A young man sparked a major rescue operation after he plunged 50ft into a Perthshire river while trying to retrieve his mobile phone.
The 27-year-old lost his footing while walking through darkness at cliffs near the Old Bridge of Tilt, on the edge of Blair Atholl.
It is believed he lay alone for about four hours before a concerned family member reported him missing to staff at Blair Castle Caravan Park.
A warden found him seriously injured at the bottom of a steep gorge.
Emergency services were scrambled to the area just before 3am on Tuesday.
A total of 10 fire crews attended, along with police, paramedics and a Royal Navy Search and Rescue helicopter from Prestwick.
Firefighters split into two teams on either side of the river to reach the man in the water.
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service incident commander station manager Bob Rearie said: “The man had been walking in the area and had fallen down a sharp drop, 50 feet into the water.
“It was an extremely inaccessible area, so we decided to split our resources, sending half the team in from the Blair Castle side and the other from the Old Tilt side.”
Mr Rearie said: “One of our water rescue teams worked on the Old Tilt side of the water and using their line rescue skills took Scottish Ambulance Service paramedics down.
“Once they had reached the casualty he was assessed and placed on our rescue sled across the water to meet with our second water rescue team on the opposite side.
“The Royal Navy helicopter was also there to meet the casualty and he was airlifted to hospital for treatment to his injuries which are, thankfully, not believed to be life-threatening.”
He added: “The incident highlights the importance of close partnership working and was an excellent example of all emergency services working together to achieve a positive outcome.”
Andew Wootton, manager at the Blair Atholl estate which runs the caravan park, confirmed that the man had been staying at a holiday home, which he owns at the site.
He went for a walk on his own between 9 and 10pm on Monday. A relative, who was staying with him, raised the alarm when he did not return in the early hours of the morning.
Mr Wootton said: “The park warden went out into the woods with his torch. He was given an approximate idea of where the man was likely to have been walking so he managed to find him quite quickly, within about half an hour. He had been calling out to him and eventually he heard him call back.
“He was very lucky to have been found in good time. It could have been a lot worse.”
Matthew Evans, manager of the nearby Bridge of Tilt Hotel, said: “There was a lot of noise and traffic through the night. I got up and saw at least five fire engines at the bottom of the road. A lot of our guests were woken up by the noise too.”