Walker left hanging by fingertips after fall
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Your support makes all the difference.A walker was left hanging by his fingertips over a 150ft drop after slipping on cliffs.
The 54-year-old was walking in St Abbs in Berwickshire yesterday when he fell down a ravine, sparking a major rescue operation.
Forth Coastguard received a call at around 4.50pm to say the man was hanging by his fingertips after falling 20ft.
He feared he would drop a further 150ft, rescuers said.
A specialist team took to the cliffs and managed to attach a line to the walker who was then pulled to safety.
Eyemouth and Dunbar Coastguard, a lifeboat team from St Abbs and officers from Lothian and Borders Police attended the scene.
A helicopter was also scrambled from HMS Gannet in Prestwick.
The SOS call was made by the man's walking partner.
A spokesman for the Forth Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre said: "The man slipped down the ravine by the Lighthouse at St Abbs, and was hanging on by his fingertips.
"The coastguard on scene managed to secure a line to him and take him back to the top of the cliff where he was checked over by paramedics and was given the all-clear after recovering from his ordeal."
The coastguard urged people to keep back from cliff edges on coastal walks, warning that they could be unstable.
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