Six rock climbers are forced to stay overnight perched at the base of a 110-metre-high rock formation called The Candlestick off the rugged Tasmanian coast.
Six climbers have been rescued in Tasmania after spending an uncomfortable night at the base of a towering rock formation.
The climbers set off their emergency beacon at 8:00pm on Christmas Day after climbing at Cape Hauy on the rugged south-east coast. They were found at the base of the 110-metre-high formation known as The Candlestick, near another popular climbing destination called the Totem Pole.An initial rescue attempt by boat failed owing to weather conditions.
A police officer and a paramedic were winched down to the group, which was forced to stay overnight accompanied by a police officer and paramedic.Five of the climbers were retrieved by a police marine rescue team early this morning, while the sixth member of the party elected to return by foot to the Fortescue Bay camping ground.The areas has long been a drawcard for hard-core climbers.
It almost claimed the life of British man Paul Pritchard who suffered a head injury when he fell while climbing the Totem Pole in 1998.
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