Woman 'would not be here' without Scots rescue crew who saved her after cliff fall
dailyrecord.co.ukA climber has told of how a volunteer lifeboat crew saved her life after an abseiling trip went horribly wrong.In May 2022, Louise Houghton was visiting Orkney with friends after travelling up from Wigan.
On the first day of the trip, Ms Houghton and her friends had planned to visit the Old Man Of Hoy, but due to poor weather, they decided to go abseiling instead on Yesnaby cliffs.When she jumped, the anchor that tethers the abseiler to the cliff edge failed, and Ms Houghton fell into the rocks below before plummeting into the sea.
Her friends were then able to pull her out.Ms Houghton said: "I remember falling, and then being pulled out of the water by my friends.
It all happened so quickly".After being pulled from the water, she added: "I remember passers-by at the top of the cliff throwing down their coats in an attempt to keep me warm, but I remember feeling hot. "My vision began to go blurry, but I also felt a wave of an adrenaline and started chatting to my friends."Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) volunteers, including Peter Mackay, soon arrived to treat her on the scene.
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