A CLIMBER who fell when trying to scale a cliff near Anvil Point in Swanage at around 2pm yesterday (April 27) received a quick rescue from the RNLI.

The climber reportedly fell seven metres after his equipment failed, causing him to damage his ankle.

The man managed to climb back to a ledge to wait for help and caught the attention of the passing fishing boat, Three Wishes.

Skipper Geoff Marsh wasted no time in radioing for help, and Swanage RNLI quickly sent an inshore lifeboat to the scene where two volunteer lifeboat crew were dropped ashore just ten minutes after being notified.

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A Swanage RNLI spokesperson said: “Due to the location of the climber the best route of extraction was by water.

“The Helm, Fergus Holley, made a careful approach in gentle rolling swell so that the inshore lifeboat was alongside the rocks.

“The casualty was able to move over the rocks to the water’s edge with minimal assistance from the crew to the waiting inshore lifeboat and make a quick transfer onto the lifeboat.”

The injured man was eventually transferred onto the all-weather lifeboat and he was taken to Swanage where an ambulance was waiting.

An RNLI spokesperson added: “We hope the climber makes a good recovery.”