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Hiking

May 10, 2008

Hiker praises God after 100-foot fall

“It was horribly painful. We had two options. He could carry me down -- but I was in too much pain -- or he could leave me and get help”

As he plummeted nearly 100 feet, his body parts slapping against rocks, 23-year-old Derek Anderson, of Sparta, felt like a rag doll and thought with each second of descent, "This is the end." He landed, ... via MLive.com

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