American Express Has Been Replaced By A Sports Bra

Growing up the slogan that I had always heard associated with American Express is Don't Leave Home Without It. However, for Jessica Bruinsma, the one thing that she is happy that she did not leave home without is her sports bra. Bruinsma is a 24-year-old Colorado resident, who was hiking in the Bavarian Alps. On June 16, Bruinsma was separated from her friend during a bad weather storm, near the Austrian border.

In fact, Bruinsma took a wrong step and she fell 16.4 feet, causing a bruise on her leg and dislocating her shoulder. Luckily she landed on a narrow ledge where she was about to find a supply box that contained water. During her 70 hours on the ledge, she noticed a cable that is used for timber transport nearby. So she took off her sports bra and attached it to the cable. The only reason the cable was anywhere near the ledge, is because it was out of service and was to have work done on it. Needless to say, when the serviceman appeared to work on the line and he raised the cable and saw the bra, he called the authorities. After her whole ordeal, Bruinsma has decided to change her plans of staying in Berchtesgaden and learning German to going back home to her parents.

If there was one thing you were going to bring when you go hiking, what would it be?