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Information => Outdoor News and Events => Topic started by: suspectmonkey on January 30, 2011, 11:28:49 AM

Title: Climber found reading map after 1000ft fall
Post by: suspectmonkey on January 30, 2011, 11:28:49 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12317356

QuoteA climber who fell 1,000ft (305m) down a mountain and survived was found by his rescuers standing up reading a map.

The 35-year-old lost his footing at the summit of Sgurr Choinnich Mor near Ben Nevis in the Highlands and plummeted down the near-vertical eastern slope....
Title: Re: Climber found reading map after 1000ft fall
Post by: RedLeader on January 30, 2011, 06:13:38 PM
I read that last night. Talk about lucky!
Title: Re: Climber found reading map after 1000ft fall
Post by: LandyLiam on January 30, 2011, 06:15:21 PM
he should do the lottery this week  ;D
Title: Re: Climber found reading map after 1000ft fall
Post by: Kat on January 30, 2011, 06:23:26 PM
Gosh!  Lucky escape for this climber!   :o
Title: Re: Climber found reading map after 1000ft fall
Post by: fatty-arbuckle on January 30, 2011, 09:30:08 PM
Maybe if he read his map before the fall...............................

;D
Title: Re: Climber found reading map after 1000ft fall
Post by: RedLeader on January 30, 2011, 09:33:38 PM
Don't think he needed to, he went directly down - no detours or navigation needed ::)

Quote from: fatty-arbuckle on January 30, 2011, 09:30:08 PM
Maybe if he read his map before the fall...............................

;D
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