Survival story

I'm kind of thrown off by how Bear Grylls-centric this article is. "Bear Grylls" in the headline, Grylls's picture, Grylls's name before Walker's appearing in the article body...
 
uyotg said:
I'm kind of thrown off by how Bear Grylls-centric this article is. "Bear Grylls" in the headline, Grylls's picture, Grylls's name before Walker's appearing in the article body...
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I agree

What's sad is most people will not read past the title to see what this man did-

-who cares where he got his motivation??

Dr.Bill
 
Good man. He's really lucky that he missed an artery.
I hope that I never need it but if I do I hope I have what it takes to survive a situation like that.
 
protourist said:
Good man. He's really lucky that he missed an artery.
I hope that I never need it but if I do I hope I have what it takes to survive a situation like that.
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Thanks for reading the article

I'll wager most do not--but need to
 
134 view and only one person reads the story???

Trust me--read this 2 minute story to see if you could do what he did

DISREAGRD THE "BEAR GRYILS" REFERENCE

THE STORY

A man who impaled himself on a steel stake after falling from a rock in Australia showed "Bear Grylls" type grit to drag himself uphill for 90 minutes to find help, paramedics said on Tuesday.

Gary Walker, 45, tumbled from a viewpoint in Melbourne's northwest on Monday, landing on a steel spike which pierced his upper thigh.

He fainted from the intense pain, but when he woke up he used his belt as a tourniquet, pulled the stake from his leg and dragged himself up a steep 50 metre (165 feet) embankment to call for help.

"You see the Hollywood movies where the guy brings out the spear through his chest and that sort of stuff and you go, 'Oh, rubbish, you can't do that'," Walker told reporters from his Melbourne hospital bed.

"You can, you just got to have the... determination."

Walker's exploits saw him likened to celebrity survivalist Bear Grylls, the English adventurer whose "Man vs Wild" television programme has become one of the most-watched shows around the world.

"He's certainly shown some Bear Grylls characteristics in removing himself from a very difficult situation," paramedic Louise Wylie told reporters, adding that Walker had first-aid training.

Walker himself said it was simply a matter of keeping calm.

He told reporters that when he realised he could not pull the spike, which narrowly missed an artery and bone, out of the ground, he knew he had to "pull myself off the... picket".

"It took five to 10 seconds," he said. "There was a great gush of blood. I got very dizzy."

Walker, who had left his mobile phone in his car, then crawled to the top of the embankment as night was setting in so he could call for help.

"I kept on saying to myself every crawl, every step, 'It's not far to go, you'll get there'," he said.

Paramedics arriving at the viewpoint found him pale and in severe pain with extensive bleeding. He was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in shock and was expected to be operated on.

"I suppose 10 years down the track, having a couple of beers with a mate around a campfire one day I'll be laughing at the story going 'Bear Grylls, eat your heart out'," Walker said.

"Keep watching those documentaries, because they may save your life one day. You never know."
 
Yes, well done - he did great. I would LIKE TO THINK I would have the wherewithal to recover from a situation like that. But until tested, who knows for sure? Agree, the Bear reference might turn people off, or make it seem like hollywood. Thanks for posting; I had not seen this.
Fred
 
newadventure said:
Yes, well done - he did great. I would LIKE TO THINK I would have the wherewithal to recover from a situation like that. But until tested, who knows for sure? Agree, the Bear reference might turn people off, or make it seem like hollywood. Thanks for posting; I had not seen this.
Fred
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Thanks for taking the time to read it Bro

Dr.Bill
 
Wow...A person just don't know how they would react in a situation like that until the time comes ! I would like to think that I would be able to remain calm & do what needs to be done...but you never know! Heck...I use to pass out at the Dr's Office when I would give blood !
 
Gary is lucky he didn't have any debilitating broken bones & was able to make it up the embankment.
As for pulling his leg off the spike,he did what he had to do & had the balls to do it.
A lesser man would have just lain there & died of shock.
 
mykel m said:
Gary is lucky he didn't have any debilitating broken bones & was able to make it up the embankment.
As for pulling his leg off the spike,he did what he had to do & had the balls to do it.
A lesser man would have just lain there & died of shock.
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And a greater man would not have fallen of the rock.

I get the feeling that Gary brought up Grylls before the reporter did, and the reporter went along with it, just a feeling from reading the article though.
 
very interesting article..could have done without the Bear Grylls scenario...Les Stroud is much more suitable IMHO...
 
cappaletti said:
very interesting article..could have done without the Bear Grylls scenario...Les Stroud is much more suitable IMHO...
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I agree--

But I'll wager a lot of people that should have read this story did not becuase they saw that name in the TITLE

Just like the old saying goes--Never Judge a Book by it's cover

Thanks for reading the article

Dr.Bill
 
Dr. Billy, I read through the article twice (thanks for posting it) and I don't get what it has to do w/Grylls. I am glad the gentleman had what it takes to not give up, but where does Bear fit in? Odd write up by the author, but impressive determination by the individual indeed. Articles like these reenforce my belief that attitude goes a long, long way, even in an emergency. Thanks for sharing the article!
 
schmittie said:
Dr. Billy, I read through the article twice (thanks for posting it) and I don't get what it has to do w/Grylls. I am glad the gentleman had what it takes to not give up, but where does Bear fit in? Odd write up by the author, but impressive determination by the individual indeed. Articles like these reenforce my belief that attitude goes a long, long way, even in an emergency. Thanks for sharing the article!
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Thanks for reading it Bro

This is the part where the man brought up Bear

"I suppose 10 years down the track, having a couple of beers with a mate around a campfire one day I'll be laughing at the story going 'Bear Grylls, eat your heart out'," Walker said.
 
This is good stuff !!! Mr. Walker has definitely got grit !!! I don't know which would be worse, pulling your leg off of a stack or cutting your arm off to save your life !!! I would imagine that decision would be made at the time of the situation !! I hope I have the grit !!! I also hope I am never in the situation !! Keep a sharp blade !!!
 
Hawkings said:
I get the feeling that Gary brought up Grylls before the reporter did, and the reporter went along with it, just a feeling from reading the article though.
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On the first reading of the article, I inferred the opposite. To me it seems like the reporter brought that up and kind of forced it down Walker's throat. In the article, Walker himself didn't even mention Grylls until the last lines. Though nothing is definitive, so I guess we'll never know :) the guy's tough for sure, but I don't want to jump to assumptions about how he's great and better than most people. Humans can do some insane things to stay alive. Not to downplay his achievements--I'm glad he's alive--but it just seems insulting to the rest of humanity.
 
I'd say he's lucky and/or blessed to have made it out. He made a mistake that cost him an injury which could have led to death but he pushed his way back to being rescued.

Being in law enforcement you build an immunity to seeing bad things, but it's different when it happens to one of your own and especially yourself. Half of me would want to keel over and die from shock (not willingly of course), the other half of me is the father/husband/stubborn ass that would get me into gear and push me back :D

Make good initial decisions, when that little voice makes you ask if what you are doing/deciding is a good idea, it's probably not.
 
uyotg said:
I'm kind of thrown off by how Bear Grylls-centric this article is. "Bear Grylls" in the headline, Grylls's picture, Grylls's name before Walker's appearing in the article body...
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Clearly, this event took place in the parking lot of a Ramada Inn. It's the only explanation.
 
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