San Fransisco firefighters rescued a 12 year old trapped on 300 foot cliff at Fort Funston on Saturday afternoon.

A California Highway Patrol helicopter lowered a firefighter on a cable about 150 feet down the cliff to boy location Lt Mariano Elias added.

The boy who was uninjure had climbed down the sandy bluff but could not get back up he added

Fort Funston is a former military installation on the southwest coast of San Fransisco that is now part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area.