Search and rescue members retrieved an injured climber from the Candlestick at Cape Hauy around noon today.
Members in the Westpac Rescue Helicopter winched the injured man to safety after he fell around 10 metres and sustained a leg injury.
The injured man, aged in his 30's, was flown to the Royal Hobart Hospital.
A woman who was climbing with the man was uninjured and extracted from the area by rescuers, rappelling down the rockface to an awaiting police boat.
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