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Trapped 20 metres down a crevasse in a Norwegian glacier and nursing broken bones in his chest and back, Jurgen Klaus vowed he wasn’t going to die. In an interview with Morris Dalla Costa, the 75-year-old London soccer coach recounts how he struggled to stand up in the narrow space and managed to use his cell phone to reach an emergency dispatcher, who guided a rescue team to him on June 30.

How I got in “the hole”

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We went on an 11-hour tour from Bergen that included a five-hour Folgefonna Glacier’s walk. It was really a bit too much for somebody like me who now uses a golf cart during a game of golf.

It had never been my intention to go on this walk but we had been assured that a much shorter guided tour would be included. Not so, as it turned out. I stayed behind.

Pretty soon I was restless, got some directions and decided to take my time and walk up to the edge of the glaciers on my own. It took me about one hour with lots of tests to get up there. I relaxed and enjoyed the scenery for another hour before heading back down with three hours to spare before the bus departure.