A hiker who suffered serious injuries and had to have his leg re-attached after plunging 200ft from a rock formation has astounded medics by taking his first steps. Avid walker and ex-restaurant business manager Imran Choudhury, from Oldham, was out hiking alone near Dove Stone, in the Peak District, last February as part of his training to climb Mount Kilimanjaro later that year.
During the walk, he asked a couple of ramblers to take a photo of him on a rock formation but as he was posing for the shot, he fainted and fell 60m onto the scrubland below. The fall left him with serious injuries including a fractured skull while his right leg was left hanging on by just its skin.
However, after a 14-month rehabilitation process, Mr Choudhury has released new footage praising medical teams as he took his first unaided steps since the accident. He said: “It’s just great because that was what I have been working for over the last 14 months. I’ve been working really hard, extremely hard, and it was amazing.
