kit-kit
02-01-2011, 02:23 PM
saw this fellow on TV this morning; his poor face was rather scuffed up, especially his nose; some broken vertebrae -- he walked away! Astounding...he repeatedly tried to break his fall all the way down! He is made of some strong stuff!
Adam Potter Survives 1,000-Foot Fall, Hopes to Climb Mount Everest
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Adam Potter, a recreational mountain climber from Glasgow, Scotland, has his sights set on scaling Mount Everest after surviving a 1,000-foot fall during a recent climb, reports Time Magazine.
Potter, 36, was climbing Sgurr Choinnich Mor, a mountain in Scotland, when he slipped, causing him to fall more than 1,000 feet. His fall included three separate sheer drops of more than 100 feet, and he only came to a stop when he landed on top of a boulder perched near the edge of another cliff.
Although the fall left him unconscious, Potter soon awoke, stood up and started trying to figure out how he would get back home.
"I was trying to work out where I was," he told the source. "I was just going to walk back up. I think that was part of the shock; I knew there was a couple patches of blood on the snow but I just felt shook up."
A rescue helicopter soon found Potter and brought him to a nearby hospital, where scans revealed that he had broken his back in three places, although not in his central spinal column.
Potter told the source that during his fall, he remembered thinking, "'This is going to muck up my Everest trip.'" Despite his accident, he still plans on climbing the world's tallest mountain if his injuries heal in time, telling the source, "I've got eight weeks to get better for it."
According to the American Alpine Club, there were 109 mountaineering accidents in the United States in 2006, the most recent year for which statistics are available. In those accidents, 89 people were injured and 21 were killed.
People who have survived a climbing accident can contact the Trauma Resource Institute for information and support.
Adam Potter Survives 1,000-Foot Fall, Hopes to Climb Mount Everest
<!-- START OF BYLINE -->By TSC Staff
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<!-- //END OF GLOBAL PAGE HEAD -->https://www.thesurvivorsclub.org/cm/thesurvivorsclub/images/LD/adam+potter+survives+1+000+foot+fall+hopes+to+climb+mount+everest_2654_800376146_0_0_4002008_300.jpg
Adam Potter, a recreational mountain climber from Glasgow, Scotland, has his sights set on scaling Mount Everest after surviving a 1,000-foot fall during a recent climb, reports Time Magazine.
Potter, 36, was climbing Sgurr Choinnich Mor, a mountain in Scotland, when he slipped, causing him to fall more than 1,000 feet. His fall included three separate sheer drops of more than 100 feet, and he only came to a stop when he landed on top of a boulder perched near the edge of another cliff.
Although the fall left him unconscious, Potter soon awoke, stood up and started trying to figure out how he would get back home.
"I was trying to work out where I was," he told the source. "I was just going to walk back up. I think that was part of the shock; I knew there was a couple patches of blood on the snow but I just felt shook up."
A rescue helicopter soon found Potter and brought him to a nearby hospital, where scans revealed that he had broken his back in three places, although not in his central spinal column.
Potter told the source that during his fall, he remembered thinking, "'This is going to muck up my Everest trip.'" Despite his accident, he still plans on climbing the world's tallest mountain if his injuries heal in time, telling the source, "I've got eight weeks to get better for it."
According to the American Alpine Club, there were 109 mountaineering accidents in the United States in 2006, the most recent year for which statistics are available. In those accidents, 89 people were injured and 21 were killed.
People who have survived a climbing accident can contact the Trauma Resource Institute for information and support.