The tubes down the throat and being tied down didn't help my attitude. I may have been a difficult patient.
I was alone in the mountains. I did have a radio and called out on it, when I wasn't passed out. 4 hours off to get off the mountain, weather got worse, no airlift, 2 hours to the nearest town with a hospital. Doc did a endoscope thing near my belly button and said "boy, you are f---ed" I'll never forget that part.
Mask over the face, they transported me to ABQ hospital on a jet (I was semi-lucid for that), and there I stayed, until I broke out, against advice, and came back to where there is air to breath.
The whole thing sucked hard. I would rather never, ever do that again.
Other than that, I loved the mountains. ;)
/johnny
Resource bump
burst appendix???