A man survived a 300-foot fall near Prospect after a successful rescue operation led by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Technical Rope Team on Oct. 4.

At 2:19 a.m., witnesses told dispatchers they could hear a man calling for help from the base of a Rogue River canyon cliff in the 1100 block of Mill Creek Drive, according to a news release .

Deputies arrived on scene and determined that a high-angle rope rescue was required due to the "sheer canyon walls and inability to access the man from below," officials said.

The team used 400 feet of rope and a litter to transport the injured man up the cliff walls. Rescue volunteers lowered rescuers and then raised the man up the cliff to safety.

He was airlifted to the hospital by Mercy Flights and despite serious injuri

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