Mike
2008-06-28, 11:10
A 24-year-old American who was training in the Bavarian Alps for a marathon, the girl became separated from a friend she was training with near Berchtesgaden in Germany, close to the border with Austria last Monday. Rescue teams searched for three days with no sign of the woman.
She had in fact fallen, dislocating her shoulder and unable to leave the ledge she was on for 72 hours. She eventually decided to use her sports bra as a signal and attached it to a broken cable used to transport timber in cars along the mountain gaps.
A repairman saw the bra attached to the wire, and being aware of the missing hiker he called the authorities who eventually picked her up by helicopter.
Might be we should all wear something colourful underneath (just in case). :rolleyes:
She had in fact fallen, dislocating her shoulder and unable to leave the ledge she was on for 72 hours. She eventually decided to use her sports bra as a signal and attached it to a broken cable used to transport timber in cars along the mountain gaps.
A repairman saw the bra attached to the wire, and being aware of the missing hiker he called the authorities who eventually picked her up by helicopter.
Might be we should all wear something colourful underneath (just in case). :rolleyes: