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Climber falls 1,700ft down mountain and climbs up again
A climber who survived a 1,700 feet fall from a mountainside, brushed himself off and climbed back to the peak.
Czech mountain rescuers looked on in amazement as the man picked himself up after his fall from the side of the 5,300 foot Snezka mountain in the north of the country.
They say he brushed the snow off his backpack and headed back up the mountain again.
Valerian Spusta, a member of the mountain rescue team, said: "He was up on the mountain, and according to what he told us, he had wanted to take advantage of the sunny day and take pictures.
"He probably stepped to one side while looking through the lens of his camera and just flew down the side.
"We all stared at him in amazement. It was a real miracle that he didn't die."
Another member of the mountain rescue team, Viktor Korizek, said: "Luckily he fell and landed right next to a colleague of mine who was on his way up through the valley below the mountain."
The climber, who has not been identified, was later seen on top of the mountain after his second attempt at reaching the peak.
JMGS4 - I take no responsibility for any inacuracies in this story
A climber who survived a 1,700 feet fall from a mountainside, brushed himself off and climbed back to the peak.
Czech mountain rescuers looked on in amazement as the man picked himself up after his fall from the side of the 5,300 foot Snezka mountain in the north of the country.
They say he brushed the snow off his backpack and headed back up the mountain again.
Valerian Spusta, a member of the mountain rescue team, said: "He was up on the mountain, and according to what he told us, he had wanted to take advantage of the sunny day and take pictures.
"He probably stepped to one side while looking through the lens of his camera and just flew down the side.
"We all stared at him in amazement. It was a real miracle that he didn't die."
Another member of the mountain rescue team, Viktor Korizek, said: "Luckily he fell and landed right next to a colleague of mine who was on his way up through the valley below the mountain."
The climber, who has not been identified, was later seen on top of the mountain after his second attempt at reaching the peak.
JMGS4 - I take no responsibility for any inacuracies in this story
The majority of climbers are nutters. I was at University with a guy who used to go out solo free climbing (no safety ropes etc) all the time. One March afternoon he attempted a climb and fell off twice, once from 20ft and bounced both times. At the 3rd attempt he fell again, from only 6ft and broke his femur in 2 places, dislocated his hip and cracked a bone in his hand. It was nearly 3 hours before anyone found him by which time he had hypothermia. Spent 6 weeks in hospital. On the afternoon he arrived back at Uni I found him doing pull ups on the door frame - with his leg still in plaster - to get the strength back for climbing. He was back out free climbing within 3 months.
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