Climber survives 1,000ft fall from mountain, stands when rescuers find him!!!

[link to www.telegraph.co.uk]


Climber survives 1,000ft fall with minor injuries
When mountain rescuers were told a climber had fallen from a snow-covered ridge near Ben Nevis they were prepared for the worst.

So when the helicopter crew spotted Adam Potter on his feet and consulting a map 1,000 ft below the summit, they continued their search for an injured man.
In fact Mr Potter had fallen the entire way, dropping over three rocky crags, yet remarkably sustaining only relatively minor injuries.
The rescue team, alerted to their error by the 36-year old's climbing companions, headed back down the slope of 3,589ft Sgurr Choinnich Mor to ferry him to hospital.
As his girlfriend and two friends watched in horror he plunged down a steep slope on and "flew" off three rocky crags before landing in snow.
He had fallen the height of the Eiffel Tower, leaving a trail of kit behind him, and yet had the composure to get out his OS map to find his location after a boulder ended his downward momentum.
Mr Potter, a landfill manager from Glasgow, was winched on to the helicopter and airlifted to the Southern General Hospital in his hometown of Glasgow where he was well aware yesterday of just how lucky he was.