A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.<\/p>\n
The 77-year-old missed a bend on his bike on his way home from the supermarket on a lonely road in the mountainous Cevennes region, careening down a rocky slope and into the ravine near Saint-Julien-des-Points.<\/p>\n
Unable to climb out, the man tried to shout every time a vehicle passed. But no one heard his cries.<\/p>\n
As the hours turned into days, he was sustained by the bottles of wine he was taking home to his caravan, rescuers said.<\/p>\n
Finally, passing roadworkers heard him yelling and spotted the twisted frame of his bicycle.<\/p>\n
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with rescue doctor Laurent Savath calling his survival “a miracle … given the cold and the rain, with almost nothing to eat or drink” other than the wine.<\/p>\n
“He is really tough,” the doctor added. “He fell into a stream several times trying to scramble back up, so was at risk of hypothermia.”<\/p>\n
The cyclist ultimately escaped his predicament with minor injuries and mild hypothermia, according to the French outlet Entrevue<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n