{"id":2023,"date":"2026-06-13T17:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T17:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2026-06-13T17:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T17:37:17","slug":"tricky-san-francisco-cliff-rescue-ends-with-injured-hiker-sliding-to-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2023","title":{"rendered":"Tricky San Francisco cliff rescue ends with injured hiker sliding to the beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>A tricky all-night rescue ended with a stranded hiker sliding down a San Francisco cliff face and being scooped up by the fire department\u2019s swimmers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2021\">Word Game: June 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fire department spearheaded the seven-hour effort that began with a 911 call after 9 p.m. Friday from an injured person who was clinging to a cliff off the Lands End Trail near Dead Man\u2019s Point.<\/p>\n<p>The first challenge was finding the person in the dark. Crews used cell phone triangulation as well as information relayed by the emergency dispatchers who stayed on the phone with the caller, the fire department\u2019s report said.<\/p>\n<p>Once they located the person, rescuers contended with dense fog and steep brushy terrain as they set up a rope system. Around 2 a.m., a social media update posted by the agency said: \u201cThe rock face is becoming unstable and the perch where the victim is located is deteriorating. There is increased risk of the victim falling if the perch gives way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Coast Guard rescue helicopter was called, but by the time it arrived, the fog had closed in again and the air operation was scrapped.<\/p>\n<p>The fire department\u2019s rescuers came up with a third strategy: They had the victim slide down the cliff \u201cin a controlled descent\u201d to the shoreline. \u201cRescue swimmers were staged in the water and immediately assisted the adult victim through heavy surf to a waiting SFFD rescue boat,\u201d the agency reported around 5 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2020\">Pac-12 QB rankings: Boise State, Texas State and Washington State are well positioned with quality and depth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The victim was taken to a hospital with injuries said to be non-life-threatening. One rescue swimmer sustained minor injuries and was taken to the emergency room.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the fire department and the Coast Guard, agencies involved included the U.S. Park Police and the San Francisco police\u2019s drone unit.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Lands End cliffs, west of the Presidio, were also the site of a rescue on Memorial Day. A person described as a young adult fell 100 feet off a cliff near Sutro Baths and was brought to safety by rescuers aboard a California Highway Patrol helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>Deaths near the site include those of Jeffrey Rash, 42, in 2019 and Victoria La Rocca, 17, in 2017. La Rocca, a student at San Francisco\u2019s St. Ignatius College Preparatory high school, had been on an outing with two friends when she climbed a fence near a sign warning of dangerous terrain. She fell from a cliff above Mile Rock Beach and died of her injuries as she was being taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2018\">Kurtenbach: Layers, grit, and Vegemite\u00a0\u2014 the \u2018Alameda Aussies\u2019 are the East Bay\u2019s World Cup sidepiece team<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fire department spearheaded the seven-hour effort that began with a 911 call after dark on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tricky San Francisco cliff rescue ends with injured hiker sliding to the beach - 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