'Fit and healthy' dad left paralysed after mountain fall

“FIT and healthy” father has been left paralysed after losing consciousness and falling from a mountain in Eryri.

- MEGAN BANNER AND STEVE BAGNALL [e-mail]

Experienced mountaineer Dave Palmer, 64, had been ascending Tryfan with a group of hikers, including his wife Lindsey, 59, on April 26, when he fell backwards down the mountain.

The father-of-two from Glossop, Derbyshire, was airlifted to Aintree Hospital, Liverpool, where his family were informed that he was paralysed from the chest down.

Three months on, Dave remains in hospital, fighting to recover from his injuries.

His 26-year-old daughter Tessa Palmer revealed her father had been training for an expedition in Peru at the time of the accident.

She explained: “My dad is a keen mountaineer, he's an alpine climber and had planned an expedition in Peru in May.

“He'd put together a team for the expedition and as part of their team-building they'd gone to Wales for a hike in April.

“They'd gone on a scramble up Tryfan but as my dad was going up he blacked out and fell back around five metres and landed really badly.

“The team went down to him but he was unconscious.