The Unalaska Fire Department rescued a man this weekend from a cliff face on east side of Ballyhoo Mountain.
Fire chief Zac Schasteen says the department received a call at 5:25 p.m. Sunday night reporting a man stuck "roughly 100 feet up on the cliff face" above the Kloosterboer Dock on Ballyhoo Road. Responders maneuvered a ladder truck to reach the stranded man, wrap him in a harness and lower him to the ground.
According to responders, the man was released to his shipmates and captain after a brief evaluation.
The man and a friend were reportedly hiking down Ballyhoo and "he wanted to take a short cut. He didn’t realize the extent of the cliff face," Schasteen said.
Credit Unalaska Department of Public Safety
