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A Colorado Springs woman, injured and lost for nearly three days in the Bavarian Alps near the border between Germany and Austria, was found and rescued after thinking fast and using her sports bra to signal for help.

Jessica Bruinsma was hiking with a friend when the weather turned and she fell off a cliff. She landed on a narrow ledge, injured her leg, dislocated her shoulder, and broke four ribs, one of which punctured her lung. Although unable to climb back up the cliff, the experienced outdoorswoman, who is a wilderness EMT, triathlete, and former ski instructor, was able to find shelter in a small cave and discovered a timber company emergency cache that contained water, according to articles in the Rocky Mountain News and AP.

She also noticed a nearby cable used to transport timber from a logging operation. Keeping her shirt and jacket for warmth, she removed her bra and attached it to the cable. When logging operations resumed, the bra was carried down the mountain on the cable, where a lumberjack who had heard of the missing woman, found it and called police. A helicopter searched along the cable's path, found Bruinsma, and winched her to safety.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-tomasic/stranded-hiker-saved-by-b_b_108952.html
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/strange/article_212154227.shtml
 
Smart lady! I would perish because I would never think of all that... or be so lucky.
 
Who would have tougth that geting her bra off would get her atention...

For real, quite smart thinking.
 

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