Photographer survives 200ft cliff fall while hiking in Portugal

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 26 Oct, 13:43 · Archive

Kyle Quin Schrock, 36, fell 200 feet down a cliff in Madeira, Portugal on 11 October after the hiking trail crumbled.

Kyle Quin Schrock, 36, from San Diego, fell 200 feet down a cliff in Madeira, Portugal on 11 October when the trail beneath him crumbled during a hike. He was caught by vegetation partway down the cliff face and spotted by a helicopter rescuer, who told him help was on the way.

Schrock is now in hospital with broken ribs, a broken back and a broken sternum. According to his family, he is in the ICU awaiting spinal surgery and needing his lungs drained.

In a video posted to his 1.3 million Instagram followers from his hospital bed, Schrock said he initially thought he was dying. 'But eventually [I] got caught on a piece of grass, like a little bush,' he recounted, adding that he was surprised it held him. When he heard the helicopter rescuer's voice, he called it 'the best news I could ever get'. He described the situation as 'really precarious' and said he was in extreme pain, struggling to maintain normalcy since arriving at hospital.

How it is being reported

• Man who quit job to travel the world plummets 200ft from cliff – and survivesKyle Quin Schrock escaped death after falling down a 200ft cliff (Picture: everchanginghorizon) A man who quit his accountancy job to travel the world is now fighting for his life after falling down a 200ft cliff. Kyle Quin Schrock, 36, was hiking in Madeira , Portugal , on October 11 when the…Metro · 26 Oct, 13:28
• Photographer who quit his job to travel around the world now fighting for his life after plummeting 200-feet when hiking trail crumbled beneath him during hike in PortugalKyle Quin Schrock, 36, from San Diego, California, was hiking in Madeira, Portugal on October 11 when his family said the trail suddenly crumbled beneath him and he plummeted to the ground.Daily Mail · 26 Oct, 05:57

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