California Deputy Scales 300 Feet to Rescue Climber

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Rippe moved quickly without any ropes to reach Bishop.

In this Saturday July 28, 2012 photo released by the Fresno County Sheriff's Department, a helicopter and Fresno County Sheriff's search and rescue team member rescue a Santa Barbara, Calif. man from a rocky ledge on Dog Tooth Peak in the Sierra Nevada, 45 miles northeast of Fresno, Calif. A hiker weary from clinging to the side of a Sierra peak for days was rescued by a sheriff's deputy who sprinted 300 feet up the 45-degree slope just as the hiker was losing his grip. (AP Photo/Fresno County Sheriff's Department)

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