CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Dan’s breathing starts becoming quick and shallow, and he’s kind of starting to cry. I rub his arm and calm him down, I tell him everything will be all right. He gets his breath under control and starts looking around with a very dazed expression. I’m feeling very frightened and worried,…
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I think Kelsey is a brave Rock of a FRIEND!! She obviously loves you and knows you well. It was a good thing she was there, and Reuben, too. Thank God for having the Right people in the Right place at the Right time!! The only thing I think I would have added is that I would have been praying to God the whole time, myself...cuz He's the One who always walks me through the difficult stuff and settles me down with Peace when a situation is potentially overwhelming. ♥
Next time I go hiking, I want Kelsey along!!! Scary. So glad you have such awesome friends!
I really liked having her addition to the story and DAN PEARCE you should send that woman some flowers, because if it weren't for her you could have walked off a cliff. Thanks to Kelsey for sharing her journal.
Wow. This is amazing and frightening. Y'all did such a great job getting through this ordeal. And thankfully Dan is okay. That had to have been terrifying.
As a former EMT, in Colorado, I have to say that Kelsey did a good job at staying calm. Thank goodness you had cell phones that got a signal to reach SAR. In the future, I would recommend water during the hiking and the Gatorade afterwards. That and maybe not hiking in such high heats! Please take care!
Wow ! Keep in mind your brain was low on water and over heated and that would cause your hallucinations. I don't think the lady in the woods was anything but a sign that your brain was being slowing cooked and drying out. I have had heat stroke and have been so sun burnt it was coincided to be secondary burns. I have learned to stay out of the sun and keep my activity low key when its very hot. I think you get a very clear look at how serious your situation was with Kelsey's story. I'm glad she shared it.
Wow - I can't imagine how scary it would be to see a good friend talking like you were talking. It sounds like you've got some good friends, Dan!!
You have the most amazing friends! Wow!!!! I hope that if I were ever in that situation, either in your place or in her's, that I would have such amazing people with me and be able to keep my cool. So glad everyone is okay.
Glad you and your friends made it down ok.... I tried to make it up to Mt Adams over here and discovered I get altitude sickness... I started bawling and hyperventilating halfway up the last stretch out of nowhere. It was my bodies way of sucking in the oxygen it was being deprived of... I had heard of and read about altitude sickness, but don't we all believe it won't happen to me? Crazy how our body's will do what they have to, to keep itself alive... The things we learn when living, huh? ;)
glad everyone got off the mountain and are doing better. Kind of scary about the women in the woods. Spooky.
Isn't it interesting to watch from the "real" side, when you know there is so much more going on with the woman in the woods than we can ever know. I've been lost on what turned into 12 hour hikes, with no cell phone reception at all. It changes your perception very quickly about life in general. So glad you had your friends, and search and rescue, and even the woman in the woods. :)
You probably kept him from going off with the "woman", good job Kelsey and Rueben. Good friends, keep them.
wow ...just..wow
I read someplace that if someone is in trouble physically, near death, and they start talking like you describe,...it you'd left so the women could come get Dan...she probably would have. So Kelsey probably saved Dan's life. I wondered in the story how 2 of 3 hikers were ok and Dan was so extremely not OK. Reading Dan's post about discovering an underlying medical condition that had gone unnoticed makes sense now. Better to have discovered that in the ER than in the morgue. I'm so glad you all made it out safely. Your 5 blogs so far have done a lot to educate people. You did a lot of things right, and a few things went wrong. Thanks for sharing.
I read someplace that if someone is in trouble physically, near death, and they start talking like you describe,...it you'd left so the women could come get Dan...she probably would have. So Kelsey probably saved Dan's life. I wondered in the story how 2 of 3 hikers were ok and Dan was so extremely not OK. Reading Dan's post about discovering an underlying medical condition that had gone unnoticed makes sense now. Better to have discovered that in the ER than in the morgue. I'm so glad you all made it out safely. Your 5 blogs so far have done a lot to educate people. You did a lot of things right, and a few things went wrong. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, What an adventure! I glad you are safe and sound and made it home to Noah! I have to ask one question though; did you really dream of a this "women" in the past? or was it all a hallucination?
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/dual-survival/videos http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/man-woman-wild/ for when you go and try again ... : )
I know this was a horrible and horrifying experience in the middle of it, but since everything turned out okay and no one has any lasting damage, I can't help but laugh.
Good grief! So glad it all worked out and that you have such wonderful friends who stick by your side during life's more hairy moments!
Wow. You were trippin' big time! Glad you're okay.