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Climbing Instructor Dies After Falling 60 Feet in Freak Accident On 6/3/21 at 12:02 PM EDT English climbing instructor Sam Pilcher died in the hospital on May 30 after suffering what his employer characterized as a tragic freak accident on social media. In the early afternoon on May 27, Pilcher was in the process of ascending Quayfoot Buttress in the parish of Borrowdale with a friend when he apparently lost his footing and plummeted approximately 60 feet from a sheer crag, according to The Yorkshire Post. While Pilcher was wearing a helmet at the time, he still managed to sustain a very serious injury. Had he landed a mere 20 millimeters lower, his boss, Lou Osborn, told the ....