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#1 Hostile

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Posted 02 February 2011 - 02:39 PM

SGURR CHOINNICH MOR, Scotland -- A 35-year-old mountain climber who tumbled almost 1,000 feet Saturday not only survived the fall, but was standing on his feet looking at a map when rescuers arrived, the (London) Daily Telegraph reported.

The unidentified man had just reached the summit of Sgurr Choinnich Mor about five miles east of Ben Nevis, when he lost his footing and fell down the extremely steep and craggy eastern slope of the mountain, the paper said.

A Royal Navy Sea King helicopter, already airborne for training, flew immediately to the scene and spotted a man at the bottom of the mountain.

'We honestly thought it couldn't have been him, as he was on his feet, reading a map," the Telegraph quoted Lieutenant Tim Barker, the crew's observer, as saying.

''It seemed impossible. So we retraced our path back up the mountain and, sure enough, there were bits of his kit in a vertical line all the way up where he had obviously lost them during the fall.

''It was quite incredible. He must have literally glanced off the outcrops as he fell, almost flying.''

The paper said the man had only superficial cuts and bruises and a minor chest injury.

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Posted 02 February 2011 - 03:31 PM

Pretty badass if you ask me.

1000ft down a mountain? Just a flesh wound.

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Posted 02 February 2011 - 05:18 PM

Is it wrong to be disappointed? I was expecting this...
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Posted 02 February 2011 - 05:39 PM

...eh ... uhm.
Did you just paint that? :p

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Posted 02 February 2011 - 06:00 PM

...eh ... uhm.
Did you just paint that? :p

Eh, maybe? ;)

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Posted 02 February 2011 - 09:49 PM

I read about this the other day. That's what we in the emergency service trade call "a stupid amount of luck".

Considering most of us die in our beds, or at best at the wheel of a car, this guy fell down a fucking mountain and survived?

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Posted 03 February 2011 - 01:37 AM

Hardcore.

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Posted 03 February 2011 - 02:09 AM

I often wondered if posting crazy news from the web would be interesting for people. I even remember some person in the Rev CC stating about Revora being more than just some silly news posted by someone from the web (I can't imagine who he was referring to.) But this article has 40 views since this morning and the section of this site has very higher traffic. People (myself included) really need a distraction from the boredom of life by reading crap posted by other people for a small instantanious entertainment moment. I forget what people did before the internet.

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Posted 03 February 2011 - 07:36 AM

Revora's almost as good as StumbleUpon in that regard, it must be said.




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