2 climbers badly injured in accident at Suicide Rock in Idyllwild - 2008-09-07 by Christian Berthelsen

Riverside County Fire Dept. paramedic Jason Ucker, left, and Idyllwild paid call firefighter Henry Negrete adiminister advanced life support to climber Trevor Mathews of Irvine, after Mathews fell as much as 100 feet from Suicide Rock in Idyllwild. An unidentified climber assist in the foreground. One climber was knocked unconscious and stranded on a ledge. The other fell nearly 100 feet. Fellow climbers assisted firefighters in the rescue, which was hampered by pelting hail and rain. By Christian Berthelsen, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
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