LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Tenn. — A woman survived a terrifying drop at a popular hiking spot near the Georgia-Tennessee border.
Fire and rescue crews from Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga-Hamilton responded to Sunset Rock on Saturday afternoon.
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The departments received a call about a hiker who fell 30 feet of the edge of a bluff. The crews found the 22-year-old and used equipment to pull her to safety.
A doctor also responded to the call and said the woman did not appear to have serious injuries. Hamilton County paramedics took her to the hospital.
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Lookout Mountain has more than 30 miles of hiking trails with Sunset Rock on the Tennessee side of the range.
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