That'll wake you up!
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/29 ... rs-arrive/
Yikes!
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Re: Yikes!
There is a longer story here, I think I'd be shaking too -
http://news.scotsman.com/news/Climber-r ... 6706280.jp
"It was quite incredible. He must have literally glanced off the outcrops as he fell, almost flying."
"He was shaking from extreme emotional shock and the sheer relief at still being alive.
"We checked the height while we were in the hover and we were at pretty much bang on 2,600ft, making his fall 1,000ft from the summit.
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Re: Yikes!
oh, i thought this post was about me...
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tmathews
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Re: Yikes!
LOL, I thought that, too, actually!Yikes wrote:oh, i thought this post was about me...
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Jim Davies
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Re: Yikes!
The comments on that article were great!
My guess he only lived because he was a Glaswegian!
English, actually !
Well they do have thicker skulls
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I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now. -- Forrest Gump
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Bacchus
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Re: Yikes!
"Astonished rescuers found Potter standing up reading a map when they arrived. Convinced he was not the victim, they flew to the summit where Potter's fellow hikers were waiting.
'"But my mates pointed downhill ... and that's when they realized I was the actual casualty, even though I was up and moving around,"' he said."
NO you sods, it really was me who fell.......
Lucky bastard
'"But my mates pointed downhill ... and that's when they realized I was the actual casualty, even though I was up and moving around,"' he said."
NO you sods, it really was me who fell.......
Lucky bastard
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