Sorry Mike, I was just matching Yiannis’ flippancy..
It wasn’t a brilliant accident at all actually, it was quite serious. I fell c.100ft in three or four bounces from the infamous slippery slab on the upper section of Sharp Edge in September 1999 and suffered multiple injuries: broken ribs, punctured lung, internal bleeding (haemo-thorax), broken cheekbone and other facial injuries, R kneecap broken into 4 pieces, severed patella tendon, big chunk of flesh gouged from R buttock etc.
I was close to death due to blood in the chest cavity when I got to Carlisle infirmary but have made an almost complete recovery thanks to the Mountain Rescue team, other people on the scene, and the medical care I received. Strangely though, I have never quite regained my previous level of fitness
Strangely Bill, I never noticed the view on my way down but I'm sure it was spectacular....
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