02 April 2009, 16:16
416SWTuff NZer
Was going to post this earlier but ran into the pay for forum bit, must say had me going for a while.
The pain must have been incredible.
Bushwalker crawls for days with broken ribs, ankleBy New Zealand correspondent Kerri Ritchie
Posted Wed Apr 1, 2009 6:20pm AEDT
A bushwalker in New Zealand has spent two days crawling to safety after breaking his ribs, ankle and wrist in a fall.
While exploring remote alpine country in the south island, shopkeeper and possum hunter Matthew Briggs fell down a bluff.
Mr Briggs waited in his tent for a week for help to arrive.
When no-one came he realised there was only one way out.
"Crawled down to the hut, three kilometres... took me two days, pretty painful going as you can imagine with a broken ankle and wrist... fashioned a crutch with my tent poles," Mr Briggs said.
Two hunters staying in the hut then walked for 13 hours to raise the alarm.
Mr Briggs is recovering in hospital.