The life of young hiker knocked unconscious in a climbing accident in the French Pyrenees was reportedly saved thanks to a call from his irate boss after he failed to turn up to work.
The Belgian, 22, who has not been named, fell about 40 metres down a mountainside while climbing near Campan, a commune in the Occitanie region of southwest France, on Tuesday.
He lay overnight, unconscious, at the bottom of the cliff where he had fallen.
According to local media, the following morning he received a phone call at about 8am from his boss, who wanted to know why he was not in the office.
The sound of the phone caused the hiker to come around. He then told his boss he had fallen off a cliff.