An 18-year-old rock climber from the Brisbane suburb of Chermside West has died after falling 40 metres from Mount Ngungun in the Glass House Mountains on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
Paramedics were called to the scene at about midday, of what was described as "a significant fall".
A rescue helicopter was called as Queensland Fire and Emergency Services and SES volunteers assisted multiple paramedics at the scene.
They said the incident was believed to be a rock-climbing accident.
Mount Ngungun is the sixth tallest of the Glass House Mountains, standing at about 250 metres.
