this is the terrifying moment that one wrong move sent a climber tumbling 10 metres down an icy cliff face karlis bardelis, 30, from latvia, was attempting to scale the cliff in coire an lochain, scotland, when the accident happened and footage from a camera mounted to his helmet shows the very second that his climbing axe came loose mr berdalis said: 'i was just thinking 'i hope i land somewhere soft and don't break any bones'' scroll down for video  the footage shows climber karlis bardelis carefully traversing the ridge, left, but one wrong move sends him tumbling down the icy cliff face in coire an lochain, scotland, right  you see his feet literally above his head as he continues to fall down the mountain head first  karlis bardelis, left, and gary kinsey, right, on headhunter's summit on january 28, 2012 bardelis has only just released the footage of his terrifying fall on a training exercise in hospital  between 012 and 020 seconds in the video below, you can see the axe slipping out of the ice and knocking his other axe out of position almost immediately his feet were in the air and karlis can see nothing but his boots and the blue sky as he begins the terrifying fall down the 60m mountain he continues to fall for three and a half seconds until he's eventually saved by his safety rope after falling ten metres but the experienced latvian climber, who now works in nepal, held his nerve after the tumble and even continued his ascent to the top bardelis scaling the mountain which he fell from on the left you can see the safety rope that saved his life  holding his nerve: the experienced climber grips the rock face on his ascent  he said: 'my ropes saved me and stopped my fall 'these kind of falls are very dangerous because i'm carrying two ice tools and crampons, both of which are really sharp and could cause serious injuries 'obviously there's the risk of hitting a rock on my way down, which can cause serious fractures 'i never think that i'm going to die in these situations   i never consider death as an option' karlis had travelled to scotland to take part in a training course organised by the british mountaineering council joining climbers from 26 countries and he attempted the level six climb with some trepidation life on the line: bardelis was rescued by his safety rope after his axe became dislodged from the ice, knocking the other out of position and sending him plunging down the mountain  he said: 'i was feeling excited about that climb but at the same time i was feeling scared in those difficult parts too 'i fell because i made a mistake; i put one ice axe in a crack and was trying to put another one in but the placement wasn't good so it ripped the other one out 'my crampons weren't in a stable place so i fell' the footage shows karlis tumble backwards from the cliff face and free fall towards the ground incredibly, after being saved by his harness, karlis continued his ascent after the fall he said: 'i climbed back to the same place and this time did it right using the same technique 'some people laugh when they see the video   others say they are not going to sleep after seeing it 'i guess it was a good example of how not to climb' top class: the latvian is an experience climber who now works in nepal when he began falling, all he could dow was hope that he landed somewhere soft and didn't break any bones, he said 
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karlis bardelis, 30, was scaling the cliff face in coire an lochain, scotland  camera shows his axe come loose sending him tumbling down the cliff  he's eventually rescued by safety rope after a falling 10m in 35 seconds  latvian bardelis remarkably escaped injury and continued with his ascent 