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What do you think would have been the outcome if you did not have your cell phone? Just wondering.
I'm pretty sure I know part of what would have happened. Some time after dark, my wife would have called friends and family, and a search would have started.
Whether they would have found me that night, I dont know!
I'm sure they would have found me the next day, what shape I would have been in, who knows?
To find me as quick as they did, I had to use the rescue helicopter and guide them to me. They got the coordinates and radioed them to rescuers on the ground and they got to within 150-200 yds of me, close enough I could hear them calling my name. The rescue fellows started IV and got me in a clam shell, rode me out on a 4 wheeler for about a mile, transferred to a pickup for a couple of miles, then on the helicopter for the trip to the hospital.
I know I was stupid and lucky. That's why I encourage everyone to use a safety harness.
