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Climber choppered out from windy point today

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j mo · · n az · Joined Jan 2009 · Points: 1,200

Coming down the mountain about 3pm traffic was stopped just above windy point for a helicopter evacuation, rumor was a climber fell 40 feet and had a leg injury. I am hoping the climber is ok.

Tyler Schweigert · · Tucson, AZ · Joined Jun 2014 · Points: 5

I was on top of Hitchcock Pinnacle when it happened. He was climbing on the 5.10 side when he fell and his cams came out of the rock. He broke 2 vertebrae in his back and had a compound fracture in his leg. We texted the girl he was with afterwards and she said he is in a full body cast, but he will recover.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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