southern CaliforniaRescue crews responded after the victim fell about 10 feet from a waterfall along the Waterfall Trail in Pine Mountain Club on Woodland Drive, theThe 20 rescue personnel hiked half a mile to the waterfall and found the victim about 30 feet above the base of the falls on a rock cropping, fire officials said.
When rescuers reached the fallen hiker, officials said they determined the victim had suffered a fatal medical emergency. Rescue crews used a rope system to safely hoist the hikers from a rock outcropping below the waterfall in Pine Mountain Club, California, on Friday. Crews set up an elaborate robe system to safely hoist the victim’s body from the elevated position on thePine Mountain Club is a mountain community of the Tejon Pass in southern California's Kern County.