--- title: U.K. Man Falls Down Mountain Slope, Lands in Rescue Team's Path description: “This is one lucky chap — he should buy a lottery ticket," said rescue official Mike Blakey canonical: https://time.com/3721618/man-falls-600-ft-down-mountain-almost-lands-on-rescue-team/ author: Sabrina Toppa article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-25T08:11:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:17:10.889Z og:title: Man Falls Down Mountain, Lands in Rescue Team's Path og:description: And uses up his store of good luck for quite some time. og:url: https://time.com/3721618/man-falls-600-ft-down-mountain-almost-lands-on-rescue-team/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62d81161b761c28e/698780dea988ca01286aca4d/gettyimages_170990559.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5260 og:image:height: 2959 og:image:alt: 170990559 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Falls Down Mountain, Lands in Rescue Team's Path twitter:description: And uses up his store of good luck for quite some time. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62d81161b761c28e/698780dea988ca01286aca4d/gettyimages_170990559.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Falls 600 Ft. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Sabrina Toppa](https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Feb 25, 2015 8:11 AM UTC  Helvellyn in winter Helvellyn in winter polarisandy—Flickr/Getty by [Sabrina Toppa](https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Feb 25, 2015 8:11 AM UTC While climbing a mountain Sunday in England’s rugged Lake District, a British man [tumbled](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/groom-to-be-lucky-escape-after-falling-8713311) 600 ft. down a snow-covered slope — only to land in the path of a rescue team. David Spain, 28, suffered minor injuries — a dislocated shoulder, cuts and bruises — after falling down the 3,200-ft. peak of Helvellyn mountain, which has killed three people this year. He was propelled downward by a gust of wind during a blizzard that started midclimb, according to the Manchester _Evening News_. He ended up near a rescue team conducting a training exercise. “I shouted and shouted until they saw me … I was really lucky,” said Spain, who is currently recuperating with his fiancée until his wedding in May. “This is one lucky chap — he should buy a lottery ticket,” said rescue official Mike Blakey. \[[_Manchester Evening News_](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/groom-to-be-lucky-escape-after-falling-8713311)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3721618/man-falls-600-ft-down-mountain-almost-lands-on-rescue-team/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3721618/man-falls-600-ft-down-mountain-almost-lands-on-rescue-team/"},"headline":"Man Falls 600 Ft. 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