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Fatal accident at Awesome Walls Climbing Centre, Stockport

Climbing news | | January 17, 2011 8:23 pm

Park ranger Pete Schofield, 55, who had scaled peaks all over the world, had been training for an expedition.

His friend Dave James, who worked with Pete at Northwich ­Woodlands, Cheshire, said: “We all thought Pete was bullet proof – he was fitter than any one of us and used to train really hard. He was hoping to go climbing in the Alps.”

via mirror.co.uk.

At this stage it is unclear how the accident occurred. Our thoughts go out to Pete’s wife and daughter for their loss.

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