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Sarah Ward & Steven Rae

Scots hiker who plunged 60ft down waterfall left with fractured back and leg

A hiker who fell 60ft down a Scots waterfall described it as a "miracle" he survived - but feared he would be left paralysed.

Dad-of-one Gerry McLelland, 39, slipped on rocks at Grey Mare's Tail, Moffat, Scottish Borders, on January 14. He plunged down a waterfall, but remembering to use cold water therapy breathing techniques, he managed to survive.

Gerry said he believed his "time was up" and he was going to die, after being submerged in the freezing cold water. He narrowly avoided plunging down a second 60ft drop - saying he isn't sure he would have survived a second time.

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