A climber who fell 1,000 feet (305 meters) down a mountain and survived was found by his rescuers standing up reading a map.
When walking with three friends, Adam Potter, 36, lost his footing at the summit of Sgurr Choinnich Mor near Ben Nevis and plummeted down the near-vertical eastern slope. Then a Royal Navy's Sea King helicopter was scrambled to the scene.
Tim Barker, the helicopter crew's observer, said: "We spotted a man at the bottom, standing up. We honestly thought it couldn't have been him, as he was on his feet, reading a map. It seemed impossible... he must have literally glanced off the outcrops as he fell." He added Potter was shaking from "extreme emotional shock".
Potter appeared unscathed aside from some superficial cuts and bruises and a minor chest injury, according to Barker.
英国广播公司30日报道称，一位登山者从1000英尺（305米）山顶坠下且幸存了下来，在被救援人员发现时，他甚至还能站着看地图。
在与三位友人在苏格兰高地的本尼斯山附近的Sgurr Choinnich Mor跋涉时，亚当•波特不甚失足，从几近竖直的东坡所坠落。随后一架皇家海军直升机赶往现场进行救援。
救护队观察员蒂姆•巴克尔说，“我们看见一个男人在下面站着。我们想那不可能是他，因为他好好地站在那里，还在看地图。这简直不可想象...他应该是擦着山头飞落下来的。” 巴克尔补充说，波特因为受到了“强烈的心理冲击”而浑身发抖。
巴克尔还称，除了皮肤割伤和擦伤以及轻微的胸部伤之外，波特并无大碍。
