Gibraltar History May 21st

1976

Gibraltar Rock Climbing

Perez de Tudela and his team start their climb of Giblraltar’s northeast wall in the early hours of the morning. Nearing the summit, a stone fall put a stop to Perez’s attempt. However, one of his team continues and reaches the top. Perez suffers a broken leg and is finally rescued by a British naval helicopter after hanging on the rock face for twenty-five hours!