BAKERSFIELD, Calif. --
A teenager climbed 30 feet down the side of the Kern River Canyon and crews rushed in to save him, thinking he fell.
It happened just after 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon along highway 178 at the mouth of the canyon.
The Kern County Sheriff's Department was called to the scene after hearing a 15-year-old teenager had fallen down to a ledge above the Kern River.
More than a dozen city and county firefighters responded to the scene.
A firefighter was lowered on a rope and determined that the teen was not injured.
He was then placed into a harness and raised to safety. Kern County firefighters learned that he had actually climbed down to the ledge and had not fallen.
No one was injured during the rescue.
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