‘Stunning survival story’: Police rescue California man trapped behind waterfall for two days

<p>Ryan Wardwell was rappelling down Seven Teacups falls when ‘extreme hydraulics’ trapped him behind a cascade</p><p>A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">California</a> man who recently became trapped behind a waterfall for two days while climbing was dramatically rescued by police utilizing a helicopter.</p><p>Ryan Wardwell, 46, of Long Beach, went to waterfalls known as the Seven Teacups on 10 August with plans to rappel down, the sheriff’s office of Tulare country said in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/2150872688754272">social media post</a>. But the “extreme hydraulics” of the waterfalls pushed Wardwell off his rappelling lines and trapped him behind a cascade of the Kern river, according to the sheriff’s office.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/17/police-rescue-california-man-trapped-behind-waterfall">Continue reading...</a>