For the past 34 years, Leatherman has been asking its fans a simple question: How has your tool saved the day? They’ve received more than 4,000 stories. Some are funny, others are sentimental, and a few, like the three below, are downright harrowing.
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In the Mountains
A er a solo ascent of Moldoveanu Peak, Romania’s highest peak (8,346 feet), I was caught in an avalanche on my descent and thrown o? a cli? . e fall le my leg broken and pelvis shattered. My pack and supplies were gone. All I had le were two energy bars, a headlamp, compass, map, a broken lighter, and a Leatherman Wave. I spent the next four days crawling through the frozen landscape to reach refuge. e breaks to my leg…