Dad-of-one Gerry McLelland, 39, slipped on rocks, plunging down a waterfall. He now faces a gruelling recovery but said he is fortunate to have escaped with his life.
A Lanarkshire hiker who fell 60ft down a waterfall described it as a "miracle" he survived - after escaping before another 60ft drop but fearing he was paralysed.
Medics who operated at the major trauma unit of Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow said he was lucky to survive, and he believes it was a miracle. He expects it to be six months before he can work again and hopes to take part in a marathon in the West Bank next year, after doing one a month in 2019."It was nice to sit and look at and do some meditating. I didn't think there was any danger.
"That saved me because the current pushed me away from the waterfall, it gave me a split second to grab something. "I didn't know my back was broken. My friend couldn't get to me because I pulled myself out at a cliff." Sign up to Glasgow Live's newsletter Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent between 4pm and 5pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we've covered that day."It wasn't until they got me into hospital and they put a heated blanket on me, I was screaming in agony.
"I'm having dreams about it but nowhere near as bad as in the hospital. Every day is healing, it is like a waiting game.
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