Gemma Macaulay was lucky to survive a 8m fall onto rocks earlier this year but she says a simple technique saved her life.
The 25-year-old experienced canyoner, fell in the Blue Mountains National Park while abseiling along the Grand Canyon walk in February.
“I was trying to slowly bring myself down the canyon when I suddenly lost control,” she told news.com.au.
It was a terrifying ordeal that could have killed her.
When she landed, she could not feel parts of her body.
With help hours away, she focused on the only thing she could control – her breathing.
“The more I focused on the pain, the more pain I felt,” she said.
“So I focused on my breathing and imagined myself in a warm hospital bed while denying my need for control and convincing myself that I ...
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