Naked Climber Falls to Death 
2003 Reader Submission
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Reference URL: http://www.edinburghnews.com/index.cfm?id=441752003
[Excepted from the link above, as I couldn't write it any more humorously if I tried.]
A NAKED climber plunged to his death after climbing a 130ft telephone mast on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
The body of keen climber Stuart Bain, 22, was discovered by a farmer at the bottom of the mast. The family of the stonemason had reported him missing days before the tragic discovery at Warklaw Hill, Currie.
His family said that the 22-year-old’s death had been a tragic accident, but that he had been killed achieving a longheld ambition to SCALE THE TOWERING VODAFONE MODILE PHONE MAST.
His mother, Sheila, speaking from the family home in Lasswade, Midlothian, said: “It was an accident, that’s all it was. He loved to climb and had done ever since he was little.
“I know it was an ambition for him to climb the mast and that’s exactly what he did. Unfortunately, he just didn’t manage to climb down. Submitted on 04/18/2003
Submitted by:
Scott Anderson
Reference:
www.edinburghnews.com 4/18/03
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