A climber who fell 1,000ft (305m) down a mountain and survived was found by his rescuers standing up reading a map.
Adam Potter, 36, lost his footing at the summit of Sgurr Choinnich Mor near Ben Nevis and plummeted down the near-vertical eastern slope.
Lt Tim Barker, from the helicopter rescue crew, said: “It seemed impossible… he must have literally glanced off the outcrops as he fell.” …
read more – BBC – Climber found reading map after 1,000ft fall
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Amazing!!!
Bet he has some interesting emotions and thoughts about all of this…
DSD
It sounds like quite a slide! Stewart Green had a good article on this too: http://climbing.about.com/b/2011/02/07/scottish-climber-falls-1000-feet-and-survives.htm