gary smith yesterday celebrated his twentieth birthday , but he's lucky to be alive. in march this years, he was climbing BEn Nevis, Britain's highestmountain, when he (1) lost his way and (2) spent sixteen hours in sub-zero temperatures.

my friends (3) laughed at me for having so much suvival equipment, but it (4) saved my life

on the first night, the weather was so bad that it tore his new mountain tent to pieces, so he moved into a youth hostel. He (5) left the hotel at 10:00 the next morning, but that afternoon he was in trouble. " I(6) fell off a rock and (7) broke my left leg . I couldn't move"

mountain rescue teams went out to look for Gary , and (8) found him at 9.00 the next morning. A helicopter (9) took him to hospital, where he (10) needed several operations. ' next time i'll go with my friend, not on my own !' he joked.