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>be me
>2020
>American
>travel to Austria to go hiking in the alps alone
>conditioning and strength training served me well despite muh desk job
>get lost up there
>climb what looked like a trail since I kept seeing those little Austrian flags painted on rocks
>get to the top of this trail/peak
>sheer cliff faces all around me
>panic and almost start crying because climbing back down seemed impossible without falling to my death and the cliff faces are dozens of stories high
>look down and over to my right and see an actual flat trail about 5 stories beneath me
>the incline down to the trail is at least 45 degrees
>can’t stand up and walk down otherwise I’d lose my balance and tip over the cliff face next to the trail which was about 3 feet wide
>have to scoot on my butt down this incline in a serpentine manner
>constantly testing the ground I was scooting to since the ground was loose and I didn’t want to slide
>eventually make it down to trail
>3 hours later, my knee was killing me, the sun had set, ran out of water, I was lost again, and the mountains were really dangerous
>cuck out and call for help (great service up there)
>get airlifted off mountains
>hospital finds nothing on X-ray
>MRI machine was down
>I can walk fine for damn reason
Poorly planned trip but it was fun