Rescue-9 helicopter hoist rescue of injured climber on Lily Rock, Riverside County Idyllwild Ca.

People generally have no idea what this pilot is dealing with. The air currents off the face of thst mountain have to be highly challenging.... Talk about risking lives to save em! THANK YOU!!!

These dudes absolutely rule. There are few moments in life that can be as purely emotionally euphoric as one in which you think you might be at your end, only to have a rescuer descend from above in the eleventh hour to deliver you to safety. Absolute highest of props, hell yes.

'Compliments of Riverside County.' Wow. What a team effort on this rescue. Thank you all.

“Am I safe, am I connected?” Is actually fair question.

Unbelievable complexity of this job, hats off!

My hands and feet are just sweating, hats off to you guys......

I was in a climbing accident with pretty serious injuries that included a fractured femur. I was rescued in a multi-agency effort, but requested that they not extract via helicopter as I was deep in a gorge and I didn't want to endanger the helo crew & ground personnel. It really sucked getting me out via litter, a raft, a backcountry litter wheel thingie & eventually a short ambulance ride to a (safely waiting in a parking lot) helicopter. I was incredibly grateful for all involved in my rescue. This one looked incredibly dangerous given the helo's proximity to the rocks - really impressed with the guy on the line checking, then double-checking that everything was correct for extraction.

As a former army medevac pilot I’ve done this job and I can tell you that was first class. We’ll done gentlemen. We’ll done

Holy shit! Nerves of steel. Hats off to the rescue team!

Incredible rescue. Thank you for your service!

100% certified bad asses. True professionals.

What a badass job. The climbing community thanks you for your work!

Real life heroes! Like literally action hero stuff. Thank you so much for sharing this footage, this is the best kind of craziness.

Helicopter rescue is so cool. They even came back for his belayer! My buddy broke his ankle on a climb in the pre-cellphone era and all we could do was lower him two pitches to the ground and "three legged race" hop him back to the truck. This is a far better way to go.

no idea why youtube recommended this to me but here i am, mad props, yall are true heroes

damnnnn! definitely takes a different breed to do a job like this. so much respect for you and your crew.

MY FEET was just sweating watching this, hats off to the rescue team

Heroes. Thank you for what you guys do.

My God this man is every single Superman Batman superhero you could ever imagine I can only assume when they are at the base he has to have a full-time assistant who carries a wheelbarrow for his balls to walk around the base thank you so much for what you do sir you are amazing and the people that you rescue are also amazing and fearless I don't know how they can do what they can do

I am deeply impressed. Thank you God for these people