[pct-l] Broken fingers

[Danny Wormington]

     When I was a young person hiking in the Marble Mountains with my 
young wife, she slipped and fell down into some granite boulders while 
making a stream crossing.  She dislocated her little finger and it was 
sticking out sideways.  I told her I thought it was dislocated and if 
she wanted me to I would try to pull it back into position, though I had 
never done such a thing before.  I would have done it to myself if itd 
had been my finger.  She said no, so I  cut some splints with my pocket 
knife and splinted it.  We continued hiking and camping for three more 
days with her finger splinted and sticking out to the side.  It didn't 
bother her except to get in the way of cooking.  When we returned home 
she went to the doctor.  What did he say?  I asked.  He just pulled it, 
she said.  She said,I should have let you pull it. . .