Man survives 1000ft drop off Ben Nevis. What the hell?

[FairlyFrightenedFeline]

Just heard it on the news. Its incredible, even if he landed in snow.
Just thought I'd see what you guys think.

 

[E-Penguin]

Just heard it on the news. Its incredible, even if he landed in snow.
Just thought I'd see what you guys think.

Could you post a link to a news source or something like that?

 

[Soulgaunt]

Can you find a link for this, please? I'm interested.

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

A source would be great. Try the BBC website.
Guess it proves the term 'nothing is impossible'

 

[PastTheFeeling]

Woah. That's crazy.

 

[Peter Donaldson]

People have survived falling out of planes without parachutes before, it's all how you land it and what you land on.

 

[El Poncho]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12319952

Here's a source.

 

[Judgement101]

Source or it didn't happen

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12317356

Another source based on the incident itself here.

 

[CharrHearted]

I read it, jesus christ, that's AMAZING! Dante would be proud.

 

[Super Six One]

Anything is possible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87

 

[Flamezdudes]

That's absolutely nuts. He's a very lucky man.

 

[Jaranja]

I've heard of this before. I think I heard something about a person jumping out of a plane and their parachutes didn't work. They went unconscious and their muscles made them bounce.

I guess it makes sense. I mean, if you tense your muscles and someone hits you, it hurts more.

 

[shoot and hope]

He's lucky to be able to speak.

 

[WorldCritic]

I think saying it's incredible is a bit of an understatement.

 

[GundamSentinel]

Why try to climb up the eastern slope? There's a walking path on the western side. Much easier...

But seriously, I've seen the eastern side of Ben Nevis and I do not want to drop off there. How he survived with so little injury, a (minor) miracle.

 

[DefunctTheory]

People have survived worse. Vesna Vulovic survived a 33,000 fall.

 

[Soulgaunt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12319952

Here's a source.

Thank you...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12317356

Another source based on the incident itself here.

...And you.

Well then, this is quite amazing. He's very lucky to have survived that fall. If I were in that position, I wouldn't be able to stop laughing at such a stroke of luck.

 

[Mordwyl]

According to physics the fall alone would be enough to kill, let alone the impact.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Not to make this one of those kinda threads, but this is why I believe in a god.

But seriously, thats incredible, but it seems like you see these stories every week, so its like they're becoming dimes a dozens. Still kudos to this man, that was incredible. He gets the badd ass of the week award, because he he was standing and reading the map after falling.