{"id":8327,"date":"2026-05-10T03:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T03:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/8327\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T03:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T03:46:09","slug":"climbers-rescued-after-being-stranded-in-the-warrumbungles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/8327\/","title":{"rendered":"Climbers rescued after being stranded in the Warrumbungles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A routine climb in the rugged peaks of the Warrumbungle National Park turned into an overnight rescue mission after a falling rock injured one of two Victorian climbers stranded high above the valley floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Emergency crews were called to Crater Bluff near Coonabarabran about 1pm yesterday after an EPIRB was activated from Cornerstone Rib, where the pair had been climbing about 150 metres up the rock face.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police say a 61-year-old man suffered cuts and a suspected concussion when he was struck in the head by falling rock debris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In difficult terrain, the injured climber and his companion managed to scramble to a small ledge and call for help, sparking a major multi-agency response involving NSW Police Rescue, PolAir and specialist critical care paramedics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Rescue crews were winched onto the bluff in challenging conditions before both climbers were carefully brought to the summit and treated.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"an aerial photograph of green mountain ranges\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/93ecc311ca4aacce857be4c364f3832c.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The 233-square-kilometre park in central-western NSW is home to iconic volcanic landforms and steep terrain. (Supplied: NSW Parks and Wildlife Service)<\/p>\n<p>Camping on a cliff<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">As darkness settled over the mountain range, rescuers and climbers were forced to remain in place overnight, waiting for safer conditions to continue the operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">At first light this morning, a rescue helicopter crew successfully winched everyone to safety, ending the tense ordeal after nearly 20 hours on the mountain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The injured climber was taken to Coonabarabran Hospital with minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Authorities have praised the coordinated rescue effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A routine climb in the rugged peaks of the Warrumbungle National Park turned into an overnight rescue mission&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,21,9738,5102,9735,5305,9736,9737],"class_list":["post-8327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-austrlia","tag-climbers-rescued","tag-climbing","tag-coonabarabran","tag-rescue","tag-warrumbungle-national-park","tag-warrumbungles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}