General Thread - Closed! Please use newer GT
#34701
Posted 30 January 2011 - 01:18 PM
#34702
Posted 30 January 2011 - 01:23 PM
#34703
Posted 30 January 2011 - 01:32 PM
Climber found reading map after 1,000ft fall
A 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.
Lt Tim Barker, from the helicopter rescue crew, said: "It seemed impossible... he must have literally glanced off the outcrops as he fell."
He added the climber, from Glasgow, was shaking from "extreme emotional shock".
Lt Barker, the Royal Navy's Sea King helicopter crew's observer, said: "We began to hover-taxi down the slope and spotted a man at the bottom, standing up.
"We honestly thought it couldn't have been him, as he was on his feet, reading a map. Above him was a series of three high craggy outcrops.
"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.
'Almost flying'
"It was quite incredible. He must have literally glanced off the outcrops as he fell, almost flying."
The helicopter, from HMS Gannet in Prestwick, Ayrshire, was already airborne on a training exercise when it was scrambled to the scene just after 1430 GMT.
A paramedic was winched down to check the climber over. He appeared unscathed aside from some superficial cuts and bruises and a minor chest injury.
Lt Barker added: "He is lucky to be alive. It's hard to believe that someone could have fallen that distance on that terrain and been able to stand up at the end of it, let alone chat to us in the helicopter on the way to the hospital.
"Really an amazing result - I have to say, when we got the call and realised the details of where he'd fallen, we did expect to arrive on scene to find the worst-case scenario."
The climber, from Glasgow, was one of a group of 24 who had reached the summit when the accident happened.
He is being treated at Southern General Hospital in the city.
#34704
Posted 30 January 2011 - 01:36 PM
AMS - those are some cool machines man!
#34705
Posted 30 January 2011 - 02:31 PM
#34706
Posted 30 January 2011 - 02:33 PM
Also, this happened.
#34707
Posted 30 January 2011 - 02:37 PM
#34708
Posted 30 January 2011 - 02:37 PM
This is bullshit.
Sunny skies.
#34709
Posted 30 January 2011 - 02:41 PM
#34710
Posted 30 January 2011 - 02:45 PM
Hahaha, fucking hell.
Also, this happened.
Wow.
Just....wow!
All hail the mighty triangle of truth!
#34711
Posted 30 January 2011 - 02:52 PM
shagin wagon
And the model is...
.....wait for it....
....a HJ!
Hahahahaha
If I told you I was a compulsive liar, would you believe me?
#34712
Posted 30 January 2011 - 02:57 PM
Jase, you're a crack up!!
Invisirep to you sir!
#34713
Posted 30 January 2011 - 03:10 PM
Wow.
Just....wow!
All hail the mighty triangle of truth!
HAIL!!
Seriously.. ever met a chick that can not be explained by this triangle?
#34714
Posted 30 January 2011 - 03:52 PM

I came off
Luckily it happened about 1km from the end of the ride though. So an awesome time was had.
#34715
Posted 30 January 2011 - 04:04 PM
#34716
Posted 30 January 2011 - 04:16 PM
#34717
Posted 30 January 2011 - 04:29 PM
#34718
Posted 30 January 2011 - 04:50 PM
im sure plenty of HJ's have been had in the back of itAnd the model is...
.....wait for it....
....a HJ!
Hahahahaha
#34719
Posted 30 January 2011 - 04:59 PM
That is a nice view mate! I was going to go for a ride today (just a burn around the neighbourhood) but accidently started having a few beers instead.
I was going to have some beers today (just a bum around the house) but accidently went on a 25k ride instead.
If I told you I was a compulsive liar, would you believe me?
#34720
Posted 30 January 2011 - 05:02 PM
your keen in this heat hahahI was going to have some beers today (just a bum around the house) but accidently went on a 25k ride instead.
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