# Winched to safety in the Blue Mountains

> A climber fell 30 metres at Ben Travado Wall, and getting her out took a helicopter, a doctor and a team on foot.
- Title: Winched to safety in the Blue Mountains · Gripped Magazine
- Summary: A climber fell 30 metres at Ben Travado Wall, and getting her out took a helicopter, a doctor and a team on foot. A fall into hard terrain turns a rescue…
- Keywords: climbing, rescue, blue mountains, helicopter, accidents, Winched, safety, Blue, Mountains, Gripped Magazine
- Source: Gripped Magazine — https://gripped.com/news/helicopter-winches-paramedic-to-help-rescue-climber
- Author: gripped
- Published: 2026-09-13T13:46:52+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: climbing, rescue, blue mountains, helicopter, accidents
## A 30 metre fall
On Saturday morning, a woman in her 30s fell around 30 metres while climbing in the Blue Mountains. She was reportedly on Ben Travado Wall.
## She landed somewhere hard to reach
The woman came to rest in terrain rescuers could not simply walk up to, which is what turned a callout into a major operation.
## A team went in on foot
Special operations paramedics, a doctor, a critical care paramedic and police rescue all made their way to her by foot to start treatment.

> in a difficult to reach location but special operations paramedics, a doctor and critical care paramedic along with police rescue were able to reach her by foot
## Then one came down by cable
A critical care paramedic on the Toll Ambulance Rescue Helicopter was winched in to help treat her where she lay.

> A critical care paramedic on board the Toll Ambulance Rescue Helicopter was also winched in to treat the patient
## Arm, shoulder, abrasions
She was treated on scene for arm and shoulder injuries and multiple abrasions before the team moved her out.
## Winched out, stable
The doctor, the critical care paramedic and the helicopter winched her out and flew her to Westmead Hospital in a stable condition. The same weekend, a Massachusetts man died in a fall at St. John's Ledges in Connecticut.
## Key takeaway

A fall into hard terrain turns a rescue into a logistics problem, and reaching the patient is only half of it.