Injured American Climber Carried Down Cliff, Evacuated by Sea on Greek Island of Kalymnos

A 24-year-old American climber injured on a remote cliffside in the Sikati area of Kalymnos on has been rescued in an operation that required rescuers to carry him down to the shoreline and evacuate him by private boat to a beach accessible by road, where paramedics transferred him to hospital. The man was climbing with two companions when he was injured on the rock face. The group used the emergency 112 number, allowing dispatchers to geolocate their position in the isolated terrain. A sev...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA