Man falls to death after surviving Alpine balloon crash
11th February 2011
Bob Bickerdike, the 63-year-old pilot, called friends to tell them he was unharmed shortly after he crash-landed in the French mountains at 6000 feet.
But police believe he tragically lost his footing and slipped on ice falling 1,300 feet down a ravine.
He said he had seen a number of chalets and would reach them by walking along the mountain on foot.
Some days it doesn’t even pay to get up in the morning.