Tourist saved from 200ft cliff fall after landing in bush A few minutes before his fall, another cliff faller in the same area had been recovered by the HM Coastguard Cliff Rescue team. RNLI lifeboat crews from Torbay and Teignmouth joined in the rescue after the man called the services at about 4.30pm. Teignmouth Lifeboat joined the Torbay Cliff Rescue team, both Torbay lifeboats, the HM Coastguard rib and the Rescue Helicopter from Portland in recovering the man. On the arrival of the Teignmouth lifeboat at Petit Tor, three crew were put shore by helmsman Humphrey Vince to assist the helicopter winchman attend to the fallen man, said a Teignmouth RNLI lifeboat spokesman. The faller was lodged on an unstable protruding mound of rock and soil, probably caused during his 100ft fall through the trees and undergrowth ending up about 30 feet above the shoreline. It took about 25 minutes to stabilise him, during which time the helicopter landed about five miles away to conserve fuel.