Climber captures Nepal peak fall on video

An American climber said he fell into a crevasse on a Himalayan mountain in Nepal but managed to crawl to his tent despite broken ribs and an arm before being rescued the next morning. And he taped the whole thing.

Climber captures Nepal peak fall on video

John All of Western Kentucky University said he thought he was going to die after falling some 22 meters (70 feet) into the crevasse with no hope of rescue.

It took him six hours to crawl out of the hole and another three hours to reach his tent and spent the night in pain before rescuers reached him the next morning, he said in an interview in a Katmandu hotel where he is recovering.

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