Death-defying rescue after climber falls eight metres on remote peak

A death-defying rescue was performed after a climber fell eight metres while trying to scale an Australian peak.

The woman, in her 40s, was at Mount Buffalo in Victoria's High Country when her gear failed, sending her plunging around two storeys on to a rock ledge.

She was knocked unconscious, had broken ribs and was stranded.

The woman, in her 40s, was at Mount Buffalo in Victoria's High Country when her gear failed, sending her plunging around two storeys on to a rock ledge.

The Horn is the most prominent peak on the Mount Buffalo plateau in Victoria, at 1723 metres.

Footage shows the delicate rescue by a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service crew unfolding.

A rescuer, MICA Flight Paramedic Shaun Whitmore, was winched out of the helicopter in the precarious feat.

He stabilised the woman, provided splinting and pain relief, and prepared her for rescue in "extremely tight conditions", Ambulance Victoria said.

A death-defying rescue was performed after a climber fell eight metres while trying to scale an Australian peak.The woman, in her 40s, was at Mount Buffalo in Victoria's High Country when her gear failed, sending her plunging around two storeys on to a rock ledge.

She was lifted into the helicopter on a stretcher and taken to ground level in the national park before being flown to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition.

The accident happened on March 22 but the footage has just been released.