Missing Oregan Hiker

For my blog, I read an article from the Kare 11 website called 'Missing Oregon hiker ate bugs to stay alive' published on October 20th, 2008. This article is about a 27 year old man from Philomath, Oregan named Derek Mamoyac who survived 5 days in the wilderness with a broken ankle. He was climbing Mount Adam's in Washington, and was descending after reaching the peak, when he lost his footing and fell, breaking his ankle in the fall. He had to drag himself down the mountain, and when he got to the bottom he ate insects and drank creek water to stay alive. Five or more days later, searchers found him dehydrated with a broken ankle but otherwise in good condition. This story is inspiring because it involved Derek having a very high level of determination to do this and not giving up when things got tough.