Climber's Miracle Escape After 1,000ft Fall -Video
A climber has told Sky News of his incredible escape after he survived plunging 1,000ft down a Scottish mountain.
Adam Potter had reached the summit of the Sgurr Choinnich Mor five miles east of Ben Nevis when he lost his footing. Mountain rescue had feared the 36-year-old from Glasgow might be dead but they found him standing up, reading a map. He suffered cuts and bruises and a minor chest injury but was remarkably unscathed given the tumble down the 3,589ft slope in Scotland.
Mr Potter told Sky: "We were about 3,000ft up, give or take a few. I couldn't really see the bottom at that point because there was a lot of cloud coming and going. "As I slipped, I gained speed very quickly. I tried to slow myself down as quickly as possible because I knew once I had got the speed it would be difficult to lose it. "I couldn't because I went over the cliff edge and gained lots of speed... I was trying to slow myself down with my feet, my hands, my walking pole. "Then I'd go over another cliff and it went on and on this way. "I spoke to the helicopter people this morning and they said three of those drops were over 100ft in height each so I was quite lucky." He added: "It wasn't until I was at the bottom... and looked up that I appreciated I'd come a long way."