WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.068 >> IT'S EVER CLIMBERS WORST 2 00:00:02.068 --> 00:00:04.037 NIGHTMARE, FALLING OUT OF 3 00:00:04.037 --> 00:00:04.971 CONTROL. 4 00:00:04.971 --> 00:00:07.140 >> SOMETHING GOES WRONG, IT GOES 5 00:00:07.140 --> 00:00:08.375 WRONG BIG. 6 00:00:08.375 --> 00:00:10.443 >> 100 FEET DOWN TO ALMOST 7 00:00:10.443 --> 00:00:12.012 CERTAIN DEATH. 8 00:00:12.012 --> 00:00:13.046 >> WHEN YOU FALL 100 FEET, YOU 9 00:00:13.046 --> 00:00:14.414 HAVE A 100 PERCENT CHANCE THAT 10 00:00:14.414 --> 00:00:15.448 YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. 11 00:00:15.448 --> 00:00:16.216 >> CRAIG? 12 00:00:16.216 --> 00:00:17.317 >> HE'S A MASS OF SHATTERED 13 00:00:17.317 --> 00:00:19.886 BONES AND COOLING BLOOD. 14 00:00:19.886 --> 00:00:20.887 >> WE'RE FOUR MILES IN THE BACK 15 00:00:20.887 --> 00:00:21.888 COUNTRY. NOBODY KNOWS WE'RE 16 00:00:21.888 --> 00:00:22.856 HERE. 17 00:00:22.856 --> 00:00:24.224 >> IT'S AN EPIC LIFE AND DEATH 18 00:00:24.224 --> 00:00:25.091 BATTLE. 19 00:00:25.091 --> 00:00:26.459 (WHIRRING SOUNDS.) 20 00:00:26.459 --> 00:00:28.428 >> CRAIG DEMARTINO'S FIGHT TO 21 00:00:28.428 --> 00:00:29.662 SURVIVE. 22 00:00:29.662 --> 00:00:30.597 [CLOSED CAPTIONING PRESENTED BY 23 00:00:30.597 --> 00:00:32.565 OUTDOOR CHANNEL.] 24 00:00:35.769 --> 00:00:37.203 >> ROCK CLIMBING IS A SPORT THAT 25 00:00:37.203 --> 00:00:39.906 PUTS FEAR TO GOOD USE. FEAR 26 00:00:39.906 --> 00:00:42.709 BRINGS FOCUS. FOR AVID 27 00:00:42.709 --> 00:00:44.577 CLIMBERS, CLEARING THEIR MINES 28 00:00:44.577 --> 00:00:45.945 OF DISTRACTIONS IS A LIFE 29 00:00:45.945 --> 00:00:48.181 SAVING IMPERATIVE. THE RISKS, 30 00:00:48.181 --> 00:00:52.552 AND THE REWARDS ARE TREMENDOUS. 31 00:00:52.552 --> 00:00:54.287 SCALING A THOUSAND FEET BRINGS 32 00:00:54.287 --> 00:00:55.422 AN UNPARALLELED SINCE OF 33 00:00:55.422 --> 00:00:56.389 FREEDOM AND PERSONAL 34 00:00:56.389 --> 00:00:58.024 ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THE VIEWS 35 00:00:58.024 --> 00:01:01.394 AREN'T HALF BAD EITHER. 36 00:01:01.394 --> 00:01:02.762 >> I WENT TO A BACHELOR PARTY OF 37 00:01:02.762 --> 00:01:03.997 A REALLY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. 38 00:01:03.997 --> 00:01:05.465 AND HE SAID, LOOK INSTEAD OF 39 00:01:05.465 --> 00:01:07.400 GOING TO A STRIP BAR, WE ARE 40 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:09.602 GOING TO GO TO THIS ROCK 41 00:01:09.602 --> 00:01:10.737 CLIMBING PLACE OUTSIDE AND JUST 42 00:01:10.737 --> 00:01:12.605 GIVE IT A GO. 43 00:01:12.605 --> 00:01:13.406 >> GROWING UP IN EASTERN 44 00:01:13.406 --> 00:01:15.208 PENNSYLVANIA, THE OUTDOORS WAS 45 00:01:15.208 --> 00:01:16.876 A BIG PART OF CRAIG DEMARTINO'S 46 00:01:16.876 --> 00:01:19.579 BOYHOOD. BUT CRAIG HAD NEVER 47 00:01:19.579 --> 00:01:21.081 TRIED ROCK CLIMBING. 48 00:01:21.081 --> 00:01:21.881 >> KIND OF THOUGHT I WAS AFRAID 49 00:01:21.881 --> 00:01:22.816 OF HEIGHTS AND I WASN'T SURE 50 00:01:22.816 --> 00:01:24.417 ABOUT THAT. SO WHEN I TIED IN 51 00:01:24.417 --> 00:01:25.652 THAT VERY FIRST TIME, I HAD 52 00:01:25.652 --> 00:01:27.654 THIS NERVOUSNESS, BUT THIS 53 00:01:27.654 --> 00:01:29.089 ANTICIPATION OF THIS IS 54 00:01:29.089 --> 00:01:30.056 SOMETHING COOL. I WANT TO SEE 55 00:01:30.056 --> 00:01:32.125 WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. AND IT 56 00:01:32.125 --> 00:01:33.993 IMMEDIATELY JUST, IT RESONATED 57 00:01:33.993 --> 00:01:34.894 WITH MY SOUL FROM THAT VERY 58 00:01:34.894 --> 00:01:35.962 FIRST DAY. 59 00:01:35.962 --> 00:01:41.401 (MUSIC.) 60 00:01:41.401 --> 00:01:42.669 >> BEFORE LONG, CRAIG WAS 61 00:01:42.669 --> 00:01:44.771 CLIMBING CONSTANTLY. CLIMBING 62 00:01:44.771 --> 00:01:46.606 PUT CRAIG IN A POSITION TO 63 00:01:46.606 --> 00:01:48.775 EXPLORE HIS OTHER PASSION, 64 00:01:48.775 --> 00:01:49.876 PHOTOGRAPHY. 65 00:01:49.876 --> 00:01:51.277 >> YOU'RE IN THESE WEIRD AREAS, 66 00:01:51.277 --> 00:01:53.012 WHERE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN 67 00:01:53.012 --> 00:01:54.714 BE. SO YOU START TAKING 68 00:01:54.714 --> 00:01:55.915 PICTURES AND THOSE TWO THINGS 69 00:01:55.915 --> 00:01:57.517 INTEGRATE REALLY WELL. 70 00:01:57.517 --> 00:01:58.952 >> AFTER A FEW YEARS OF SCALING 71 00:01:58.952 --> 00:02:00.620 THE SCRAPPY CLIFFS AND CRAGS OF 72 00:02:00.620 --> 00:02:02.589 EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. CRAIG 73 00:02:02.589 --> 00:02:03.590 FELT READY FOR BIGGER 74 00:02:03.590 --> 00:02:05.959 CHALLENGES AND GRANDER VISTAS. 75 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:07.227 >> I PACKED MY STUFF UP, MOVED 76 00:02:07.227 --> 00:02:08.194 TO COLORADO SO THAT I COULD 77 00:02:08.194 --> 00:02:09.896 CLIMB MORE AND JUST BE IN THE 78 00:02:09.896 --> 00:02:10.830 MOUNTAINS. 79 00:02:10.830 --> 00:02:12.065 >> IN FORT COLLINS, CRAIG MET 80 00:02:12.065 --> 00:02:14.267 CINDY AND THE TWO HIT IT OFF. 81 00:02:14.267 --> 00:02:16.336 >> I LOVE BEING OUTSIDE WITH MY 82 00:02:16.336 --> 00:02:17.704 FRIENDS AND MY FAMILY. AND I 83 00:02:17.704 --> 00:02:20.507 LOVE THE MOVEMENT AND CHALLENGE 84 00:02:20.507 --> 00:02:22.609 THAT CLIMBING PRESENTS FOR ME. 85 00:02:22.609 --> 00:02:23.843 WE ACTUALLY JUST STARTED 86 00:02:23.843 --> 00:02:25.145 CLIMBING TOGETHER. 87 00:02:25.145 --> 00:02:28.014 (MUSIC.) 88 00:02:28.014 --> 00:02:29.415 AND HE WAS A REALLY SAFE AND 89 00:02:29.415 --> 00:02:30.583 RELIABLE PARTNER. 90 00:02:30.583 --> 00:02:35.355 (MUSIC.) 91 00:02:35.355 --> 00:02:36.523 >> A RELIABLE PARTNER IS AS 92 00:02:36.523 --> 00:02:38.591 CRITICAL TO A SAFE CLIMB AS THE 93 00:02:38.591 --> 00:02:40.660 RIGHT SHOES, THE RIGHT ROPE AND 94 00:02:40.660 --> 00:02:42.495 THE RACK OF CAMS, NUTS, AND 95 00:02:42.495 --> 00:02:44.898 CARABINEERS THAT CLIMBERS CARRY. 96 00:02:44.898 --> 00:02:45.865 >> I WAS ACTUALLY AFRAID TO ASK 97 00:02:45.865 --> 00:02:47.133 HER OUT. I THOUGHT MAN, IF IT 98 00:02:47.133 --> 00:02:48.902 DOESN'T WORK OUT, I'M GOING TO 99 00:02:48.902 --> 00:02:49.669 LOSE A REALLY GOOD CLIMBING 100 00:02:49.669 --> 00:02:50.403 PARTNER. 101 00:02:50.403 --> 00:02:51.938 >> 18 MONTHS LATER, CRAIG AND 102 00:02:51.938 --> 00:02:53.640 CINDY MARRIED. IN A COUPLE 103 00:02:53.640 --> 00:02:55.475 YEARS THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN. 104 00:02:55.475 --> 00:02:56.676 CRAIG WAS WORKING AS A STAFF 105 00:02:56.676 --> 00:02:58.144 PHOTOGRAPHER FOR A COLORADO 106 00:02:58.144 --> 00:02:59.979 PUBLISHER, WHILE CINDY STUDIED 107 00:02:59.979 --> 00:03:01.281 FOR A DEGREE IN WILDLIFE 108 00:03:01.281 --> 00:03:03.116 BIOLOGY AND THEY BOTH CLIMBED 109 00:03:03.116 --> 00:03:04.651 AS MUCH AS THEY COULD. WITH 110 00:03:04.651 --> 00:03:07.120 EACH OTHER AND WITH FRIENDS. ON 111 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:09.622 JULY 21, 2002, CRAIG AND HIS 112 00:03:09.622 --> 00:03:11.057 GOOD FRIEND, STEVE, MET UP FOR 113 00:03:11.057 --> 00:03:12.559 A DAY OF CLIMBING IN THE ROCKY 114 00:03:12.559 --> 00:03:14.060 MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK. 115 00:03:14.060 --> 00:03:14.994 >> WE'RE GOING TO GO UP TO 116 00:03:14.994 --> 00:03:16.396 DRAKE, MONASTERY DO SOME MORE 117 00:03:16.396 --> 00:03:17.330 CLIMBING. 118 00:03:17.330 --> 00:03:19.399 >> WE CAN GO TO ODESTIS. THERE'S 119 00:03:19.399 --> 00:03:20.233 THIS FUN RUN I KNOW CALLED 120 00:03:20.233 --> 00:03:21.267 WHITE MAN. 121 00:03:21.267 --> 00:03:22.635 >> OKAY. 122 00:03:22.635 --> 00:03:26.806 (MUSIC.) 123 00:03:26.806 --> 00:03:27.807 >> THEY SET THEIR SIGHTS ON A 124 00:03:27.807 --> 00:03:29.275 PARTICULAR THOUSAND FOOT HIGH 125 00:03:29.275 --> 00:03:31.010 GRANITE EGG, CALLED SUNDANCE 126 00:03:31.010 --> 00:03:32.011 BUTTRESS. 127 00:03:32.011 --> 00:03:35.982 (MUSIC.) 128 00:03:39.519 --> 00:03:40.553 >> STEVE AND I DECIDED THAT I 129 00:03:40.553 --> 00:03:41.654 WOULD GO FIRST, I WOULD LEAD 130 00:03:41.654 --> 00:03:42.522 THE CLIMB. 131 00:03:42.522 --> 00:03:43.356 >> IS THIS IT? 132 00:03:43.356 --> 00:03:45.258 >> YEAH. FINALLY. 133 00:03:45.258 --> 00:03:46.092 >> AND SO I'M GOING TO PUT THE 134 00:03:46.092 --> 00:03:46.993 GEAR IN. 135 00:03:46.993 --> 00:03:47.894 >> CLIMBS ARE RATED ON A SCALE 136 00:03:47.894 --> 00:03:49.062 OF DIFFICULTY. 137 00:03:49.062 --> 00:03:50.129 >> MAYBE A THREE, LOOKS LIKE A 138 00:03:50.129 --> 00:03:51.030 TWO. 139 00:03:51.030 --> 00:03:52.065 >> CALLED THE YOSEMITE DECIMAL 140 00:03:52.065 --> 00:03:53.032 SYSTEM. 141 00:03:53.032 --> 00:03:55.068 >> SO YOU READY TO LEAD IT? 142 00:03:55.068 --> 00:03:57.670 >> THIS ROUTE IS 5.11C. 143 00:03:57.670 --> 00:03:59.505 >> I'LL KNOW WHEN I'M ON IT, 144 00:03:59.505 --> 00:04:00.306 HUH? 145 00:04:00.306 --> 00:04:01.407 >> SO IT HAS A DIFFICULTY RATING 146 00:04:01.407 --> 00:04:02.408 AND THEN IT HAS A RATING FOR 147 00:04:02.408 --> 00:04:04.777 PUTTING GEAR IN. IT'S A 5.11C, 148 00:04:04.777 --> 00:04:06.212 BUT THEN IT'S AN R. WHICH MEANS 149 00:04:06.212 --> 00:04:07.880 IT'S A VERY SERIOUS CLIMB, 150 00:04:07.880 --> 00:04:09.148 WHICH MEANS IT'S HARD TO PUT 151 00:04:09.148 --> 00:04:10.183 GEAR INTO. YOU'RE GOING TO 152 00:04:10.183 --> 00:04:12.785 HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AROUND. 153 00:04:12.785 --> 00:04:13.820 THE OLD DAYS, THEY USED TO POUND 154 00:04:13.820 --> 00:04:17.757 PITONS. NOW WE USE CAMS. THEY 155 00:04:17.757 --> 00:04:19.125 CAM AGAINST THE ROCK. AND SO 156 00:04:19.125 --> 00:04:20.426 THE ROPE IS RUNNING INTO THESE 157 00:04:20.426 --> 00:04:22.195 DEVICES AS YOU'RE GOING UP THE 158 00:04:22.195 --> 00:04:23.162 ROCK. 159 00:04:23.162 --> 00:04:25.698 (NATURE SOUNDS.) 160 00:04:25.698 --> 00:04:26.432 >> KNOWING WHERE TO PLACE THE 161 00:04:26.432 --> 00:04:28.868 CAMS IS CRITICAL. A CLIMBER 162 00:04:28.868 --> 00:04:30.169 MUST JUDGE THE DISTANCE UP 163 00:04:30.169 --> 00:04:31.871 AGAINST THE LENGTH OF ROPE OUT. 164 00:04:31.871 --> 00:04:33.439 IF HE CLIMBS 10 FEET ABOVE THE 165 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:36.009 CAM AND HE FALLS, IT WILL BE 20 166 00:04:36.009 --> 00:04:38.244 FEET DOWN. 167 00:04:38.244 --> 00:04:39.545 >> IF I FALL 20 FEET, NOW YOU 168 00:04:39.545 --> 00:04:41.014 HAVE TO ASSESS. WHAT AM I GOING 169 00:04:41.014 --> 00:04:42.181 TO HIT? IS THAT PIECE GOING TO 170 00:04:42.181 --> 00:04:43.850 STAY IN THE ROCK? IF IT PULLS, 171 00:04:43.850 --> 00:04:46.753 WHERE AM I GOING TO GO TO? 172 00:04:46.753 --> 00:04:47.920 >> CRAIG BEGAN HIS ZIG ZAG 173 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:49.722 ACROSS THE ROCK. THE GRANITE 174 00:04:49.722 --> 00:04:51.824 FACE WAS FAIRLY SMOOTH WITH 175 00:04:51.824 --> 00:04:53.359 ONLY A FEW NARROW CRACKS AND 176 00:04:53.359 --> 00:04:54.894 FOLDS FOR WEDGING IN THE SMALL 177 00:04:54.894 --> 00:04:56.095 SAFETY GEAR. 178 00:04:56.095 --> 00:04:58.197 >> THIS CLIMB, FOR PROBABLY 50 179 00:04:58.197 --> 00:04:59.966 FEET, WAS ALL SMALL GEAR. 180 00:04:59.966 --> 00:05:01.334 CLIMBERS DON'T LIKE SMALL GEAR, 181 00:05:01.334 --> 00:05:03.169 WE LIKE BIG GEAR. SMALL GEAR 182 00:05:03.169 --> 00:05:05.772 TENDS TO PULL OUT. 183 00:05:05.772 --> 00:05:06.773 >> CRAIG HEADED TOWARD THE FIRST 184 00:05:06.773 --> 00:05:08.474 ANCHOR BOLT, A STEAL PIN AT 185 00:05:08.474 --> 00:05:10.410 NEARLY A 100 FEET. GETTING TO 186 00:05:10.410 --> 00:05:12.178 THAT SAFE SPOT REQUIRED A 187 00:05:12.178 --> 00:05:13.513 TRICKY MANEUVER CALLED A 188 00:05:13.513 --> 00:05:14.514 TRAVERSE. 189 00:05:14.514 --> 00:05:15.581 >> WHEN YOU TRAVERSE YOU ALWAYS 190 00:05:15.581 --> 00:05:16.716 RUN THAT RISK OF DOING THE 191 00:05:16.716 --> 00:05:17.984 PENDULUM. WHEN YOU SWING FROM 192 00:05:17.984 --> 00:05:19.485 THIS POINT, YOU'RE GOING TO HIT 193 00:05:19.485 --> 00:05:21.287 WHERE EVER YOU LEFT. 194 00:05:21.287 --> 00:05:23.189 >> STEVE IS DOWN BELOW, HOLDING 195 00:05:23.189 --> 00:05:24.857 ON TO THE SAFETY ROPE TIED INTO 196 00:05:24.857 --> 00:05:26.592 CRAIG'S HARNESS. 197 00:05:26.592 --> 00:05:27.393 >> ONCE I WAS AT THE ANCHOR YOU 198 00:05:27.393 --> 00:05:29.796 GET THAT, OKAY, I'M STILL 199 00:05:29.796 --> 00:05:31.130 ALIVE AND HAPPY. 200 00:05:31.130 --> 00:05:32.298 >> CRAIG CLIPPED THE HARNESS 201 00:05:32.298 --> 00:05:33.633 INTO THE ANCHOR BOLT. 202 00:05:33.633 --> 00:05:34.901 >> I'M AT THIS ANCHOR THAT IS 203 00:05:34.901 --> 00:05:36.102 100 FEET OFF THE GROUND, 204 00:05:36.102 --> 00:05:37.303 BASICALLY A TEN STORY OFFICE 205 00:05:37.303 --> 00:05:38.404 BUILDING. 206 00:05:38.404 --> 00:05:39.539 >> OFF BELAY. 207 00:05:39.539 --> 00:05:42.375 >> OKAY. NICE JOB. BELAY'S OFF. 208 00:05:42.375 --> 00:05:43.643 >> THE CLIMBERS SIGHT LINE WAS 209 00:05:43.643 --> 00:05:45.278 BLOCKED BY THE CLIFF. 210 00:05:45.278 --> 00:05:48.314 (MUSIC.) 211 00:05:48.314 --> 00:05:49.682 >> NOW I'M SAFE, I'M CLIPPED 212 00:05:49.682 --> 00:05:51.651 INTO THE ROCK, THE ROUTE IS 213 00:05:51.651 --> 00:05:53.686 OVER FOR ME, AND I'M READY TO 214 00:05:53.686 --> 00:05:55.254 BE LOWERED TO THE GROUND. 215 00:05:55.254 --> 00:05:56.989 >> CRAIG SHOUTED DOWN TO STEVE. 216 00:05:56.989 --> 00:05:57.790 >> IT'S ALL YOU. 217 00:05:57.790 --> 00:05:58.925 >> OKAY. 218 00:05:58.925 --> 00:06:00.360 >> I UNCLIPPED MY HARNESS, AND 219 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:02.762 JUST SAT BACK. 220 00:06:02.762 --> 00:06:05.898 >> THE ROPE WAS UNSECURED. 221 00:06:05.898 --> 00:06:06.899 >> I AM REALLY PICKING UP A LOT 222 00:06:06.899 --> 00:06:07.900 OF SPEED. 223 00:06:07.900 --> 00:06:08.668 >> STEVE! 224 00:06:08.668 --> 00:06:09.936 >> NO! 225 00:06:09.936 --> 00:06:11.304 >> CRAIG HITS A TREE THAT STANDS 226 00:06:11.304 --> 00:06:12.338 HIM UPRIGHT. 227 00:06:12.338 --> 00:06:15.375 >> I'M GOING THE WHOLE WAY. 228 00:06:15.375 --> 00:06:16.976 >> HE'S PLOWED INTO THE GROUND 229 00:06:16.976 --> 00:06:19.011 AT ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR. IN 230 00:06:19.011 --> 00:06:20.713 THE LINGO OF CLIMBERS, CRAIG 231 00:06:20.713 --> 00:06:22.181 HAS JUST CRATERED. 232 00:06:22.181 --> 00:06:23.449 >> I COULDN'T GET MY HEAD AROUND 233 00:06:23.449 --> 00:06:24.484 THE FACT THAT I WAS ON THE 234 00:06:24.484 --> 00:06:25.685 GROUND. AND NOT THAT I WAS 235 00:06:25.685 --> 00:06:27.687 HURT, BUT JUST THAT I WAS ON 236 00:06:27.687 --> 00:06:28.988 THE GROUND WHERE I SHOULDN'T 237 00:06:28.988 --> 00:06:31.858 BE. I SHOULD BE YOU KNOW A 100 238 00:06:31.858 --> 00:06:32.725 FEET IN THE AIR. AND THEN 239 00:06:32.725 --> 00:06:35.461 SUDDENLY THE PAIN HIT LIKE A, 240 00:06:35.461 --> 00:06:36.729 LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN. 241 00:06:36.729 --> 00:06:38.164 >> STEVE RUSHED OVER THE FIND 242 00:06:38.164 --> 00:06:40.466 HIS FRIEND IN A POOL OF BLOOD. 243 00:06:40.466 --> 00:06:42.101 >> STAY WITH ME, CRAIG. 244 00:06:42.101 --> 00:06:44.904 YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY. LET ME 245 00:06:44.904 --> 00:06:46.339 SUPPORT YOUR HEAD A LITTLE BIT. 246 00:06:46.339 --> 00:06:47.673 >> SHATTERED BONES STICKING OUT 247 00:06:47.673 --> 00:06:49.742 FROM ALL OVER HIS LEGS. 248 00:06:49.742 --> 00:06:50.410 >> YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY, 249 00:06:50.410 --> 00:06:51.811 CRAIG. I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 250 00:06:51.811 --> 00:06:53.045 >> STEVE CAN'T TELL HOW BADLY 251 00:06:53.045 --> 00:06:55.214 CRAIG IS HURT, BUT HE DOES KNOW 252 00:06:55.214 --> 00:06:56.849 CRAIG WILL BE FACING THE FIGHT 253 00:06:56.849 --> 00:06:58.751 OF HIS LIFE, TO SURVIVE. 254 00:07:01.354 --> 00:07:02.855 >> CLIMBER CRAIG DEMARTINO WAS A 255 00:07:02.855 --> 00:07:04.624 100 FEET UP THE GRANITE FACE OF 256 00:07:04.624 --> 00:07:07.026 A COLORADO CLIFF, THEN IN THE 257 00:07:07.026 --> 00:07:08.928 BLINK OF AN EYE, HE CRASHED TO 258 00:07:08.928 --> 00:07:11.697 THE GROUND. HE CAN'T MOVE HIS 259 00:07:11.697 --> 00:07:13.699 HEAD, OR SIT UP, OR SEE THE 260 00:07:13.699 --> 00:07:14.967 POOL OF BLOOD GROWING AROUND 261 00:07:14.967 --> 00:07:16.302 HIM. 262 00:07:16.302 --> 00:07:17.670 >> I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT DEATH 263 00:07:17.670 --> 00:07:19.739 AT THAT MOMENT, I WAS THINKING 264 00:07:19.739 --> 00:07:21.974 ABOUT THIS AMAZING FEAR I HAD OF 265 00:07:21.974 --> 00:07:24.811 NOT HAVING ANY CONTROL OVER THE 266 00:07:24.811 --> 00:07:28.381 SITUATION AS IT WAS HAPPENING. 267 00:07:28.381 --> 00:07:30.750 >> CRAIG'S CLIMBING BUDDY STEVE 268 00:07:30.750 --> 00:07:31.784 HAD SCRAMBLED OVER THE LOOSE 269 00:07:31.784 --> 00:07:32.985 BOULDERS TO FIND CRAIG 270 00:07:32.985 --> 00:07:35.321 CONSCIOUS, BUT IN A MANGLED 271 00:07:35.321 --> 00:07:36.255 HEAP. 272 00:07:36.255 --> 00:07:37.457 >> STEVE IS LOOKING AT THIS 273 00:07:37.457 --> 00:07:40.226 PILE, WHAT THE HECK JUST 274 00:07:40.226 --> 00:07:40.960 HAPPENED? 275 00:07:40.960 --> 00:07:42.261 >> HANG IN THERE, BUDDY. 276 00:07:42.261 --> 00:07:43.463 >> HOW DO YOU EVEN BEGIN TO DEAL 277 00:07:43.463 --> 00:07:45.131 WITH THIS? HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT 278 00:07:45.131 --> 00:07:46.232 MY BACK'S BROKEN, OR MY NECK IS 279 00:07:46.232 --> 00:07:46.999 BROKEN. 280 00:07:46.999 --> 00:07:47.767 >> STAY WITH ME, YOU'RE GOING TO 281 00:07:47.767 --> 00:07:48.668 BE OKAY. 282 00:07:48.668 --> 00:07:49.869 >> BUT HE KNOWS YOU CAN'T FALL A 283 00:07:49.869 --> 00:07:51.304 100 FEET AND NOT DAMAGE YOUR 284 00:07:51.304 --> 00:07:52.505 INSIDES. 285 00:07:52.505 --> 00:07:54.507 >> NO! 286 00:07:54.507 --> 00:07:55.541 >> NEITHER ARE CLEAR ABOUT WHY 287 00:07:55.541 --> 00:07:56.576 CRAIG FELL. 288 00:07:56.576 --> 00:07:59.846 (MUSIC.) 289 00:07:59.846 --> 00:08:00.880 >> IT'S ALL YOU. 290 00:08:00.880 --> 00:08:02.381 >> PERHAPS A MISCOMMUNICATION,OR 291 00:08:02.381 --> 00:08:03.950 A MISTAKEN ASSUMPTION. IN ANY 292 00:08:03.950 --> 00:08:06.452 CASE, STEVE KNEW THE PRIORITY. 293 00:08:06.452 --> 00:08:07.119 >> WE'RE GOING TO SLOW THE 294 00:08:07.119 --> 00:08:07.920 BLEEDING ON THIS. 295 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:09.422 >> WAS NOW TO STOP THE BLEEDING. 296 00:08:09.422 --> 00:08:10.490 >> YOU WITH ME, CRAIG? 297 00:08:10.490 --> 00:08:11.457 STAY WITH ME, BUDDY. 298 00:08:11.457 --> 00:08:12.225 >> HE PUT A TOURNIQUET ON MY 299 00:08:12.225 --> 00:08:13.326 RIGHT LEG TO KIND OF SLOW THE 300 00:08:13.326 --> 00:08:14.694 BLEEDING. WE'RE FOUR MILES IN 301 00:08:14.694 --> 00:08:15.928 THE BACK COUNTRY, NOBODY KNOWS 302 00:08:15.928 --> 00:08:17.530 WE'RE HERE. WHAT DO WE DO? 303 00:08:17.530 --> 00:08:19.165 >> I'M GOING TO RUN TO ASSIST 304 00:08:19.165 --> 00:08:20.266 AND GET HELP, OKAY, I'LL BE 305 00:08:20.266 --> 00:08:21.100 RIGHT BACK. 306 00:08:21.100 --> 00:08:25.538 (MUSIC.) 307 00:08:25.538 --> 00:08:26.305 >> MY CELL PHONE. 308 00:08:26.305 --> 00:08:27.440 >> STEVE DUG INTO HIS CLIMBING 309 00:08:27.440 --> 00:08:29.141 BAG FOR HIS CELL PHONE. 310 00:08:29.141 --> 00:08:30.176 >> WE'RE NEXT TO A 1000 FOOT 311 00:08:30.176 --> 00:08:31.677 GRANITE CLIFF IN THE BACK 312 00:08:31.677 --> 00:08:33.179 COUNTRY, HE NOT ONLY GETS A 313 00:08:33.179 --> 00:08:35.548 CELL SIGNAL, DIALS 9-1-1. 314 00:08:35.548 --> 00:08:37.350 >> MY BUDDY FELL TO THE GROUND 315 00:08:37.350 --> 00:08:39.018 FROM WHITE MAN, WE'RE CLIMBING 316 00:08:39.018 --> 00:08:40.653 SUNDANCE BUTTRESS. 317 00:08:40.653 --> 00:08:41.587 >> GETS PUSHED RIGHT THROUGH TO 318 00:08:41.587 --> 00:08:42.622 ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESCUE. 319 00:08:42.622 --> 00:08:44.023 >> YEAH, STEVE. OKAY, WE'LL LOOK 320 00:08:44.023 --> 00:08:44.924 FOR YOU ON THE TRAIL. 321 00:08:44.924 --> 00:08:46.392 >> AND THE GUY WHO IS ON CALL 322 00:08:46.392 --> 00:08:47.493 THERE, ERIC GABRIEL. 323 00:08:47.493 --> 00:08:48.361 >> HEY, THEY'RE COMING, CRAIG. 324 00:08:48.361 --> 00:08:49.729 >> IS NOT ONLY THE HEAD OF ROCKY 325 00:08:49.729 --> 00:08:50.730 MOUNTAIN RESCUE, HE'S A 326 00:08:50.730 --> 00:08:51.731 CLIMBER. 327 00:08:51.731 --> 00:08:53.299 >> AS ERIC MADE HIS WAY TO CRAIG 328 00:08:53.299 --> 00:08:54.967 AND STEVE, HE ALERTED OTHER 329 00:08:54.967 --> 00:08:56.202 RESCUE TEAM MEMBERS TO JOIN 330 00:08:56.202 --> 00:08:57.136 HIM. 331 00:08:57.136 --> 00:08:58.304 >> HEY, IT'S ERIC GABRIEL, WE 332 00:08:58.304 --> 00:08:59.772 HAVE A FALLEN CLIMBER AT THE 333 00:08:59.772 --> 00:09:00.806 BOTTOM OF THE SUNDANCE 334 00:09:00.806 --> 00:09:02.775 BUTTRESS. I'M ON THE WAY UP, 335 00:09:02.775 --> 00:09:03.743 FLAGGING THE ROUTE. 336 00:09:03.743 --> 00:09:05.545 >> I HAD ERIC AT MY SIDE 337 00:09:05.545 --> 00:09:06.712 PROBABLY WITHIN 40 MINUTES OF 338 00:09:06.712 --> 00:09:07.980 HITTING THE GROUND WHICH IS 339 00:09:07.980 --> 00:09:09.448 UNHEARD OF IN THE BACK COUNTRY. 340 00:09:09.448 --> 00:09:13.152 >> I'M A PARAMEDIC. WE'LL GET 341 00:09:13.152 --> 00:09:14.086 YOU OUT HERE OKAY, WHAT 342 00:09:14.086 --> 00:09:14.954 HAPPENED? 343 00:09:14.954 --> 00:09:18.224 >> I FELL. 344 00:09:18.224 --> 00:09:18.958 >> WE'LL CHECK YOU OUT HERE AND 345 00:09:18.958 --> 00:09:19.759 SEE IF YOU'RE HURT ANYWHERE 346 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:21.360 ELSE OKAY? YOU LET ME KNOW. 347 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:22.795 >> THERE IS A QUOTE IN CLIMBING 348 00:09:22.795 --> 00:09:24.564 THAT IF YOU CLIMB 10 FEET YOU 349 00:09:24.564 --> 00:09:25.464 HAVE A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF 350 00:09:25.464 --> 00:09:27.366 DYING. IF YOU FALL 20 FEET, YOU 351 00:09:27.366 --> 00:09:28.267 HAVE A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF 352 00:09:28.267 --> 00:09:30.937 DYING. I JUST CAME A 100 FEET 353 00:09:30.937 --> 00:09:33.406 SO, YOU CAN DO THE MATH. 354 00:09:33.406 --> 00:09:34.540 >> STEVE AND ERIC KNEW THAT 355 00:09:34.540 --> 00:09:36.175 CRAIG'S SITUATION WAS WORSE 356 00:09:36.175 --> 00:09:37.276 THEN CRAIG THOUGHT. 357 00:09:37.276 --> 00:09:38.344 >> HERE? 358 00:09:38.344 --> 00:09:39.812 >> YEAH. 359 00:09:39.812 --> 00:09:40.713 >> DO YOU WANT US TO CALL YOUR 360 00:09:40.713 --> 00:09:41.480 WIFE? 361 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:43.349 >> ERIC ASKED ME IF I WANTED HIM 362 00:09:43.349 --> 00:09:44.383 TO CALL MY WIFE, CINDY? 363 00:09:44.383 --> 00:09:45.685 >> NO. 364 00:09:45.685 --> 00:09:46.452 >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS A BAD 365 00:09:46.452 --> 00:09:47.453 IDEA, I JUST THOUGHT, OKAY I 366 00:09:47.453 --> 00:09:48.588 DON'T WANT HER TO WORRY. BUT 367 00:09:48.588 --> 00:09:50.556 THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT. 368 00:09:50.556 --> 00:09:51.390 >> YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT US TO 369 00:09:51.390 --> 00:09:52.458 CALL YOUR WIFE? 370 00:09:52.458 --> 00:09:53.793 >> I MUST BE HURT BAD. 371 00:09:53.793 --> 00:09:55.328 >> OKAY. 372 00:09:55.328 --> 00:09:57.563 >> MAYBE I SHOULD CALL CINDY. 373 00:09:57.563 --> 00:10:03.603 (PHONE RINGING.) 374 00:10:03.603 --> 00:10:04.270 >> CINDY. 375 00:10:04.270 --> 00:10:04.937 >> HELLO. 376 00:10:04.937 --> 00:10:05.605 >> IT'S STEVE. 377 00:10:05.605 --> 00:10:06.372 >> OH HI STEVE. 378 00:10:06.372 --> 00:10:07.139 >> WHEN STEVE SAID THAT CRAIG 379 00:10:07.139 --> 00:10:08.608 HAD TAKEN A FALL. 380 00:10:08.608 --> 00:10:09.542 >> WHAT HAPPENED? 381 00:10:09.542 --> 00:10:10.443 >> AND THAT HE HAD BROKEN HIS 382 00:10:10.443 --> 00:10:11.510 ANKLES. 383 00:10:11.510 --> 00:10:12.845 >> NO HE'S GOING TO BE OKAY. 384 00:10:12.845 --> 00:10:13.779 >> AND I THOUGHT THAT HE HAD 385 00:10:13.779 --> 00:10:14.914 JUST FALLEN TO THE END OF THE 386 00:10:14.914 --> 00:10:17.883 ROPE AND MAYBE HIT HIS FEET ON 387 00:10:17.883 --> 00:10:19.619 THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE FACE. 388 00:10:19.619 --> 00:10:21.253 >> I'M ON MY WAY. 389 00:10:21.253 --> 00:10:22.922 >> SO I DIDN'T KNOW THAT CRAIG 390 00:10:22.922 --> 00:10:26.726 HAD ACTUALLY HIT THE GROUND. 391 00:10:26.726 --> 00:10:28.027 AND I DIDN'T GO BEYOND THAT IN 392 00:10:28.027 --> 00:10:29.762 MY HEAD, I JUST WANTED TO GET 393 00:10:29.762 --> 00:10:31.597 THERE AND SEE FOR MYSELF. 394 00:10:31.597 --> 00:10:33.699 (MUSIC.) 395 00:10:33.699 --> 00:10:34.600 >> ERIC DID HIS BEST TO 396 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:36.569 STABILIZE CRAIG'S INJURIES AND 397 00:10:36.569 --> 00:10:38.270 PACKAGED HIM FOR A DIFFICULT, 398 00:10:38.270 --> 00:10:39.305 BUMPY RESCUE. 399 00:10:39.305 --> 00:10:39.972 >> YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY, 400 00:10:39.972 --> 00:10:40.640 CRAIG. 401 00:10:40.640 --> 00:10:41.540 >> CALLED A CARRY OUT. 402 00:10:41.540 --> 00:10:45.044 (MUSIC.) 403 00:10:45.044 --> 00:10:46.278 THE RESCUE TEAM PREPARED AN 404 00:10:46.278 --> 00:10:47.546 ELABORATE SYSTEM OF ROPES AND 405 00:10:47.546 --> 00:10:50.016 PULLEYS TO MOVE CRAIG DOWN THE 406 00:10:50.016 --> 00:10:53.686 MOUNTAIN QUICKLY AND SAFELY. 407 00:10:53.686 --> 00:10:54.453 >> WHEN I FIRST SAW CRAIG I 408 00:10:54.453 --> 00:10:55.888 DIDN'T KNOW HOW BADLY INJURED 409 00:10:55.888 --> 00:10:57.823 HE WAS. ERIC PRETTY MUCH SAID 410 00:10:57.823 --> 00:10:59.358 TO ME, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TALK 411 00:10:59.358 --> 00:11:01.093 TO CRAIG BUT MAKE IT QUICK. I 412 00:11:01.093 --> 00:11:02.194 WENT UP TO CRAIG AND I SAID, 413 00:11:02.194 --> 00:11:03.696 YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU AND I'M 414 00:11:03.696 --> 00:11:04.897 RIGHT HERE. BUT I'M GOING TO 415 00:11:04.897 --> 00:11:05.898 STEP OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE I 416 00:11:05.898 --> 00:11:07.133 WANT THESE GUYS TO GET YOU OUT 417 00:11:07.133 --> 00:11:08.067 OF HERE. 418 00:11:08.067 --> 00:11:09.502 >> SHE'S LOOKING AT ME AND 419 00:11:09.502 --> 00:11:13.339 REALIZING MY HUSBAND CAN DIE. 420 00:11:13.339 --> 00:11:15.841 AND I'M LOOKING AT HER, AND THAT 421 00:11:15.841 --> 00:11:18.210 SUDDENLY BECAME VERY CLEAR 422 00:11:18.210 --> 00:11:22.548 THAT... 423 00:11:22.548 --> 00:11:24.950 THAT I'M NOT GOING TO GET UP. 424 00:11:24.950 --> 00:11:27.720 THAT I'M NOT GOING, I'M NOT 425 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:29.488 GOING TO WALK AWAY FROM IT. 426 00:11:29.488 --> 00:11:31.290 THIS IS GOING TO MAYBE KILL ME. 427 00:11:31.290 --> 00:11:32.425 THIS IS REALLY SERIOUS AND I 428 00:11:32.425 --> 00:11:38.631 DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WILL END. 429 00:11:38.631 --> 00:11:39.565 >> IT TOOK THE RESCUE TEAM 430 00:11:39.565 --> 00:11:41.067 NEARLY FIVE HOURS TO BRING 431 00:11:41.067 --> 00:11:42.234 CRAIG TO A CLEARING IN THE 432 00:11:42.234 --> 00:11:44.570 VALLEY. FROM THERE, THEY LOADED 433 00:11:44.570 --> 00:11:46.505 HIM ABOARD A WAITING HELICOPTER 434 00:11:46.505 --> 00:11:47.773 AND FLEW HIM TO THE HOSPITAL IN 435 00:11:47.773 --> 00:11:50.710 FORT COLLINS. 436 00:11:50.710 --> 00:11:51.877 >> HI, I'M CINDY DEMARTINO, I'M 437 00:11:51.877 --> 00:11:53.245 LOOKING FOR MY HUSBAND, CRAIG. 438 00:11:53.245 --> 00:11:54.480 >> CRAIG WAS IN SURGERY. AND 439 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:56.048 THEY BROUGHT IN A GRIEF 440 00:11:56.048 --> 00:11:57.383 COUNSELOR. AND I THOUGHT TO 441 00:11:57.383 --> 00:11:59.218 MYSELF, WHY IS THERE A GRIEF 442 00:11:59.218 --> 00:12:01.087 COUNSELOR HERE? I DON'T NEED A 443 00:12:01.087 --> 00:12:03.222 GRIEF COUNSELOR. I STILL WASN'T 444 00:12:03.222 --> 00:12:05.624 RALLY AWARE OF HOW SERIOUSLY 445 00:12:05.624 --> 00:12:08.060 INJURED CRAIG WAS. LATER IN THE 446 00:12:08.060 --> 00:12:09.862 EVENING, WHEN WE WERE WAITING 447 00:12:09.862 --> 00:12:10.629 FOR CRAIG TO COME OUT OF 448 00:12:10.629 --> 00:12:12.631 SURGERY, HIS NEUROSURGEON CAME 449 00:12:12.631 --> 00:12:14.533 OUT. HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE 450 00:12:14.533 --> 00:12:16.202 REALLY JUST NEED TO SEE HOW 451 00:12:16.202 --> 00:12:17.036 CRAIG MAKES IT THROUGH THE 452 00:12:17.036 --> 00:12:19.004 HOUR. 453 00:12:19.004 --> 00:12:22.341 >> THE HOUR? 454 00:12:22.341 --> 00:12:23.776 >> YOU KNOW HE WASN'T, HE WASN'T 455 00:12:23.776 --> 00:12:25.878 EXPECTING CRAIG TO MAKE IT. TO 456 00:12:25.878 --> 00:12:29.181 HEAR CRAIG MIGHT DIE, IS A 457 00:12:29.181 --> 00:12:30.449 REALLY DIFFICULT THING TO HEAR 458 00:12:30.449 --> 00:12:31.751 AS A SPOUSE. 459 00:12:31.751 --> 00:12:32.952 >> CRAIG'S NECK WAS BROKEN CLEAN 460 00:12:32.952 --> 00:12:35.187 THROUGH, BROKEN RIBS PUNCTURED 461 00:12:35.187 --> 00:12:37.857 HIS LUNG, HIS BACK WAS BROKEN 462 00:12:37.857 --> 00:12:38.991 AND PIECES OF HIS SHATTERED 463 00:12:38.991 --> 00:12:40.926 VERTEBRA LODGED IN HIS SPINAL 464 00:12:40.926 --> 00:12:43.129 CANAL. HE HAD A LARGE HEMATOMA 465 00:12:43.129 --> 00:12:45.231 IN HIS CHEST. AND CONTUSIONS ON 466 00:12:45.231 --> 00:12:47.633 HIS KIDNEYS, LIVER AND HEART. 467 00:12:47.633 --> 00:12:49.168 WITH BOLTS, RODS AND PINS, 468 00:12:49.168 --> 00:12:51.537 SURGEONS DO WHAT THEY CAN. HIS 469 00:12:51.537 --> 00:12:54.840 FEET AND ANKLES WERE SHATTERED. 470 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:55.541 >> THEY MOVED ME TO INTENSIVE 471 00:12:55.541 --> 00:12:57.076 CARE. PUT ME ON A VENTILATOR 472 00:12:57.076 --> 00:12:57.910 BECAUSE I COULDN'T BREATHE ON 473 00:12:57.910 --> 00:13:00.412 MY OWN. AND MY WIFE, CINDY, 474 00:13:00.412 --> 00:13:02.548 ENDED UP SITTING WITH ME, AS I 475 00:13:02.548 --> 00:13:03.682 WAS UNCONSCIOUS FOR THE ENTIRE 476 00:13:03.682 --> 00:13:05.484 NIGHT JUST TO SEE IF I WAS 477 00:13:05.484 --> 00:13:06.252 GOING TO LIVE THROUGH THE 478 00:13:06.252 --> 00:13:06.986 NIGHT. 479 00:13:10.723 --> 00:13:13.559 >> JULY 22ND, 2002, CINDY 480 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:15.127 DEMARTINO WAITED IN A FORT 481 00:13:15.127 --> 00:13:16.896 COLLINS HOSPITAL FOR WORD ABOUT 482 00:13:16.896 --> 00:13:19.532 HER HUSBAND, CRAIG. JUST 24 483 00:13:19.532 --> 00:13:21.033 HOUR EARLIER, HE HAD BEEN 484 00:13:21.033 --> 00:13:22.701 SCALING A 1000 FOOT GRANITE 485 00:13:22.701 --> 00:13:23.702 CLIFF. 486 00:13:23.702 --> 00:13:27.473 (MUSIC.) 487 00:13:27.473 --> 00:13:28.674 NOW AFTER A LONG NIGHT IN 488 00:13:28.674 --> 00:13:30.442 SURGERY, HE WAS FIGHTING FOR 489 00:13:30.442 --> 00:13:31.577 HIS LIFE. 490 00:13:31.577 --> 00:13:32.878 >> I SPOKE TO HIS SURGEON. AND 491 00:13:32.878 --> 00:13:34.480 HE SAID, WELL, HE MADE IT 492 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:35.514 THROUGH THE NIGHT. BUT WE 493 00:13:35.514 --> 00:13:37.750 REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS 494 00:13:37.750 --> 00:13:39.952 GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WE DIDN'T 495 00:13:39.952 --> 00:13:40.920 KNOW IF HE WAS GOING TO BE A 496 00:13:40.920 --> 00:13:42.454 PARAPLEGIC, OR IF HE WAS GOING 497 00:13:42.454 --> 00:13:44.023 TO BE A DOUBLE AMPUTEE. WE JUST 498 00:13:44.023 --> 00:13:45.691 KNEW THAT HE SURVIVED THE 499 00:13:45.691 --> 00:13:46.592 NIGHT. 500 00:13:46.592 --> 00:13:48.594 >> AS DAYS STRETCHED INTO WEEKS, 501 00:13:48.594 --> 00:13:50.396 CRAIG'S CONDITION STABILIZED. 502 00:13:50.396 --> 00:13:51.730 >> CINDY WAS THERE ALL THE TIME, 503 00:13:51.730 --> 00:13:52.965 AND I WOULD ASK, YOU KNOW, 504 00:13:52.965 --> 00:13:54.533 WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY FEET? 505 00:13:54.533 --> 00:13:55.868 WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY BACK? 506 00:13:55.868 --> 00:13:57.002 WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY NECK? 507 00:13:57.002 --> 00:13:58.537 AND WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE WAS 508 00:13:58.537 --> 00:14:00.239 THEY'RE BEING VAGUE ON PURPOSE. 509 00:14:00.239 --> 00:14:01.240 WHAT THEY'RE TELLING CINDY IS, 510 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:03.242 YOU KNOW HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO 511 00:14:03.242 --> 00:14:05.845 BE A PARAPLEGIC, PROBABLY A 512 00:14:05.845 --> 00:14:07.479 QUADRIPLEGIC, ONE OF THE TWO. 513 00:14:07.479 --> 00:14:08.948 HIS SPINE WAS SHATTERED, HE 514 00:14:08.948 --> 00:14:10.583 DOESN'T HAVE ANY MOVEMENT. 515 00:14:10.583 --> 00:14:12.051 >> RIGHT AFTER CRAIG'S ACCIDENT 516 00:14:12.051 --> 00:14:13.752 IN THE WEEKS FOLLOWING, WAS A 517 00:14:13.752 --> 00:14:15.688 VERY SCARY TIME. WHAT'S HIS 518 00:14:15.688 --> 00:14:17.256 LIFE GOING TO LOOK LIKE? WHAT'S 519 00:14:17.256 --> 00:14:19.124 HIS REACTION GOING TO BE? HOW 520 00:14:19.124 --> 00:14:20.559 ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THIS? 521 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:21.594 AND THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO 522 00:14:21.594 --> 00:14:22.461 PROVIDE FOR OUR FAMILY, 523 00:14:22.461 --> 00:14:24.029 FINANCIALLY? OUR KIDS WERE 524 00:14:24.029 --> 00:14:24.730 REALLY YOUNG. 525 00:14:24.730 --> 00:14:26.065 >> YOU GET TO SEE YOUR DADDY? 526 00:14:26.065 --> 00:14:27.666 LOOK AT HIS TAKING YOUR 527 00:14:27.666 --> 00:14:29.068 PICTURES. YOU GUYS GET TO VISIT 528 00:14:29.068 --> 00:14:30.069 YOUR DAD EVERY DAY? 529 00:14:30.069 --> 00:14:31.170 >> UH HUH. 530 00:14:31.170 --> 00:14:32.538 >> THAT'S SO MUCH FUN, HUH? 531 00:14:32.538 --> 00:14:33.372 >> CRAIG'S FEET HAD BEEN 532 00:14:33.372 --> 00:14:35.107 SHATTERED AND NOW REBUILT WITH 533 00:14:35.107 --> 00:14:37.076 PINS AND SCREWS. BUT THERE WAS 534 00:14:37.076 --> 00:14:38.377 NO WAY TO BE SURE IF HE WOULD 535 00:14:38.377 --> 00:14:40.045 WALK AGAIN UNTIL HE STARTED 536 00:14:40.045 --> 00:14:42.514 PHYSICAL THERAPY. SO HE BEGAN 537 00:14:42.514 --> 00:14:44.583 WHAT CLIMBERS CALL A SUFFER 538 00:14:44.583 --> 00:14:46.218 FEST. 539 00:14:46.218 --> 00:14:47.620 >> I'VE GOT RODS IN MY BACK. 540 00:14:47.620 --> 00:14:48.287 >> THAT'S GOING TO HURT YOUR 541 00:14:48.287 --> 00:14:49.154 BACK. 542 00:14:49.154 --> 00:14:50.756 >> I KNOW. PLATES, SCREWS, EVERY 543 00:14:50.756 --> 00:14:51.790 TIME YOU MOVE, ALL THIS SCAR 544 00:14:51.790 --> 00:14:54.660 TISSUES CRACKING AND BREAKING. 545 00:14:54.660 --> 00:14:56.495 I GOT IN THIS PROCESS. YOU WAKE 546 00:14:56.495 --> 00:14:57.930 UP, YOU DO PHYSICAL THERAPY. 547 00:14:57.930 --> 00:14:58.664 YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO 548 00:14:58.664 --> 00:14:59.498 DIE. 549 00:14:59.498 --> 00:15:00.366 >> I DON'T EVEN THINK SOCCER 550 00:15:00.366 --> 00:15:01.734 PLAYERS CAN DO THAT ONE. 551 00:15:01.734 --> 00:15:03.402 >> YOU'RE IN THIS CONSTANT CYCLE 552 00:15:03.402 --> 00:15:05.871 OF JUST HORRIFIC PAIN. YOU PASS 553 00:15:05.871 --> 00:15:07.573 OUT, YOU EAT DINNER, YOU GO TO 554 00:15:07.573 --> 00:15:08.741 BED. AND THAT'S YOUR WHOLE 555 00:15:08.741 --> 00:15:10.142 WORLD. YOU GET TO SEE ME FALL 556 00:15:10.142 --> 00:15:11.644 TODAY. THAT WILL BE FUN. HOW 557 00:15:11.644 --> 00:15:13.512 DO I SURVIVE THE PAIN THAT I'M 558 00:15:13.512 --> 00:15:14.380 IN? 559 00:15:16.248 --> 00:15:17.049 THANK YOU. 560 00:15:17.049 --> 00:15:17.883 >> HE KNEW THAT THE ONLY WAY 561 00:15:17.883 --> 00:15:19.652 THAT HE WAS GOING TO DO THAT 562 00:15:19.652 --> 00:15:21.420 WAS FOR HIM TO SIT DOWN AND DO 563 00:15:21.420 --> 00:15:22.421 THE WORK. 564 00:15:22.421 --> 00:15:23.389 >> JUST GOING FOR IT, JUST 565 00:15:23.389 --> 00:15:25.524 WALKING FORWARD IS INSANELY 566 00:15:25.524 --> 00:15:26.592 HARD. YOU KNOW I GOT TO DO IT 567 00:15:26.592 --> 00:15:28.694 ON CRUTCHES AND IT'S JUST, IT'S 568 00:15:28.694 --> 00:15:29.695 JUST INSANELY HARD. I HATE THAT 569 00:15:29.695 --> 00:15:31.830 EXERCISE. 570 00:15:31.830 --> 00:15:33.165 >> CRAIG HAS AMAZING POSITIVE 571 00:15:33.165 --> 00:15:35.334 ATTITUDE. AND HE WAS ABLE TO 572 00:15:35.334 --> 00:15:37.102 LOOK AT HIMSELF AND LAUGH. 573 00:15:37.102 --> 00:15:38.203 >> THIS IS GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE 574 00:15:38.203 --> 00:15:39.838 THINK THERAPY'S FUN. 575 00:15:39.838 --> 00:15:42.508 >> UH HUH. YOU KEEP SMILING. 576 00:15:42.508 --> 00:15:43.342 >> I WOULD SIT IN DOCTOR'S 577 00:15:43.342 --> 00:15:44.243 OFFICE WHEN THEY WERE GIVING ME 578 00:15:44.243 --> 00:15:46.412 THESE REALLY BAD REPORTS AND I 579 00:15:46.412 --> 00:15:47.813 WOULD JUST START MAKING JOKES. 580 00:15:47.813 --> 00:15:48.647 BROKEN BACK THING HAS A LOT OF 581 00:15:48.647 --> 00:15:51.150 DRAW BACKS THAT THEY DON'T TALK 582 00:15:51.150 --> 00:15:53.986 TO YOU ABOUT, BEFORE YOU DO IT. 583 00:15:53.986 --> 00:15:55.688 SO IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT, 584 00:15:55.688 --> 00:15:57.489 I WOULDN'T DO IT. I COULD 585 00:15:57.489 --> 00:15:59.124 FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE OF IT, 586 00:15:59.124 --> 00:15:59.925 BUT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE 587 00:15:59.925 --> 00:16:01.527 POSITIVE OF IT. 588 00:16:01.527 --> 00:16:02.728 >> SOME DAYS I WOULD GET THERE 589 00:16:02.728 --> 00:16:04.263 AND HE WOULD SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW 590 00:16:04.263 --> 00:16:06.498 I WALKED TODAY. AND THEN OTHER 591 00:16:06.498 --> 00:16:09.034 DAYS, YOU KNOW, WEREN'T AS 592 00:16:09.034 --> 00:16:10.736 PRODUCTIVE. SO IT WAS A SLOW 593 00:16:10.736 --> 00:16:12.304 PROCESS, AND IT WASN'T AN EASY 594 00:16:12.304 --> 00:16:13.372 PROCESS. 595 00:16:15.140 --> 00:16:15.874 >> STILL NOT ON THE BOTTOM, 596 00:16:15.874 --> 00:16:16.675 THOUGH, HUH? 597 00:16:16.675 --> 00:16:17.676 >> NOT UH. MY FEET WERE STILL 598 00:16:17.676 --> 00:16:18.978 MESSED UP AND THEY'RE STILL 599 00:16:18.978 --> 00:16:20.646 TALKING TO ME ABOUT YOUR RIGHT 600 00:16:20.646 --> 00:16:23.515 LEG IS NOT HEALING. THAT IS 601 00:16:23.515 --> 00:16:25.284 VERY PROBLEMATIC. I DEVELOPED A 602 00:16:25.284 --> 00:16:27.252 NERVE DISORDER SIX MONTHS AFTER 603 00:16:27.252 --> 00:16:29.355 THE ACCIDENT CALLED REFLECTIVE 604 00:16:29.355 --> 00:16:31.390 SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY. AND I 605 00:16:31.390 --> 00:16:32.391 REMEMBER THIS NEUROSURGEON 606 00:16:32.391 --> 00:16:35.127 TELLING ME, YOU'RE PROBABLY 607 00:16:35.127 --> 00:16:35.861 GOING TO BE IN A WHEELCHAIR 608 00:16:35.861 --> 00:16:38.564 FULL TIME, JUST SO YOU KNOW. 609 00:16:38.564 --> 00:16:39.365 IT'S JUST REALLY HARD TO 610 00:16:39.365 --> 00:16:42.001 BALANCE ON IT, AND IT KIND OF 611 00:16:42.001 --> 00:16:42.835 HURTS. 612 00:16:42.835 --> 00:16:44.136 >> THE NERVE DISORDER CAUSED 613 00:16:44.136 --> 00:16:45.738 EXCRUCIATING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT 614 00:16:45.738 --> 00:16:48.640 LEG. AND THE FRAGMENTS OF BONE 615 00:16:48.640 --> 00:16:50.042 IN HIS RIGHT FOOT WEREN'T 616 00:16:50.042 --> 00:16:51.410 KNITTING TOGETHER WELL ENOUGH 617 00:16:51.410 --> 00:16:54.213 TO EVER PROVIDE A STABLE WALK. 618 00:16:54.213 --> 00:16:55.147 IT SEEMED LIKE CRAIG WAS 619 00:16:55.147 --> 00:16:56.882 DESTINED FOR A WHEELCHAIR. 620 00:16:56.882 --> 00:16:58.684 >> HE DIDN'T WANT TO SIT ON THE 621 00:16:58.684 --> 00:17:00.619 COUCH FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. 622 00:17:00.619 --> 00:17:02.254 HE WANTED TO BE OUT TAKING 623 00:17:02.254 --> 00:17:04.890 PICTURES AND DOING HIS JOB. AND 624 00:17:04.890 --> 00:17:06.191 FEELING LIKE A PERSON WHO'S 625 00:17:06.191 --> 00:17:08.460 CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIETY. HE 626 00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:10.462 WANTED TO LIVE HIS LIFE. 627 00:17:10.462 --> 00:17:11.663 >> A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, 628 00:17:11.663 --> 00:17:13.232 CRAIG WENT BACK INTO SURGERY. 629 00:17:13.232 --> 00:17:14.900 THIS TIME TO SURRENDER A LIMB 630 00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:18.070 TO WIN BACK HIS LIFE. 631 00:17:18.070 --> 00:17:19.271 >> I LAID DOWN THE NEXT THING I 632 00:17:19.271 --> 00:17:21.106 KNOW, I WAKE UP, LOOKED DOWN 633 00:17:21.106 --> 00:17:23.475 AND THIS SIDE OF THE BED, 634 00:17:23.475 --> 00:17:24.977 THERE'S FOOT STICKING UP. AND 635 00:17:24.977 --> 00:17:27.246 ON THIS SIDE, IT'S FLAT. OKAY, 636 00:17:27.246 --> 00:17:28.747 I'VE JUST STEPPED INTO A WHOLE 637 00:17:28.747 --> 00:17:29.782 NEW WORLD. 638 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:34.887 >> THAT'S NOT HURTING YOUR BACK 639 00:17:34.887 --> 00:17:35.721 IS IT? 640 00:17:35.721 --> 00:17:36.488 >> NO. 641 00:17:36.488 --> 00:17:37.990 >> CRAIG DEMARTINO FOUGHT HARD 642 00:17:37.990 --> 00:17:39.425 TO SURVIVE A NEAR FATAL 643 00:17:39.425 --> 00:17:40.426 CLIMBING ACCIDENT. 644 00:17:40.426 --> 00:17:42.061 >> NO. 645 00:17:42.061 --> 00:17:43.595 >> HE EVEN GAVE UP A LEG IN THE 646 00:17:43.595 --> 00:17:44.963 HOPE OF BEING ABLE TO ONCE 647 00:17:44.963 --> 00:17:46.765 AGAIN PURSUE HIS PASSION. 648 00:17:46.765 --> 00:17:47.433 >> THEY FIT YOU WITH A 649 00:17:47.433 --> 00:17:49.234 PROSTHESIS. AND THE PROSTHESIS 650 00:17:49.234 --> 00:17:53.105 IS EXTREMELY PAINFUL. YOU HAVE 651 00:17:53.105 --> 00:17:53.939 TO LEARN A NEW CENTER OF 652 00:17:53.939 --> 00:17:56.675 BALANCE BECAUSE YOUR BODY IS 653 00:17:56.675 --> 00:17:58.243 MADE SO THAT IT'S PERFECTLY IN 654 00:17:58.243 --> 00:17:59.845 BALANCE. WELL ALL OF A SUDDEN 655 00:17:59.845 --> 00:18:01.380 YOU CUT A LEG OFF, NOW YOU'RE 656 00:18:01.380 --> 00:18:02.781 OUT OF BALANCE. 657 00:18:02.781 --> 00:18:04.083 >> BUT A NORMAL PROSTHETIC FOOT 658 00:18:04.083 --> 00:18:05.818 JUST ISN'T DESIGNED FOR CRAIG'S 659 00:18:05.818 --> 00:18:07.920 LIFESTYLE. TO FIGURE WHAT'S 660 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:09.621 BEST FOR HIM, CRAIG WENT TO JOE 661 00:18:09.621 --> 00:18:11.990 JOHNSTON OF QUORUM PROSTHETICS. 662 00:18:11.990 --> 00:18:13.559 >> IT DOES, IT GETS ONE. 663 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.793 EXACTLY, IT DOESN'T, IT'S JUST 664 00:18:14.793 --> 00:18:17.996 NOT. SO HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING 665 00:18:17.996 --> 00:18:19.064 TO CUT OFF OF THAT? 666 00:18:19.064 --> 00:18:20.666 >> I'M PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE 667 00:18:20.666 --> 00:18:21.867 ABOUT A HALF INCH OFF BOTH 668 00:18:21.867 --> 00:18:23.335 SIDES. 669 00:18:23.335 --> 00:18:24.336 >> JOE DESIGNED AN EFFECTIVE 670 00:18:24.336 --> 00:18:25.737 WALKING FOOT. 671 00:18:25.737 --> 00:18:26.705 >> EVERYBODY THINKS CARBON FIBER 672 00:18:26.705 --> 00:18:27.873 IS INDESTRUCTIBLE, BUT IT'S 673 00:18:27.873 --> 00:18:28.874 NOT. 674 00:18:28.874 --> 00:18:29.775 >> AND WORKED ON EARLY 675 00:18:29.775 --> 00:18:32.177 PROTOTYPES OF A CLIMBING MODEL. 676 00:18:32.177 --> 00:18:33.912 CRAIG THEN CALLED ON THE TRS 677 00:18:33.912 --> 00:18:35.247 COMPANY TO BUILT HIM A 678 00:18:35.247 --> 00:18:36.882 PROSTHETIC FOOT CRAFTED TO 679 00:18:36.882 --> 00:18:38.417 ENDURE THE RIGORS OF CLIMBING, 680 00:18:38.417 --> 00:18:40.953 WHILE EVOLVE DEVELOPED A 681 00:18:40.953 --> 00:18:43.555 SPECIAL CLIMBING SHOE. THE MAN 682 00:18:43.555 --> 00:18:45.224 MADE FOOT FUNCTIONED WELL IN THE 683 00:18:45.224 --> 00:18:47.192 LAB. BUT BEFORE IT COULD PROVE 684 00:18:47.192 --> 00:18:49.194 ITS WORTH IN A REAL CLIMB, 685 00:18:49.194 --> 00:18:50.729 CRAIG HIMSELF NEEDED TO PROVE 686 00:18:50.729 --> 00:18:53.265 SOMETHING FIRST. HIS CHANCE 687 00:18:53.265 --> 00:18:55.200 CAME ON A CAMPING TRIP AS HE 688 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:56.401 HELPED HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER 689 00:18:56.401 --> 00:18:57.836 FINISH A CLIMB. 690 00:18:57.836 --> 00:18:59.338 >> I WAS BELAYING MIA AND AS I 691 00:18:59.338 --> 00:19:00.472 LOWERED HER BACK TO THE GROUND, 692 00:19:00.472 --> 00:19:01.607 SHE JUST VERY INNOCENTLY LOOKED 693 00:19:01.607 --> 00:19:03.342 AT ME AND SAID -- 694 00:19:03.342 --> 00:19:04.977 >> ARE YOU GOING TO CLIMB? 695 00:19:04.977 --> 00:19:06.078 >> HE WAS LIKE HM? 696 00:19:06.078 --> 00:19:07.479 >> I DON'T KNOW. 697 00:19:07.479 --> 00:19:08.847 >> KIND OF PUT THE SEED IN HIS 698 00:19:08.847 --> 00:19:11.550 MIND. AND HE THOUGHT, YEAH, I'M 699 00:19:11.550 --> 00:19:12.951 GOING TO CLIMB THIS TOO. 700 00:19:12.951 --> 00:19:16.088 (MUSIC.) 701 00:19:16.088 --> 00:19:18.290 >> I WAS TERRIFIED. EVERY MOVE 702 00:19:18.290 --> 00:19:19.925 WAS JUST PURE, I'M GOING TO 703 00:19:19.925 --> 00:19:20.959 DIE. THE ROPE'S GOING TO 704 00:19:20.959 --> 00:19:22.427 EXPLODE, THIS CLIFF'S GOING TO 705 00:19:22.427 --> 00:19:24.062 TIP OVER, I MEAN ALL THESE 706 00:19:24.062 --> 00:19:25.030 THINGS ARE RUNNING THROUGH YOUR 707 00:19:25.030 --> 00:19:27.232 HEAD. AND I GET TO THE ANCHOR, 708 00:19:27.232 --> 00:19:28.600 WHICH WAS LIKE WHAT I HAD 709 00:19:28.600 --> 00:19:30.002 FALLEN FROM. THE LAST THING I 710 00:19:30.002 --> 00:19:32.037 HAD SEEN AT A CLIMBING AREA WAS 711 00:19:32.037 --> 00:19:33.839 SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THAT. 712 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.673 AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS 713 00:19:34.673 --> 00:19:37.376 ANCHOR GOING, OH MAN, THIS IS 714 00:19:37.376 --> 00:19:39.011 NOT WHERE I WANT TO BE. I JUST 715 00:19:39.011 --> 00:19:40.312 SAT THERE, AND I WOULDN'T LET 716 00:19:40.312 --> 00:19:42.948 GO. YOU KNOW, 10 MINUTES LATER, 717 00:19:42.948 --> 00:19:44.216 PROBABLY, I'M THINKING TO 718 00:19:44.216 --> 00:19:47.419 MYSELF, WELL IT WAS NICE TO TIE 719 00:19:47.419 --> 00:19:49.188 IN AGAIN, IT WAS NICE TO BE 720 00:19:49.188 --> 00:19:51.924 MOVING AGAIN. AND THAT PROCESS 721 00:19:51.924 --> 00:19:53.158 JUST REPEATED ITSELF OVER THE 722 00:19:53.158 --> 00:19:54.560 NEXT YEAR. 723 00:19:54.560 --> 00:19:55.694 >> CRAIG CONTINUED TO REBUILD 724 00:19:55.694 --> 00:19:57.196 HIS CONFIDENCE AND HONE HIS 725 00:19:57.196 --> 00:19:58.564 SKILLS WITH THE PROSTHETIC 726 00:19:58.564 --> 00:20:02.100 FOOT. THEN IN JUNE OF 2006, 727 00:20:02.100 --> 00:20:04.036 FOUR YEARS AFTER HIS ACCIDENT. 728 00:20:04.036 --> 00:20:05.837 CRAIG GETS AN REMARKABLE INVITE 729 00:20:05.837 --> 00:20:07.105 FROM A LEGEND IN THE WORLD OF 730 00:20:07.105 --> 00:20:09.408 CLIMBERS, HANS FLORINE. 731 00:20:09.408 --> 00:20:10.442 >> HE SAID, WELL LOOK, WHY DON'T 732 00:20:10.442 --> 00:20:11.910 YOU COME OUT TO THE VALLEY? 733 00:20:11.910 --> 00:20:12.678 THAT'S WHAT CLIMBERS CALL 734 00:20:12.678 --> 00:20:14.479 YOSEMITE, AND WE'LL CLIMB EL 735 00:20:14.479 --> 00:20:15.614 CAP TOGETHER. AND THAT'S LIKE 736 00:20:15.614 --> 00:20:16.715 GOING TO PLAY BASKETBALL WITH 737 00:20:16.715 --> 00:20:17.849 MICHAEL JORDAN. AS AN 738 00:20:17.849 --> 00:20:19.418 AFTERTHOUGHT, HE'S LIKE AND YOU 739 00:20:19.418 --> 00:20:20.786 SHOULD DO IT IN A DAY, BECAUSE 740 00:20:20.786 --> 00:20:22.821 NO AMPUTEES HAVE DONE IT IN A 741 00:20:22.821 --> 00:20:25.591 DAY. AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY. 742 00:20:25.591 --> 00:20:29.695 >> EL CAP. EL CAPITAN. A 3,100 743 00:20:29.695 --> 00:20:31.697 FOOT VERTICAL WALL AND ONE OF 744 00:20:31.697 --> 00:20:32.965 THE LONGEST ROCK CLIMBS IN 745 00:20:32.965 --> 00:20:34.967 NORTH AMERICA. EL CAP IS THE 746 00:20:34.967 --> 00:20:36.501 YARD STICK BY WHICH CLIMBERS 747 00:20:36.501 --> 00:20:37.869 MEASURE THEMSELVES. 748 00:20:37.869 --> 00:20:39.271 >> I WAS THRILLED THAT HE WANTED 749 00:20:39.271 --> 00:20:40.539 TO DO IT, AND I WAS THRILLED 750 00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.473 THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE THE 751 00:20:41.473 --> 00:20:43.709 OPPORTUNITY TO GO TRY AGAIN. BUT 752 00:20:43.709 --> 00:20:44.776 THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, I WAS A 753 00:20:44.776 --> 00:20:47.379 LITTLE SCARED. 754 00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:48.213 >> TO COMPLETE THE CLIMB IN ONE 755 00:20:48.213 --> 00:20:50.482 DAY, HANS AND CRAIG MUST START 756 00:20:50.482 --> 00:20:51.850 BEFORE SUNRISE. 757 00:20:51.850 --> 00:20:52.651 >> AND I WAS THINKING, OH MAN, 758 00:20:52.651 --> 00:20:55.287 THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE. 759 00:20:55.287 --> 00:20:56.755 BUT THEN ONCE WE STARTED 760 00:20:56.755 --> 00:20:57.789 CLIMBING AND MOVING, YOU'RE 761 00:20:57.789 --> 00:20:59.124 JUST DOING THE PROCESS AND 762 00:20:59.124 --> 00:21:00.058 ENJOYING IT. 763 00:21:00.058 --> 00:21:01.159 >> PEOPLE WHO WERE DISABLED WERE 764 00:21:01.159 --> 00:21:02.227 LOOKING AT HIM GOING, WHO IS 765 00:21:02.227 --> 00:21:03.428 THIS DISABLED GUY WHO IS 766 00:21:03.428 --> 00:21:05.063 CLIMBING EL CAP? 767 00:21:05.063 --> 00:21:05.998 >> WHEN I COMPLETED THAT CLIMB, 768 00:21:05.998 --> 00:21:07.466 IN 14 HOURS, THAT MADE ME THE 769 00:21:07.466 --> 00:21:09.034 FIRST AMPUTEE TO EVER CLIMB EL 770 00:21:09.034 --> 00:21:11.003 CAPITAN IN A DAY. OKAY, SO IF 771 00:21:11.003 --> 00:21:12.237 WE CAN DO THAT, IF I COULD 772 00:21:12.237 --> 00:21:15.440 FINISH THAT, WHAT ELSE, WHAT 773 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.642 ELSE DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? 774 00:21:16.642 --> 00:21:20.612 (MUSIC.) 775 00:21:24.516 --> 00:21:25.851 >> CLIP THE END CLOSEST TO YOU. 776 00:21:25.851 --> 00:21:28.186 (MUSIC.) 777 00:21:28.186 --> 00:21:29.021 >> I ALWAYS FELT LIKE GOD HAD A 778 00:21:29.021 --> 00:21:30.489 PLAN IN MY LIFE, ALL OF A 779 00:21:30.489 --> 00:21:32.057 SUDDEN, IT WAS JUST VERY 780 00:21:32.057 --> 00:21:33.625 OBVIOUS THAT THIS PLAN WAS 781 00:21:33.625 --> 00:21:35.093 UNFOLDING AND I JUST HAD TO 782 00:21:35.093 --> 00:21:36.795 KIND OF STEP THROUGH THE DOORS 783 00:21:36.795 --> 00:21:37.896 THAT WERE OPENED FOR ME. 784 00:21:37.896 --> 00:21:40.565 (MUSIC.) 785 00:21:40.565 --> 00:21:42.401 FOR ME, MY ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE 786 00:21:42.401 --> 00:21:44.303 ACCIDENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, IT IS 787 00:21:44.303 --> 00:21:46.738 A BIG DEFINING PIECE OF ME, BUT 788 00:21:46.738 --> 00:21:48.340 IT IS NOT WHO I AM. AND I DON'T 789 00:21:48.340 --> 00:21:49.541 EVER WANT IT TO BE. 790 00:21:49.541 --> 00:21:50.742 [CLOSED CAPTIONING PRESENTED BY 791 00:21:50.742 --> 00:21:54.379 OUTDOOR CHANNEL.] 792 00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:55.681 I DON'T EVER WANT PEOPLE TO SAY, 793 00:21:55.681 --> 00:21:57.349 OH YEAH, YOU WERE IN THAT REALLY 794 00:21:57.349 --> 00:21:58.483 HORRIFIC ACCIDENT, THAT'S A 795 00:21:58.483 --> 00:21:59.818 BUMMER. I WANT THEM TO LOOK AT 796 00:21:59.818 --> 00:22:01.253 THEM, AND GO, OH YOU WERE IN 797 00:22:01.253 --> 00:22:02.354 THAT HORRIFIC ACCIDENT AND YOU 798 00:22:02.354 --> 00:22:04.890 MOVED ON, YOU MOVED FORWARD.