Deseret News | Man airlifted after Big Cottonwood Canyon fall

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Man airlifted after Big Cottonwood Canyon fall

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HKH | 7:25 a.m. June 7, 2008

Thank you for this exclusive local story relevant to all climbers. Good photos too.

Fee needed | 9:51 a.m. June 7, 2008

for all search & rescues which are practically a daily occurence. Wishing the climber a speedy recovery.

T | 2:41 p.m. June 8, 2008

Fee needed for everyone who requires help when getting in an accident while driving a car.

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T. Douglas Gregory | 6:05 p.m. June 8, 2008

Fee needed for requiring help when falling down the stairs.

local climber | 4:58 p.m. June 9, 2008

I think they meant "storm Mountain." Glass Ocean is a 5.8 trad/sport route that is supposedly 100 ft high.

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Ashley Lowery, Deseret News

Members of the Life Flight crew land with a climber that fell 50 feet on Storm Mountain in Salt Lake City on Friday. The 56-year-old man suffered a head injury, multiple fractures of the right arm and soft tissue injuries.

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