Mount Taranaki: Climber endures 600m fall with minor wounds

Mount Taranaki: Climber endure2s 600m fall with minor wounds

A climber in New Zealand "marvelously" endure a fall of 600m (1,968ft) with

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just minor wounds in the wake of tumbling down the side of a mountain.

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Police said the man tumbled from Mount Taranaki on the North Island and

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was saved by spring climate which mellowed the ice and implied he arrived in snow.

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The police said the climber is "uncommonly fortunate to be alive".

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The distance he fell approaches the Makkah Clock Imperial Pinnacle in Saudi Arabia,

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one of the world's tallest structures.

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It is likewise almost two times the level of the Shard in London which extends 309m very high.

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he climber was essential for a gathering scaling Mount Taranaki

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when he tumbled from the culmination about late morning

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neighbourhood time (12 PM GMT) on Saturday, 9 September.

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