Struck by lightning on the Aiguille du Chardonnet - 12546ft (3824m) | ||||||||||||
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JC later visited the Chamonix hospital to get himself checked out. His leg was badly burned and would take a long time to heal. But apart from his leg he was pronounced perfectly healthy. The doctor told him that there had already been six people in the hospital that year who had suffered lightning strikes. We also heard of a couple who were out walking on the lower valley slopes in the same storm as we had found ourselves. They were hit by lightning and like us they had both been knocked out cold. When the woman had come round she found her boyfriend had stopped breathing. She gave him mouth to mouth resuscitation and revived him but he was very badly hurt. Apparently his plastic boot had melted round his foot. Three days after the storm he was still in intensive care. We do understand how lucky we were. | ||||||||||||
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