Off-Duty Firefighter Rescues Climber in His 60s Who Fell from Mt. Seoraksan's Daecheongbong Peak

With the arrival of cool autumn weather, many people are heading out for hikes.

However, reports of mountain accidents are also coming in continuously.

The hot topic we are sharing this time is the precious news that an off-duty firefighter saved a falling climber.

Park Hyeong-ju, a 119 rescue team leader at the Gwangju Seobu Fire Station, visited a temple on Mt. Seoraksan on October 2 and then set out for a hike.

At that time, he witnessed a climber in his 60s, surnamed A, lose his footing and fall down a two-meter rocky cliff near the Daecheongbong Peak summit marker.

Team Leader Park immediately rushed over to check on the victim's condition.

Using arm sleeves and other items received from nearby hikers to wrap and stop the bleeding from the wounds, he checked the victim's breathing condition along with a nurse who happened to be at the scene.

Afterward, together with other hikers, he moved the patient to a helicopter landing zone and also guided a military helicopter.

Climber A was transported to a hospital where he underwent emergency surgery, and is reportedly not in a life-threatening condition.

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