Woman rescued after canyoning misshap in the Blue Mountains
A 31-year-old woman with a broken leg and suffering from hypothermia has been winched out of Claustral Canyon, near Mount Tomah in the Blue Mountains. Part of a group of 11 people, the woman was canyoning in difficult terrain when she fractured her lower right leg and dislocated her ankle.
She was taken to Westmead Hospital and the other members of the group were also been winched out. Because of the rough terrain and fading light yesterday afternoon the crew of the rescue helicopter had to call off an operation to airlift the woman out of Claustral Canyon. Instead at first light this morning, the injured woman and her group were moved to a more suitable site to facilitate the airlift operation. This began at first light.