An 85-year-old man fell from a 30-metre high cliff and survived with serious injuries, a media report said on Wednesday.
Stewart Rundle was cleaning his garden shed on this clifftop property in Auckland on Monday when he plunged down the cliff, New Zealand Herald reported.
The pensioner was unconscious for several hours. He later used his mobile phone to raise an alarm.
“He popped through and suddenly the ground gave way and down he went,” Rundle’s wife was quoted as saying.
Rundle was rescued by a fire service team and was taken to the Auckland City Hospital.
“He is in remarkably high spirits. He’s a fit man. Okay, he’s 85, but nobody ever thinks he’s 85,” his wife said.
