Man clings to cliff after becoming stranded 500 feet below the top, CA firefighters say

A hiker found clinging to a Daly City cliff had to be rescued by helicopter, California firefighters reported.

The man had hiked along a Palisades Park cliff to a point where it became too steep and narrow to reach a trail, stranding him at about 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, the North County Fire Authority said in a news release.

A firefighter rappelled 500 feet down the cliff to reach the hiker, and a California Highway Patrol helicopter lowered a second firefighter to the man, the release said.

The helicopter airlifted the hiker to safety, firefighters said. He was uninjured. The rescue took about 90 minutes.

This story was originally published February 7, 2022 at 8:42 AM with the headline "Man clings to cliff after becoming stranded 500 feet below the top, CA firefighters say."