{"id":462857,"date":"2026-09-13T22:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T22:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/462857\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T22:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T22:26:13","slug":"heart-stopping-moment-rock-climber-is-trapped-700ft-up-notorious-california-ledge-power-dome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/462857\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart-stopping moment rock climber is trapped 700ft up notorious California ledge &#8216;Power Dome&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A rock climber was plucked from a towering California cliff after falling and becoming injured 700 feet up the steep rock face known as \u201cPower Dome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The climber fell at <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/12\/us-news\/harrowing-moment-helicopter-hovers-frighteningly-close-to-cliff-face-to-rescue-fallen-climber\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courtright Reservoir<\/a> around 12:45 p.m. Friday and needed medical assistance, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourcentralvalley.com\/news\/local-news\/helicopter-rescues-climber-courtright-reservoir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">KSEE24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A rock climber was plucked from a towering California cliff after falling and becoming injured 700 feet up the steep rock face known as \u201cPower Dome.\u201d<\/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\tThe biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.\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>A helicopter from CHP Coastal Division Air Operations\u2019 base in Paso Robles was dispatched to the scene with a two-man crew, which included a rescue technician from the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers opted to hoist the stranded climber from the massive rock face rather than carry out a 500-foot rope rappel rescue, according to the Shaver Lake Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers opted to hoist the stranded climber from the massive rock face rather than carry out a 500-foot rope rappel rescue, according to the Shaver Lake Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>The climber was successfully extracted from the cliff and taken to a waiting ambulance for medical care.<\/p>\n<p>The operation brought together several agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The climber was successfully extracted from the cliff and taken to a waiting ambulance for medical care.<\/p>\n<p>The operation brought together several agencies, including the Fresno County Search and Rescue Mountaineering Team, CHP Coastal and Central Division Air Operations, Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Fresno Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service\u2019s Sierra National Forest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rock climber was plucked from a towering California cliff after falling and becoming injured 700 feet up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,16680,18116,4182,660,167037,3586],"class_list":["post-462857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-falls","tag-hiking","tag-metro","tag-rock","tag-rock-climbing","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462857","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=462857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}