Camera found after five years at sea

This waterproof Canon camera was lost in Hawaii in 2007 and was found last month on a Taiwan beach more than 9600km away. AFP Photo/Douglas Cheng Source: AFP

Lindsay Crumbley Scallan of the US, the owner of the waterproof Canon camera she lost more than five years ago in Hawaii that this photo was taken with. AFP Photo / China Airlines Source: AFP

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A BARNACLE-encrusted camera that survived a 9600km, five-year journey bobbing around at sea has been found in Taiwan.

 A Taiwanese airline said Monday it had traced the American owner of the Canon diving camera, which was lost in Hawaii in 2007 and was found last month on a Taiwan beach.

Flag carrier China Airlines said the owner of the Canon camera, identified as Lindsay Crumbley Scallan from Georgia, would be offered a free round-trip ticket to Taiwan to collect it.

The memory card with photos of Scallan's Hawaii visit remained intact inside the camera.

"Ms Scallan is welcome to visit Taiwan so that she can take home the invaluable memories of her trip to Hawaii," said Lee Wen-yi, an official of the airline.

Scallan lost the waterproof camera in August 2007 during a diving trip in Maui.

It was found by Douglas Cheng, a China Airlines manager, while he was strolling along a beach at Taitung on Taiwan's east coast on February 13.

The memory card allowed Cheng to identify where the camera had been lost.

China Airlines' staff in Honolulu launched a search for the owner, attracting media attention.

The airline said a friend of Scallan's in Hawaii informed her Monday that the camera had been found on the other side of the Pacific.

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Climber captures mountain fall on camera

Mark Roberts' helmet camera captured his 30m fall down a Welsh mountian.This is him going up. Picture: YouTube Source: No Source

Down he goes. Mark Robert's helmet camera captures his fall down a Welsh mountain. Picture: YouTube Source: No Source

A ROCK climber's helmet camera has filmed his entire 30 second fall down a mountain.

Mark Roberts was scaling Fern Gulley in Snowdonia north Wales when a block of ice fell on him from above causing him to lose his grip.

In the video Mr Roberts can be seen using ice picks to climb the mountain. As the ice chunck hits him he loses his grip and slips down the mountain hitting rocks and flipping over along the way.

He finally comes to rest on a ledge where, amazingly, he survives and reaches up to touch his head.

Mr Roberts was rescued from the ledge airlifted by an RAF search and rescue team suffering a broken ankle and bruises within 30 minutes of the fall.

The British Mountaineering Council's Elfyn Jones, who was part of the rescue team, told The Next Web: "I think the key message here is that accidents do happen, but that Mark was well equipped, wearing a helmet, and that probably saved his life."

Watch the amazing fall below.

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Climber captures mountain fall on camera

Mark Roberts' helmet camera captured his 30m fall down a Welsh mountian.This is him going up. Picture: YouTube Source: No Source

Down he goes. Mark Robert's helmet camera captures his fall down a Welsh mountain. Picture: YouTube Source: No Source

A ROCK climber's helmet camera has filmed his entire 30 second fall down a mountain.

Mark Roberts was scaling Fern Gulley in Snowdonia north Wales when a block of ice fell on him from above causing him to lose his grip.

In the video Mr Roberts can be seen using ice picks to climb the mountain. As the ice chunck hits him he loses his grip and slips down the mountain hitting rocks and flipping over along the way.

He finally comes to rest on a ledge where, amazingly, he survives and reaches up to touch his head.

Mr Roberts was rescued from the ledge airlifted by an RAF search and rescue team suffering a broken ankle and bruises within 30 minutes of the fall.

The British Mountaineering Council's Elfyn Jones, who was part of the rescue team, told The Next Web: "I think the key message here is that accidents do happen, but that Mark was well equipped, wearing a helmet, and that probably saved his life."

Watch the amazing fall below.

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