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flag A 74-year-old man with Parkinson’s survived a 60-meter fall in the Lake District, landing in snow, and was rescued after a nine-hour operation.

flag A 74-year-old man with Parkinson’s disease, Keith Wilson, survived a 60-meter fall down a Lake District mountain after landing feet-first in soft snow. flag Climbing Great End in Borrowdale, his footholds gave way, pulling his ice axe from his grip, but he stabilized himself using his gear and sheltered in a bivvy bag for four hours in cold conditions. flag His climbing partner reached a signal and alerted rescuers; despite poor weather halting helicopters, Keswick and Penrith Mountain Rescue teams conducted a nine-hour operation, winching down and lowering him 400 feet to safety. flag Wilson sustained only a fractured shoulder, walked to an ambulance, and was taken to Cumberland Infirmary. flag He praised the rescuers and plans to donate 25% of his book’s proceeds to Mountain Rescue England and Wales and Parkinson’s UK.

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