Bryce's Scary Adventure

James' brother, Bryce, headed off to hike Mount Timpanogos last night with a group from his ward to watch the sunrise. He has done this before and LOVED it. We said a little prayer for him when we went to sleep and when we woke up, but we figured it was a ward activity and he is a pretty athletic fella, so all would be fine. However, around noon we got a call from the emergency room telling us that he "fell off the mountain" and was being treated as a "trauma victim" in the ER and was currently "breathing and awake." WHAT?!!!! James zipped over there in a heartbeat, leaving me to man the phones with Mason at home(D'oh!). Luckily, when James got there, he found that besides a nasty compound fracture, Bryce was okay. He fell when he was sliding down the glacier on the way down and couldn't stop himself 'cause he dislocated his shoulder while he was at it. Because there was no safe way to get him down, they life-flighted him out of the snow. Can you believe it?! He had to have a rod surgically placed in his leg this evening and everything went really well. We left him happily snoring in his hospital room safe and sound before heading home to put our tired tike to bed. What a blessing that he is okay. Bryce is too good of a babysitter to lose him. :) Just joking.
The group watching the sunrise. Isn't it gorgeous?!
Pretty cool.
Bryce and his women. :) I have no doubt that he can have the pick of the ward after this.
Gross. Poor guy.
Here are two videos of Bryce being carried out in a basket to a safer landing and loading location. He said that it was like having a nightmare flying dream come true. YIKES!