A woman has had a miracle escape after surviving a 40ft horror fall at a Scottish beauty spot. Emergency services and a mountain rescue team were called to Finnich Glen, known as the Devils Pulpit, in Stirlingshire on Monday morning.
The hiker had plunged down an embankment into the gorge at around 8am. Miraculously, she was left virtually uninjured by the fall but was unable to get back out the glen, with the river just below.
Waters at the Devil's Pulpit are renowned for being unpredictable and the slippy conditions made the terrain particularly difficult and unstable due to recent rainfall. The rescue required multiple specialists to be called to the scene, including specialist rope and water rescue teams from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Lomond Mountain Rescue Team.
Waterlogged grounds at the Devil's Pulpit were assessed by a Swift Water Rescue Technician and the woman was able to be extracted by volunteers from the mountain rescue team, who pulled her up the cavernous gorge, that is 100ft at it's deepest. Paramedics were able to assist as soon as the woman got to safety, however she did not need hospital treatment.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We were alerted at 8.14am on Monday, October 17, to reports of a female who had slipped down an embankment at Finnich Glen (Devil's Pulpit). Operations Control mobilised two appliances to the scene, including specialist rope and water rescue teams, to assist emergency service partners.
"Crews worked to bring the casualty to safety and she was handed into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service."
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We received a call yesterday to attend an incident at Finnich Glen. We dispatched three resources to the scene, which included our special operations team (SORT). The patient was checked over at the scene."
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