Woman ‘would not be here’ without rescue crew who saved her after cliff fall
by Ryan McDougall
Apr 09, 2024
3 minutes
A climber has told of how a volunteer lifeboat crew saved her life after an abseiling trip went horribly wrong.
In May 2022, Louise Houghton was visiting Orkney with friends after travelling up from Wigan.
On the first day of the trip, Ms Houghton and her friends had planned to visit the Old Man Of Hoy, but due to poor weather, they decided to go abseiling instead on Yesnaby cliffs.
When she began her abseil, the anchor tethering
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