A climber was injured after falling from a cliff near Student Wall at Smith Rock State Park.

A 34-year-old Redmond man was rescued from an unimproved climbing area near Student Wall at Smith Rock State Park on Monday, July 18 after falling approximately 50 feet and rolling another 40 feet over rocks and debris.

According to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, 911 dispatch was alerted to the fall at 6:41 p.m. Monday. Shortly after, 15 Mountain Rescue volunteers and two deputies left for the site, arriving at roughly 8 p.m.

Redmond Fire & Rescue was able to hike to the patient as the Search & Rescue team set up a system of ropes and a litter to hoist the patient up approximately 110 feet of cliff face in the dark.

The injured climber was successfully hoisted up the cliff and was treated by Redmond Fire & Rescue about 11:12 p.m. Monday night.

According to the report, “the patient … was reported to be an avid climber and was just about to hook in to a rope system when the fall occurred.”