HANGING HEAD DOWN

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 319, 29 December 1936, Page 5

HANGING HEAD DOWN

CLIMBER’S FALL SCOTTISH ACCIDENT. Remarkable Escape From Sudden Death. Press Association —Copyright. London, December 28. . Mountaineers are macing by car from Glasgow and Edinburgh and gameikeepers, shepherds and ghillies from the mountains are gathering in response to a summons to rescue a climber who is hanging head down )jver a 1000 ft. precipice near the summit of Buachaille Etive Mhor, Argyllshire.

The climber, William Christine, aged 25, set out. accompanied by three companions to climb to t'he summit of Buachaille Etive Mhor, the most formidable mountain in the Glencoe range. The party turned back 400 feet from the summit owing to darkness and intense cold. Christine slipped on a frozen ledge and disappeared over Crowberrle Ridge, the most terrifying precipice in the dis--trict. His companions peered over His companions peered over and precipice. A coiled rope had apparently unwound from his shoulder during his fall and one end was entangled in his foot a,nd the other end was caught round a rock jutting from the face of the cliff. Rescue efforts failed and the alarm was given. It is feared that rescue will be impossible before daylight, A mesage receiveid at 1 p.m. today, daited London, December 28, states that Christie was found dead with his jacket oven his face. The relief party brought his body down to the foot of the mountain, where doctors discovered he had fractured his spine and must .have been killed instantly.