A climber in Scotland was found on his feet after falling 1000 feet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12317356

yeow

"...there were bits of his kit in a vertical line all the way up where he had obviously lost them during the fall..."

Amazing story, although I disagree that he was a climber. From what I read, it would appear to me that he was hiking, not climbing. I think newspapers like to use the word "climber" because it sounds more interesting.

I just seen this guy on the BBC Scotland news. He's just got a badly scratched face and some other minor cuts and bruises. They've filmed him ouside the hospital in his gown holding a map . Seems they found him trying to work out where he was on the map.

Lucky Boy

This even made the paper in Anchorage, as though someone had fallen 1000' through thin air and landed with a few scratches!

Maybe a little media hype? The local account, with picture, makes it look like a long slide down a snow slope that had a few crags or outcrops on it.
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8042795-1000-foot-plunge-down-a-scottish-mountain-and-adam-potter-is-doing-fine/image/71710222-sgurr-choinnich-mor

(Or, if you are the kind who likes "conservative" media, be SURE to watch the way this was reported in Conservative New Media:
http://www.youtube.com/conservativenewmedia#p/a/u/2/OyY9izzqzYY)

it happened before
Bezengi, Caucasus mountains. Guy fell ~400 meters from here


he made it alive with couple broken bones

another guy on Lenin peak (Pamir mnt) went from 6400 to 5300 (camp2), he triggered an avy and ride with it to camp 2. Couple broken ribs


another climber in Caucasus mountains
fell about 300 vertical meters and 600 meters total from here

survive but was killed by the lightning next year in Shelda mountain

tazz wrote:SAR chopper pic...




http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/jan/310111-Climber-lands-Sgurr-Choinnich-Mor-Ben-Nevis-Highlands.htm


Looks like one hell of a ride!

Quite a slide, yes. But still, everything looks steep when viewed head on. When you look at that face from the side, you get this:


Not exactly the "equivalent of a fall from the top of the Empire State Building" that the media was on about.