Hiker rescued after falling off edge of dangerous cliff

It took an hour for emergency services to rescue the man, who plunged 10m off a dangerous cliff face and was struggling to hold on.

A hiker has been rescued from a dangerous cliff face in South Australia.

Emergency services were called to the rugged cliff face in southern Fleurieu Peninsula, located about 66km south of Adelaide, about 2.15pm on Sunday after reports of a man falling more than 10m.

A hiker has been rescued after slipping down a dangerous cliff face, which then crumbled beneath him.

It’s understood the rocks began to crumble underfoot, causing the man to plunge below the cliff face, located in an isolated area at the end of a dirt road, north of the edge of Myponga Beach.

Rescuers discovered the man, who was hanging onto the rocks with a single hand.

A radio report from emergency services described the distressing scene.

“The male is cramping. He’s got a single foot hold on the far left and struggling to hold on, over,” they said, per 9News.

Emergency services raced to the delicate rescue on the southern Fleurieu Peninsula, 54km south of Adelaide.

Paramedics, specialist Star Group experts, and Country Fire Service and SES volunteers were called to the scene to help rescue the man.

Afraid the man could be blown off the face of the cliff by the rescue helicopter, the man was eventually rescued with the help of a winch, which was used to pull the man up the edge of the cliff.

The rescue took about an hour to complete.

Originally published as Hiker rescued after falling off edge of dangerous cliff