Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - At 5.25 p.m. on 26th October, 1969, the coastguard reported that a rock climber was stranded on the cliffs just south of Buchanness lighthouse.

At 6.24 the life-boat James Mariska Joicey was launched in a light south westerly wind with a choppy sea.

The tide was ebbing. The man was stranded on a ledge and was unable to move. The life-boat came in to the foot of the cliffs, stem on, a rope was lowered from the cliff top to the climber, and he was then able to lower himself to the life-boat. He was landed at Peterhead. The lifeboat returned to her station at 7.47..