Bra helps in rescue of Springs hiker stranded in Alps

[Mugu]

By Bill Scanlon, Rocky Mountain News

Stuck, lost and hobbled in the German Alps, a quick-thinking Colorado Springs woman hooked her bra to a mountainside supply line, which alerted rescuers to her whereabouts just as they were giving up the search.

"We're going to have a party for her every June 19, and give her some new bras," Elana Bruinsma, said Monday morning of her sister, Jessica Bruinsma, 24. The white sports bra has become the talk of the Berchtesgaden area of Germany near the Austria border.

"It certainly beats sending up a flare," one rescue worker told ananova.com, a British Web site. A worker on the timber cable in the region alerted police when he found Bruinsma's bra hooked to the cable.

The incident inspired bloggers and wags, one of whom wrote to Backpacker, "Maybe we should consider adding Victoria's Secret to the Ten Essentials" - the list of 10 things all hikers should carry.



http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jun/23/colorado-hiker-uses-sports-bra-send-sos-alps/">Complete article

[Maine-ah]

1. heh, that's funny

good for her!

years ago, I had run out of gas on the highway. I had pulled over with my four ways going, nobody stopped to see if we were ok. I then decided to take my bra off and hang it out the window, and locked my doors. With-in seconds, a man stopped and went and got us gas. :)

[Mugu]

2. If one bra means 'help' I wonder what this means.

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. 'Welcome to Woodstock'?

:shrug:

[scheming daemons]

6. Party?

[pokerfan]

3. And a bra once forced down an airplane in the Andes

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91943477

[Beacool]

7. Great story!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's the best bra story I ever heard!!! ROTFLMAO!!!

[LWolf]

9. .

:spray:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Phillycat]

4. Men can spot a bra from miles away.

[Beacool]

8. I better restock my bra supply!!!

One never knows when they may end up saving one's life.

BTW, smart move from that girl. I don't think that I would have thought of doing that in an emergency.

:7