Climber Crawls to Rescue in Patagonia
A rockfall left one climber with a serious foot injury at the base of Cerro Torre
Rolando Garibotti’s Patagonia Vertical reported that Jordon Griffler got a ride in an army helicopter after sustaining a serious foot injury this week. Griffler and Quentin Roberts were on rappel when something happened to their final anchor and they fell a short ways.
A large boulder then collapsed toward them and struck Griffler’s foot. Griffler was helped and he crawled to Nipinino from where he was transported to a hospital. Griffler and Roberts were below the east face of Cerro Torre when the accident took place.
Shortly after being rescued, Griffler took to social media to spread the word about an effort to save an airport in Boulder, Colorado, where he started his career as a pilot. To find out more about the airport situation visit here.
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