This footage was filmed and produced 13 January 2024.

Footage shows the moment Colorado Springs Fire Department rescued a hiker who had become stranded on a rocky ledge, on Saturday, January 13, 2024.
The hiker, not named by local media in the US state of Colorado, had become so cold they were unable to get down after reaching the top of a peak in Cheyenne Canyon on 13th January and were suffering from frostbite. When they called for help just beofe 7am rescuers were able to pinpoint them with a drone.

Drone footage of the descent shows the hiker fixed to a line with a rescuer behind them as they scramble down the almost vertical rock face one step at a time. Above them, another rescuer carefully plays out the line while others in the team wait on a rocky outcrop below. Amazingly, the painstaking rescue took just two and a half hours. The hiker was treated at a hospital for injuries to his lower extremities and frostbite.

Local media reported that temperatures in the area over the weekend reached just two degrees Fahrenheit (minus 16.6 degrees Celsius).

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