October 24th, 2011
Globe and Mail
Have you ever had a near-death experience? If not, then you're lucky unlike Michael St. Laurent, 45, who was found Hanes Valley near Grouse Mountain. If not for chance, he may not have survived. The only reason he was discovered was because a off-duty staff member was out jogging in the Valley. This is the first case that have heard of that someone had been so sure of dying. St. Laurent was so positive that he was going to die in the forest that he had written and name and ID on himself to identify the body if he was ever found. He had arranged a self search-and-rescue for himself and gave his approximate position. This story reminds me of the movie 127 hours, where a man gets stranded in the desert with no way out and not much water. His solution for getting out, is amputating his own arm off which I don’t think I could ever do. The suffering and pain that Michael St. Laurent went through while he was stranded on Grouse Mountain would have been unbearable and what he did, calling in a search and rescue, and tagging himself for identification was really brave and courageous.
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