Life or Death Decision

“I won’t make it much longer,” he lamented in a crackling voice. He had been hiking on a mountain trail when he fell about one hundred feet, breaking his fall temporarily by a jutting sapling, ending up on a snowy mountain ledge.

Since it had been three weeks now and no one knew his hiking route, he realized he might never be found. He had already consumed his little store of food and only was able to get liquid from the melting snow.

Water was not a problem but he was a meat eater and realized he must get some protein before he starved. Looking downward at his lower leg, he talked to himself, “There is a lot of good muscle on my leg."

Desperate to survive until he could be found, he made a decision. He hesitated, for a moment, as he took out his knife to do what he knew was necessary in order to save his life.