A British climber has been left partially paralysed after he was crushed by a huge boulder weighing more than 40lbs in Spain.
Aaron Nattrass was rock climbing on the Spanish island of Mallorca on April 12 when a massive rock plunged around 130 ft directly onto the Brit, crushing his elbow and pelvis.
Friends of the Brit said he is lucky to be alive, as the boulder narrowly missed his head.
Aaron underwent surgery last week to try and repair his elbow, but according to friends, ‘the prognosis is not particularly encouraging and it’s not known how much of the use of his right arm he will regain’.
A GoFundMe has been created to support Aaron through his recovery.
‘His fractured pelvis may also require an operation and the recovery may be at least 6- 7 months with a lot of physio’, a caption for the fundraiser said.
‘Aaron is unlikely to be able to get up and walk at all for at least six – eight weeks.
‘We are very grateful he is still with us. He is self employed and as many of you that are familiar with Spanish bureaucracy will know, he will be entitled to very little to get him through what will be some pretty rough days.’
Brit Aaron Nattrass has been left partially paralysed after he was crushed by a huge 20kg boulder in Mallorca
Friends of the Brit said he is lucky to be alive, and have set up a GoFundMe to support him financially while he recovers
So far, the 3,280 euros have been raised out of the 4,000 euro target.
It comes just a few months after a young British climber died after falling on a Spanish mountain.
The unnamed 20-year-old man fell and injured himself on December 11, 2024, while exploring an area known as Puente del Mono – which translates into English as Monkey Bridge – close to the village of El Chorro.
He was knocked unconscious and had gone into cardiac arrest by the time the first emergency responders arrived by helicopter to the mountains near Malaga.
Police attempted to rescue the man by winching him from the rocky surface, but he was later pronounced dead.
The area where the tragedy occurred is on the famous Caminito del Rey path.
A spokesman for the Guardia Civil in Malaga said: ‘Members of the specialist Civil Guard Greim mountain rescue team based in Alora near Malaga, supported by a Civil Guard helicopter based in Granada, have rescued the body of a young British man.
‘He had suffered a fall while he was crossing a via ferrata in the area known as Monkey Bridge near to El Chorro.
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