Climber found reading map after 1,000ft fall

[blueeyes]

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.
Read more here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12317356 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12317356)


:eek2: One lucky guy!

[Sombeech]

inb4 everybody else;

"The map from Climb-Utah.com said I should be able to walk 45 paces in a straight line without opening my eyes. To my calculations, it was only 42."

[Sombeech]

Oh and this photo is not of him after his fall in Scotland, it was after a usual night out at the pub

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[moab mark]

inb4 everybody else;

"The map from Climb-Utah.com said I should be able to walk 45 paces in a straight line without opening my eyes. To my calculations, it was only 42."


:lol8::lol8::lol8::lol8:

[Brian in SLC]

What???

Climbers can read?

[denaliguide]

good thing he wasn't trying to text and walk. he might have really got hurt.

[blueeyes]

good thing he wasn't trying to text and walk. he might have really got hurt.
:lol8:

Naw he would have fallen into a the local mall water fountain. Just his pride.

[Dr. Nebz]

inb4 everybody else;

"The map from Climb-Utah.com said I should be able to walk 45 paces in a straight line without opening my eyes. To my calculations, it was only 42."

10/10 :lol8: