Climber rescued from Lover’s Leap
By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee
Helicopter crews with the California Highway Patrol’s Valley Division were kept busy Friday, rescuing a man who had fallen from a cliff in El Dorado County in the morning and helping recover the body of a drowning victim in Nevada County in the afternoon.
About 10am, a helicopter crew responded to a request by the El Dorado County search and rescue team to assist a 20-year-old man who had fallen from a cliff at Lover’s Leap, near Strawberry. The area is popular with rock climbers.
The man was climbing when he slipped and fell approximately 50 feet, striking a ledge. He then fell an additional 50 feet until his climbing rope broke his fall, CHP officials said.
Because of the severity of his injuries, the man was flown to Renown Medical Center in Reno, where he was admitted, the CHP reported.
