The area of Culver Cliff where Taz Parker fell 150ft. Picture by Peter Boam.
BORN survivor Taz Parker escaped a 150ft fall from the Island’s Culver Cliffs with his life.
Fifteen-year-old Taz plunged headlong over the sheer drop at Culver, suffering just a broken wrist, cuts needing seven stitches and bruises all over his body.
It was the second time he had survived a potential death fall. At the age of just two-and-a-half his father caught him as he plunged from his bedroom window like his cartoon hero Buzz Lightyear.
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| Taz Parker shows off his injuries. |
The Sandown High School student, who wants to be a Royal Marine, had been fooling with friends and scaled a fence at Culver to show-off. He misjudged the slope leading to the vertical drop and went over the edge.
"I tried to grab hold of something, anything, as I slid towards the drop, but I couldn’t stop myself going over and I was convinced I was going to die," he said.
• Full story in Friday, March 19, County Press.
Reporter: richardw@iwcpmail.co.uk