“The forces on us were absolutely incredible,” Rivers said Sunday.
“To be honest with you, I don’t know exactly how I was able to hang onto him for as long as I did. It was definitely not easy. I’m very sore today.”
The team was called out at 3:08 p.m. Saturday, arriving on the scene just 12 minutes later.
“We found the individual straddling a log in the middle of the river … So a very precarious position.”
That’s when Rivers attached his ropes and was lowered 26 metres from a cliff into the water.
“We know that he is going to quite cold so we wanted to move urgently.”