Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A climber in New Zealand should consider himself "exceptionally lucky" after surviving a nearly 2,000-foot fall down a mountain.

The climber was found after falling from Mount Taranaki with minor injuries on Saturday Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty A climber in New Zealand is "exceptionally lucky to be alive" after ...

A climber who plunged 600 meters (nearly 2,000 feet) down the side of one of New Zealand's most dangerous mountains was "exceptionally lucky" to survive after landing on snow, police said Monday. The ...

A climber who fell 2,000 feet down from Mount Taranaki, one of New Zealand’s most dangerous mountains, was “exceptionally lucky” to survive. The man was part of a group of climbers who were ...

At a local pub, I asked if anyone was interested in climbing the mountain (which is now named Taranaki Maunga). The response was complete disinterest, so I decided to climb it myself. I rode to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A climber in New Zealand is "exceptionally lucky to be alive" after falling close to 2,000 feet down a mountain. On Saturday, the ...