By Brooke Baitinger
The Charlotte Observer
LAS ANGELES COUNTY 鈥� A pair of teenage rock climbers were rescued after getting stranded overnight on a frigid Southern California mountain, officials said.
They were climbing Tahquitz Peak when a storm swept in and about 900 feet up the side of the mountain as temperatures dropped, KTLA reported.
They didn鈥檛 have the proper gear for an overnight stay in low temperatures, and they had developed hypothermia by the time rescuers and paramedics plucked them from the rocky peak on Sunday, Oct. 23, rescuers and KTLA reported.
A helicopter from the Los Angeles County Sheriff鈥檚 Department Special Enforcement Bureau assisted in the rescue, the department said on Twitter. The department shared dramatic video footage of the rescue efforts that showed rescuers descending from the helicopter and inside the chopper.
The department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Tahquitz Peak is in the San Jacinto mountain range about 110 miles east of Los Angeles.
Two rock climbers nearly a month ago, McClatchy News previously reported.
One of them was 31-year-old former NFL player Gavin Escobar, and his climbing partner, 33-year-old Chelsea Walsh. Both were from Huntington Beach.
earlier this year after sustaining injuries from a fall. The death followed others in the same vicinity, leading 鈥渙ne law enforcement agency to warn people to take precautions if hiking,鈥� according to the Desert Sun.
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