{"id":281788,"date":"2026-04-23T09:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/281788\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:34:23","slug":"terrifying-moment-rock-climbers-get-trapped-on-100ft-ledge-in-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/281788\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrifying moment rock climbers get trapped on 100ft ledge in San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three rock climbers in San Diego County <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/22\/world-news\/horror-scenes-as-family-of-seven-left-clinging-to-cliff-edge-at-australian-tourist-hotspot\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">were dramatically rescued Tuesday afternoon<\/a> after becoming stranded on a narrow ledge roughly 100 feet above the canyon floor in a remote mountain area, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The ordeal began around 2 p.m., when the San Diego Sheriff\u2019s Office <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/18\/lifestyle\/mysterious-figure-scaling-las-vegas-sphere-is-alex-honnold\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">received a call reporting the climbers<\/a> were stuck and unable to get down.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies said the group was trapped in a rugged area between El Cajon Mountain and El Monte Mountain.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly two hours after the initial call, a rescue helicopter was sent to the stranded climbers, who were perched precariously above the ground.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.75643225;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39169022\" width=\"1024\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/911-rescue-county-park-reporting-126191558.png\" alt=\"A rescue helicopter hovers above a mountainous landscape, airlifting three individuals suspended below it.\" class=\"wp-image-39169022\"  \/>Aviation is used when subjects are trapped further out than land vehicles can reach or in extremely rugged spots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.88235294;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39169027\" width=\"1024\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/911-rescue-county-park-reporting-126191545.png\" alt=\"Split screen image of a news anchor reporting on three mountain climbers who were rescued from El Capitan.\" class=\"wp-image-39169027\"  \/>Rescuers emphasize that helicopters should not be viewed as an \u201ceasy button\u201d for tired hikers, as these missions are hazardous for the crews.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia&#8217;s top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Dramatic aerial footage captured by <a href=\"https:\/\/fox5sandiego.com\/news\/local-news\/san-diego-el-capitan-mountain-rescue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SkyFOX\/KUSI<\/a> showed crews carefully hoisting the trio to safety. The helicopter utilized a hoit system to lift each person into the aircraft one at a time. <\/p>\n<p>San Diego County Parks describes El Capitan County Preserve as a rugged, mostly treeless ridgeline with roughly 11 miles of trails. Officials warn that the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdparks.org\/content\/sdparks\/en\/park-pages\/ElCapitan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">hike is considered strenuous<\/a> and can easily take up to 6 hours to complete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the tense situation, all three climbers were reported to be in good health and did not require a hospital visit, officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three rock climbers in San Diego County were dramatically rescued Tuesday afternoon after becoming stranded on a narrow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[7,21191,4182,15201,74,76,75,3586],"class_list":["post-281788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-california","tag-helicopters","tag-metro","tag-rescues","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}