Stroke of luck saves climber on Temple

June 7, 2006
Source: CHQR
Original story — link verified on June 7, 2006

A climber in Banff National Park is lucky to be alive after a frightening fall in the Lake Louise area, on a mountain that boasts the areas highest peak. Parks Canada Warden Brad Smith says two men were climbing on Mount Temple when one of them fell several hundred feet. By a stroke of the luck, the man’s ropes ended up saving him.

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