Helicopter rescue crew caught on camera saving 2 climbers trapped along popular California beach cliff

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. California Highway Patrol video shows a helicopter rescue technician being lowered to two climbers stranded far below the roadway near Hurricane Point before lifting them to safety one at a time. (Credit: CHP - Coastal Division Air Operations) Two climbers in California stranded on a steep Big Sur cliffside Saturday found themselves 600 feet below the roadway with a California Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter crew their only way out. Video released by the CHP shows the H-70 helicopter hovering above a steep ravine near Hurricane Point as a rescue technician is lowered on a cable to reach the trapped pair. Big Sur Fire requested help from CHP’s Paso Robles Air Unit at about 6:24 p.m., according to the agency. NOVICE CLIMBER SURVIVES 1,500-FOOT DROP ON CALIFORNIA'S MOUNT SHASTA AFTER HELICOPTER RESCUE DELAYED BY CLOUDS A CHP helicopter rescue technician