SALT LAKE CITY — Nursing a broken arm, two cracked vertebrae and wearing a neck brace, ice climber Tim Thompson recounted surviving a 40-foot fall from a towering outcropping in Utah's Provo Canyon, saying thoughts of his demise raced through his mind during the horrifying plunge.
One day after cheating death, the 29-year-old Thompson sat at his kitchen table thankful to be alive.
Thompson, a married father of a young child, said he and a friend were climbing the icy"Finger of Fate" outcropping near Bridal Veil Falls northeast of Provo on Monday morning when the episode unfolded. "All the weight on that left foot, all the ice just sheared off the rock," said Thompson, who has been ice climbing for seven years."In my mind, I probably would’ve made the same decision again any other time, which was a bit of a startling thing -- thinking that you’re totally safe and solid and then having that happen."His climbing buddy quickly summoned climbers nearby and called the Utah County Search and Rescue team for help.
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