Trio Rescued from Rocky Cliffs Above Eaton Canyon

January 11, 2011

The Altadena Mountain Rescue Team and neighboring Sierra Madre Rescue team members joined forces to rescue two adult males and an 8 year old boy from a precarious perch high atop Acrophobia Ridge in Eaton Canyon.

The victims phoned for help at about 6 p.m. when they found themselves lost in the darkness on steep, rocky terrain just South of the Eaton Canyon Waterfall.

Rescue crews scaled Acrophobia Ridge shortly after 7:30 p.m., located and secured the victims in rescue harnesses and slowly escorted them down the long, rocky ridge to safety using a system of hand lines and secure tie-in devices. All parties were safe at canyon bottom just before midnight. There were no injuries.