& friends, the singer and a friend hiked ajax peak in montana.

Country legend hank williams jr.

The scars from the.

Shared some details about his fall down a mountain years ago.

When dick and his son walt reached his body,.

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His nose, teeth and jaw were broken to pieces, his eye was hanging out of the socket, and a fracture in.

Williams spent over two years recovering from the accident.

8, 1975, after recording his breakthrough album hank williams jr.

The fall left hank jr.

He said that he'll never forget the sound it made, hearing his own head crack open.

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His face struck a boulder on the way down, fracturing his skull in a number of places.

Suffering multiple skull and facial fractures, he faced a long road to recovery — and.

The accident led him to years of rehabilitation.

Williams slipped and fell about 500 feet, sustaining serious head injuries as he struck jutting rocks, according to a story from the associated press that ran on the front page.

While climbing ajax peak, a mountain.

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Williams, 26 at the time, fell more than 500.

The incident that took place in 1975 in ajax peak in beaverhead county, montana, near the idaho border ended up with the country singer sustaining skull fractures and other.

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By the end of the decade, a mountain climbing expedition scarred hank williams jr.

The willeys hurried down the mountain, making their way to williams.

Was mountain climbing with a friend in southwestern montana when he slipped and fell more than 500 feet, striking jutting rocks on his way down.

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Just prior to the accident, he released “hank williams, jr.

Hit that rock going fast.

On august 8th, 1975, he fell close to 500 feet while climbing ajax mountain in montana.

In an interview, hank jr.

8, 1975, hank williams jr.

Falling a reported 500 feet onto rock after the snow beneath his feet gave way, williams sustained multiple fractures to his skull.

With numerous skull fractures which took 17 operations to repair.