A BASE jumper crashed Saturday afternoon at the bottom of a climbing wall on Independence Pass in Pitkin County, according to rescuers.
The jumper landed roughly 200 feet from a parking area on the mountain pass, at the base of the Grotto Wall climbing area, according to a news release from .
Pitkin County dispatchers received an emergency text reporting the crash landing at about 12:15 p.m. Saturday and sent Mountain Rescue Aspen crews to the Grotto Wall less than 10 minutes later, the news release stated. The area is about 9 miles southeast of Aspen.
Rescue officials reported that the BASE jumper landed in difficult, rocky terrain and required assistance to reach the ambulance.
The 13-person rescue team built a guided-line system to lower the injured jumper from the rocky area to the ambulance, the news release stated.
Information on how the jumper was injured and the severity of the injuries was not available Sunday.
All Mountain Rescue Aspen personnel were out of the field by 3 p.m. Saturday, agency officials said.
