A British man has miraculously survived after plummeting 130 ft off a picturesque Austrian mountain while trying to take a photo on a notorious rope ladder dubbed 'the stairway to heaven'.
The unnamed 21-year-old Brit was seriously injured after he slipped while attempting to take pictures of his friends on the so-called 'Himmelsleiter' - a notorious attraction on the Donnerkogel Mountain near the town of Annaberg im Lammertal, Salzburg province.
The man had somehow removed his safety harness to take the photograph of his companions when he slipped and fell, reportedly plunging 131 ft to the ground, police said.
Local district mayor Werner Quehenberger said: 'He was incredibly lucky that he actually stopped after [131 feet] and didn't carry on falling.'
He said that the British man had suffered severe back injuries.
