A couple of weeks ago my six year-old grandson, Max went on a hike with me. He said he wanted to climb some rocks, so we went off trail to a rocky ridge. This ridge had lots of big angular rocks. Some of them seemed a little loose, so I was nervous and told max about how one should avoid any rocks that seem loose. I then decided to tell him the story about that guy who got his arm caught under a boulder in the canyon in Utah about 7 years ago. It's quite a graphic story, but I thought he could handle it. I wanted him to know two things: Don't hike alone, and be careful of loose rocks. So I told him about how this guy was all alone in a tight canyon and got his arm caught under a big rock. I told him the guy called for help and tried to get out for two days or so. He finally had to cut his arm off in order to survive. Max looked a little worried. He asked, "Didn't he bleed a lot?" I said, "Well, he took his belt off and made a tourniquet which he wrapped around his arm so that he wouldn't bleed as much. Then he cut his arm off and got out of the canyon and found help." I told him the man was taken to St. Mary's Hospital here in Grand Junction where he got fixed up and eventually got a fake arm/hook. Max said, "What about his pants?" I said, "Well, people who have prosthetic arms or hooks learn to do a lot of things with what they have." He said, "But didnt' his pants fall off?" I said, "He probably learned to get dressed just fine with the hook...." Max said, "No, I mean when he was in the canyon, didn't his pants fall down when he took his belt off?" I stifled a laugh and said, "Well no, see I'm wearing jeans and don't have a belt and my pants don't fall down." Then max said, "Then why was he wearing a belt?"