2 climbers rescued from Looking Glass Rock in North Carolina

BREVARD, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina say a climber injured in a fall of more than 100 feet and another person were rescued from Looking Glass Rock in Pisgah National Forest.

photo: Translyvania Rescue Squad Face Book

Multiple media outlets report the two were airlifted late Saturday to Mission Hospital in Asheville.

The Transylvania County Rescue Squad said on its Facebook page that its members responded around 5 p.m. Saturday to a report of one fallen climber and another potentially stuck on the rock.

Authorities said the climber took more of a “tumbling fall” than a free fall. The person on the side of the rock was able to lower himself or herself to the base safely.

Looking Glass Rock is about 5 miles northwest of Brevard and reaches an elevation of almost 4,000 feet.

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Transylvania Rescue Squad Update Feb 2, 2019

**Looking Glass Rock Update**

All patients and rescuers are out of the woods. The person stuck on the side of the rock was able to lower themself to the base safely. Another patient had a 100-150 foot tumbling fall to the base and was injured. We accessed them from the Slick Rock Trail off of Forest Service Road 475B, near the Pisgah Fish Hatchery. After packaging the patient, we carried them out to the awaiting ambulance. They were transported to Transylvania Regional Hospital and then airlifted to Mission Hospital.
Transylvania County Emergency Management and Henderson County Rescue Squad assisted us with the operation. Connestee Fire Rescue also assisted with their drone.