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jumar
05-12-2008, 07:12 AM
This says they were climbing...but I wonder if it was canyoneering.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3280964


Climber breaks leg
May 11th, 2008 @ 11:56am

SANDY, Utah (AP) -- A rock climber fell 30 feet to the bottom of a ledge, where he lay for four hours with a broken leg before help arrived.

The 22-year-old man was climbing with a friend and a relative above a waterfall near Rocky Mountain Trailhead.

He grabbed a rock that gave way, falling Saturday night.

Rescuers set up ropes to lower themselves and the man in a basket 200 feet to the trailhead.

The man was taken by ambulance to the University of Utah Hospital, where he was expected to recover.

------ Information from: Deseret News

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Iceaxe
05-12-2008, 08:54 AM
Rocky Mouth would really be roaring right now with all the snow melt. I bet it was not even climbers.... more like youngin's scrambling around on the cliff would be my best guess.