Walker Dan Crank, who stopped to take a photo on an icy gorge, messaged his family to ‘say goodbye’ as he thought he was going to die after falling into the water below. The young farmer had been climbing near Loch Lomond on Wednesday.
After Dan fell into the river, another walker went to get help as the stricken hiker managed to haul himself onto a rock.
He said: ‘The hope of anyone finding me was getting slimmer. I pulled myself onto a rock and managed to get one bar of signal on my phone that I had in a waterproof bag and dialled 999. I just blurted out what had happened and where I was then the call cut out.‘At one point I remember seeing a police officer on the bank and then at another point he was hugging me to keep me warm, and then mountain rescue were putting me in a sleeping bag.
‘But feel incredibly lucky. I had thermals on and the right clothing, and I have survival skills through courses, so I dread to think what it would be like if I didn’t.
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