[oldcomputerguy]

"I can't imagine the courage it takes to do something like that. "

When the alternative is death and the will to survive is strong, it makes many things possible.

[headsonpikes]

Back in '73, I leased a cedar pole claim from a Canadian WWII vet with seven lemon-size exit wounds in his back from a machine-gunning in Italy.

Around 1970, he'd been operating a D6 Cat on a sidehill logging show, when he screwed up and had the machine roll over on him. Pinned underneath, and slowly being pressed into the muck below, he gave instructions to his faller/bucker rescuers on how to run the Cat, the winch, and the various controls to pull the dozer off him.

When I knew 'Wild Bill', he could still scramble around the bush like a d*mned sasquatch!

There are some very tough people in this world. And I'm glad!

They're an inspiration to us all.

[2Jedismom]

I remember in that movie...Ben Hur? When the ship is sinking and the guys are coming up from the bottom deck with nothing but stubs where they pulled their hands or feet off to get out.

I never noticed that until this last time I saw it on PBS...wonder if it was edited out of the regular TV version?