Thursday, June 21, 2012

Man Gets Trapped Climbing Tree




FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- An Alaska man had to be rescued after he climbed a tree for exercise but got stuck upside down by one leg.


Fairbanks firefighters had to use a ladder truck to reach the 53-year-old man, who was dangling nearly 30 feet off the ground. He was uninjured.


He said the man had spikes and a belt around his stomach, and that he lost his grip and fell backward. The belt slipped below his waist, flipping him over.


Authorities were alerted by a friend, whom the man called from a cellphone attached to a lanyard around his neck.


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