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Johann Westhauser had to be moved inch by inch, as Stephen Evans reports
An injured German caver trapped 1,000m (3,300ft) underground for 12 days has been brought to the surface after a painstaking rescue operation.
Johann Westhauser, 52, is reported to be conscious but the extent of his head and chest injuries is still unclear.
He was badly hurt in a rock fall on 8 June while exploring Germany's deepest cave, near the Austrian border.
Two doctors accompanied him to the surface and after initial checks he was airlifted to hospital.
A medical team and helicopters were waiting as he left the cave at 11:44 local time (09:44 GMT).
The precarious operation was beset with difficulties because of the deep shafts and narrow passages in the cave, and the final 180m (600ft) vertical stretch of the rescue proved particularly hard.
A motorised winch could not be used because of the potential risks to Mr Westhauser, and he had to be hauled up manually.
The injured man was one of the explorers who in 1995 originally discovered the cave, which they named Riesending ("Giant thing") because of its depth and size.
He had been on a trip during the Whitsun holiday when he suffered severe head and chest injuries at least 1,000m metres underground.
A test of human limits - Stephen Evans, BBC News Berlin
Mr Westhauser works at the Institute for Applied Physics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, but it is not known if he went into the complex (as he had done many times before) as part of his research or as a hobby.
There are sound scientific reasons to explore caves but there are cavers, too, who do it for the thrill of going where no human may have trod before.
Whatever Johann Westhauser's motive was, it has turned out to be an expensive exercise, both in terms of money but also in terms of the sweat and risk expended by the people who have pulled him out.
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