Emergency services rescue young climber after fall on Mt Tibrogargan
Rescue crews have rushed to save a young man who reportedly fell several metres on a mountain track.
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Two men have been rescued in separates incidents at the Glass House Mountains on the Sunshine Coast.
Rescue technicians and paramedics flocked to Mt Tibrogargan about 1.30pm on Sunday after receiving reports a climber had fallen and needed assistance.
A Queensland Ambulance spokesman said emergency crews found the man in his 20s who had reportedly fallen 5m.
A Queensland Fire Department spokesman said the man fell on the east side of the mountain near the summit track.
The spokesman said he was in a safe location but was stuck and needed extraction.
Rescue crews and paramedics found the young man who was stable and had no obvious injuries, with a helicopter called to assist.
Fireys created an exclusion zone to allow for the helicopter to winch the man from the area.
Emergency crews were called to a similar incident on Mt Ngungun only two hours earlier about 11.45am on Sunday.
A call was made to authorities after a man in his 50s suffered a medical episode on one of the tracks.
Paramedics and fireys found the man who escorted him from the mountain. He was later taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
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Originally published as Emergency services rescue young climber after fall on Mt Tibrogargan