An avalanched Scottish climber survived a Lochnagar
blizzard by crawling for four hours to reach a rescue box,
then sheltering inside.
Bill Church, a 61-year-old retired eye surgeon, was thinking
inside the box and once he reached it, emptied it of rescue equipment
and hunkered down inside while waiting for help to arrive.
He spent some 11 hours in the box before being reached by rescuers
who'd been beaten back themselves by blizzard conditions. His ordeal
began when he was swept from a gully route on the crag and found
walking difficult thanks to leg injuries.
He was eventually located by a rescue dog at 4 o'clock in the
morning and carried to safety by rescuers.
Full story at news.scotsman.com
and news.bbc.co.uk.
Trevor D Gamble
