Shattered from getungrounded on Vimeo.

When climber Michelle Smith slipped and fell almost 60 feet while crossing the Valhalla Traverse in the Grand Tetons this summer, she and her climbing partner Stephen Koch decided to keep their camera rolling.

This nine-minute edit of their experience calling in for help and being airlifted by helicopter off the icy rock is pretty exhilarating; you can see the pain in Michelle’s face as she waits for several hours with a broken leg and thumb, but her ability to stay calm, positive, and focused goes beyond simply having experience on a mountain. She’s got real backbone.