BILLINGS — A routine climbing trip with friends turned into an emergency rescue when Cody Boehm was struck by a microwave-sized boulder that broke multiple bones and left him wondering how he would get help.

"I definitely knew my right side was broke," Boehm said recently while recovering at Billings Clinic. "I was feeling like I wasn't going to make it. There was a point there where I was like, this is bad."

Watch Boehm share his story here: Climber credits helmet, rescue team for saving his life after boulder strike near Red Lodge

Boehm was on the ground, while his friend was climbing above about 50 feet up. His friend went to step on a ledge and dislodged the large rock, which then struck Boehm in the head before crashing into his body, breaking his collarbone and seven ribs while

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