We referred earlier to the accident which our sister had at Jim Perrin’s house in July 2003. This was certainly a pivotal point in her relationship with him. She described it to us shortly after it had happened and as we said: ‘Undoubtedly this injury to her ribs was extremely serious’.
We have wondered ever since why Jim Perrin, as a responsible adult, did not seek medical help for her: he had been a climber with presumably at least some rudimentary knowledge of impact damage. Is he medically trained? For all he knew her lung could have been punctured; she could have sustained other internal injuries. Surely, if she was as seriously hurt as he claimed in his book he should at least have asked for a paramedic, to assess and advise her. Continue reading