DRAGOON, AZ (AZFamily) — Two rock climbers were rescued after one slipped and fell off a mountain, stranding their partner on Thursday afternoon in southern Arizona.

At about 5:30 p.m., Cochise County search and rescue crews responded to Rockfellow Dome in the Dragoon Mountains after a climber fell about 70 feet, pulling the rope with him and leaving his partner stranded.

The partner who called 911 told dispatchers the injured climber was awake and talking and described his injuries. Rescuers determined that a technical vertical hoist was needed to bring both men to safety.

Rescuers called in the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Ranger 2 helicopter, an Arizona Lifeline medical helicopter, and the Sunsites-Pearce Fire District to help.

The injured climber was secured on a backbo

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