Climber beats 1,300ft plunge.AN RAF officer plummeted 1,300ft fall down a snow-covered Adj. 1. snow-covered - covered with snow; "snow-clad hills"; "snow-covered roads"; "a long snowy winter" snow-clad, snowy covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered mountain - and survived. Janine Godfrey, who was training to be a climbing instructor, suffered serious head and spinal spinal /spi·nal/ (spi´n'l) 1. pertaining to a spine or to the vertebral column. 2. pertaining to the spinal cord's functioning independently from the brain. spi·nal adj. injuries when she tripped over a crampon cram·pon n. 1. A hinged pair of curved iron bars for raising heavy objects, such as stones or timber. Often used in the plural. 2. on her boot and slipped down a gully. The flight lieutenant's colleagues raised the alarm and she was found by a Highlands mountain rescue team and a RAF helicopter. \John Grieve The name John Grieve may refer to several people:
"She hit rocks at the bottom but the slope was covered in snow which is probably what saved her. She was very lucky." Janine was flown to hospital and was last night being treated at the specialist head injuries unit at the Southern General in Glasgow. An army spokesman said she was on an adventure training course organised by the Joint Services Mountain Training Centre. Janine, who lives with her RAF boyfriend at a rented bungalow bungalow [Indian bangla,=house], dwelling built in a style developed from that of a form of rural house in India. The original bungalow typically has one story, few rooms, and a maximum of cross drafts, with high ceilings, unusually large window and door in Glatton, Cambs, dreamed of moving to Scotland once she had left the airforce. One neighbour said last night: "They've told me about their dream to go and live in Scotland because they love their climbing and walking. "It's dreadful news. She's a lovely woman." |
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