California police used a helicopter to save a man who was trapped for two days behind a cascade when the water force pushed him from his climbing lines, said law enforcement officials.
Ryan Wardwell, 46, Long Beach, California, had planned to recall stunts known as seven tea cups on Sunday in a region remote about two hours south of Sequoia National Park, said the Sheriff’s Board of Tulare on Wednesday.
He never returned to his car that night, which caused a search that led the police to use infrared technology and planes to try to find Wardwell. The accidental land and the end of the officials forced the civil servants to suspend research until the next day.
It was early Tuesday that a diving and rescue team used a drone to identify Wardwell, which was alive and responsive behind a large waterfall, the police said.
He came out of his reminder lines when “the extreme hydraulic of the river” trapped him behind the waterfall, the police said.
The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office published a Wardwell’s Rescue video on Facebook.
Messages requesting comments were left on Friday with Wardwell and the Sheriff office.
The California Highway Patrol used a helicopter to hoist safe Wardwell. He was treated for minor injuries and dehydration and brought his family together.
