JUMP OR DIE

The article is about a snowboarder who was trapped on a mountain facing a stark choice- freeze to death or throw himself into space.

The snowboarder decided to jump off the cliff, as it probably has a higher chance of survival to him. By luck, the trapped snowboarder survived, but was wounded quite severely. He hit a ledge at the end of the many steep cliffs he fell over and got trapped there. He tried using the light from his cellphone to get passer-by cars on the road below him to notice him and rescue him but he got no response. The snowboarder stopped caring for a moment and lost consciousness. Moments later, the snowboarder gain consciousness and found that the ledge was giving way. He tried to get a network signal from his phone and found one. He quickly dialed his friend, Elliott's, number as he was on the trip with him and called for help. The snowboarder was eventually saved.

In my heart I think that if the snowboarder did not decide to jump off the cliff and decided to wait for help, he would have not have survived and frozen to death. Therefore, i think that the snowboarder did the right decision to take the risk jump off the cliff with the tiny glimpse of hope of survival instead of waiting in the "off-piste" area to be rescued, since the area would have no or little people going there and the chances of him being discovered is extremely low and him taking the risk may get him to an area with people passing by, which he did as he found a road. I also find the snowboarder very commendable as if I was in the same situation as him, I believe that i would not have dared to jump down the steep cliff for fear of breaking bones in my body. In conclusion, I think that the snowboarder made the right decision to jump instead of waiting as it has a greater chances of him being rescued even though the risks are greater and that he is commendable for jumping over not one but many cliffs with the mindset of surviving all of it and bearing with the pain of his wounded limps to survive.