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Title Australian Story: The Longest Expedition
Published Australia : ABC, 2016
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Summary When Paul Pritchard returned to Tasmania's majestic Totem Pole rock pillar three months ago it was the culmination of an 18-year journey.</br></br>The former professional climber and writer suffered a massive injury in 1998 when his rope dislodged a large rock, which fell on his head.</br>He was saved by the actions of his former girlfriend who hauled him 30 metres up to a ledge before running for help. In a second stroke of luck, the paramedic on duty that day was also a climber. Neale Smith's decision to short-circuit a cliff rescue and abseil with Paul down to a waiting boat almost certainly saved his life.</br></br>The aftermath of the accident led to a new awakening for Paul and he describes it now as 'the best thing that ever happened to me'.</br>This year he returned to the place that nearly killed him. With only one half of his body functioning properly, the stakes were high.</br>This time, surrounded by friends, he made it to the top
Notes Closed captioning in English
Event Broadcast 2016-07-11 at 20:01:00
Notes Classification: NC
Subject Accident victims.
Brain -- Wounds and injuries.
Helicopters in search and rescue operations.
Mountaineers.
People with disabilities -- Attitudes.
Tasmania.
England, Northern.
Form Streaming video
Author Jones, Caroline, host
Bull, Celia, contributor
Middendorf, John, contributor
Monks, Steve, contributor
Oogjes, Melinda, contributor
Pritchard, Paul, contributor
Smith, Neale, contributor