CALGARY- An Edmonton mountain climber is recovering in a Calgary hospital after suffering what paramedics say was a fall from a significant height near Canmore on Sunday.
EMS says they were called out to Ha Ling Peak in the Spray Lakes area at about 9:00 a.m., after a man in his 30s was reported to have fallen from a height of about 15 metres.
The injured man was climbing with another Edmonton man who was not injured in the climb. The pair stayed together until rescue crews arrived.
EMS officials say they were only able to get access to a nearby parking lot, so conservation officers had to rescue both of the men by helicopter.
The climber who fell was brought to the parking lot where paramedics were able to stabilize him.
STARS air ambulance then transported the man to Foothills Hospital in Calgary.
EMS says the man is in serious but stable condition after sustaining a number of traumatic injuries.
The men’s names have not been released at this time.
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