥� Regehr said. 鈥淚t was a huge fall and he鈥檚 gonna be fine鈥� so extremely lucky.鈥�
He says rope rescues occur a few times per year for MSAR.
鈥淭he loose rock [and] the rock fall on that cliff made it somewhat technical,鈥� he said.
Eleven members from MSAR attended the call 鈥� along with rope technicians from other branches 鈥� because it was a busy weekend with some members gone.
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