Gary Smith yesterday celebrated his twentieth birthday, but he's lucky to be alive. In March this year, he was climbing Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain, when he 1) lost his way and 2) spent sixteen hours in sub-zero temperatures.
’My friends 3) laughed at me for having so much survival equipment, but it 4) saved my life.’
On the first night, the weather was so bad that it tore his new mountain tent to pieces, so he moved into a Youth Hostel. He 5) left the hostel at 10.00 the next morning, but that afternoon he was in trouble. 'I 6) fell off a rock and 7) broke my left leg. I couldn't move.'
Mountain rescue teams (mentőcsapatok) went out to look for Gary, and 8) found him at 9.00 the next morning. A helicopter 9) took him to hospital, where he 10) needed several operations.
'Next time I'll go with my friends, not on my own!' he said.