North Carolina

Climber rescued after falling more than 100 feet from Looking Glass Rock

BREVARD, N.C. — Authorities in North Carolina say a climber injured in a fall of more than 100 feet and another person were rescued from Looking Glass Rock in Pisgah National Forest.

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Multiple media outlets report the two were airlifted late Saturday to Mission Hospital in Asheville.

The Transylvania County Rescue Squad said on its Facebook page that its members responded around 5 p.m. Saturday to a report of one fallen climber and another potentially stuck on the rock.

Authorities said the climber took more of a "tumbling fall" than a free fall. The person on the side of the rock was able to get to the base safely.

Looking Glass Rock is about 5 miles northwest of Brevard and reaches an elevation of almost 4,000 feet.

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