c/goodnewseveryone · by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone · 192d

Climber survives 1,500ft fall before running four miles to get help

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrzgpld152o

Callum Laird plunged off Goat Fell mountain on Arran thanks to icy conditions.

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EfreetSK@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 192d (7 replies)

1,500 Feet = 457.2 Meters

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 192d (1 reply)

Or 22.7 chains.

EtherWhack@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 192d

Or 75 Ford F150s

tomatolung@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 192d (3 replies)

I thought it was only the US that did anything but meters.

GandalftheBlack@feddit.org · 4 pts · 192d

The BBC sometimes uses imperial to make numbers seem bigger (to grab people's attention I guess), especially when it comes to exaggerating the temperatures in the summer.

Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 192d

Watch British Telly - it's all over the place

ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 191d

UK uses miles on their road signs.

Gladaed@feddit.org · 2 pts · 192d

Either 450 or 500. Don't add significant digits.

XLE@piefed.social · 16 pts · 192d

Man saw "Goat fell" and took it literally, glad to hear he survived

Visstix@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 192d

I love that they used a picture of him wearing a medal, like he got it afterwards.