Originally from Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation

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Last year, someone did the kindest thing for me.

I was visiting some friends at their mountain home. We embarked on what was to be a 15-minute walk. Always up for exploring and a challenge, I scrambled up a huge chute of boulders. When I decided it was time to go back, I thought I saw another way out. Before I knew it, I was stuck—stuck on the side of a mountain on earth that felt like sand slipping hundreds of feet below. For the first time ever, I was scared. I decided that my husband and friends should call Search and Rescue.

After a long wait, I decided I had to try to slide down in stages to get out on my own. And I succeeded. Enduring the anger and disappointment of my husband and friends, I ran down the trail and out to the parking lot, where I found a fully equipped six-member rescue team ready to mobilize.