A Couple Of Years Back I Went On A Mountain Trip, Alone. I Had Walked The Same Path Before As I Intended That Beautiful Morning In May. I Parked My Car On The Parking Lot And Put On My Gear. This Particular Path Was One Of The More Difficult Ones, And I Did Not Meet Anyone Else Out There In The Wilderness. After A Two Hour Walk Uphill I Arrived At A Cave Entrance That I Had Passed Several Times In The Past, But Never Had Stopped And Entered.This Day Was Different; I Stopped, By Coincidence, Because My Legs Were A Bit Sore From A Trip Two Days Earlier, And I Stopped To Stretch Out. As I Was Standing There My Eyes Caught The Cave Entrance; And For Some Reason I Decided To Take A Closer Look Into The Cave. Before Going In I Learned That My Flashlight Was Missing From My Backpack; And That Should Have Stopped Me From Going In, But I Said To My Self That I Would Only Go In As Far As The Light From The Entrance Went.I Remember Going In; And The Next Minute I Woke Up On My Side, In Total Darkness And With Pain All Over My Body. I Had Gotten A Big Bump On My Head That Gave Me A Pounding Headache. Not Anything Dangerous. I Tried To Get Up, But A Burning Pain From My Left Leg Stopped Me Instantly.I Found Out Very Quickly That My Left Leg Was Totally Wet From A Continuing Bloodstream From A Wound On My Thigh. Now I Started To Get Worried. I Found A Lighter In My Backpack, And I Could Inspect My Wounds More Closely. I Didnt Look Good.Luckily I Always Bring A First Aid Kit With Me. My Wife Made Me. I Was Able To Stop The Bleeding By Putting A Pressure Bandage Around My Leg. And For The Next Two Days I Survived With The Food And Water I Also Carried With Me. I Can Tell You That A Lot Goes On In Your Mind When You Are In A Situation Like That. Will I Be Found? Am I To Die Here? Will I Ever See My Family Again?My Wife Had Called The Police When I Did Not Show Up At Home At Expected Time. And Luckily I Had Told Here The Location Where I Went. They Found My Car And Started A Search. The Next Day I Heard Someone Yell Into The Cave. Do I Need To Say I Felt An Enormous Relief? I Yelled Back And Can Not Describe The Gratitude I Felt For Being Alive In That Moment.Apparently I Had Taken A Step Into The Darkness And Had Fallen 20 Feet Down. The Paramedics Told Me I Had Lost A Lot Of Blood, And That Without The Pressure Bandage I Would Have Bleed To Dead.I Can Truly Say That A First Aid Kit Saved My Life That Day. So If You Are In Doubt Getting A First Aid Kit Or Not Dont Be.Thank You For You Time.
