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Will Symons

"He tried for days to escape, but there was nothing he could do" - California climber rescued after spending 2 days behind rushing waterfall

A waterfall in Sequoia National Forest.

A fallen climber has been rescued after he became trapped behind a rushing California waterfall and remained stuck there for two days.

Ryan Wardwell, 46, was rappelling down the Kern River cliffside in Sequoia National Forest when "extreme hydraulics" forced him off his line, and he fell into an open space behind the Seven Teacups waterfall.

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