"A shoelace is way too big to use for stitches. It would tear right through the skin," Karla said. "And not sanitary enough. We'd need to boil it first and even then it would still be too big. Our best bet is to put a pad over the whole thing and hope."

She thought about how she would have fared trying to climb a mountain--or even a rope--and sighed.

"I hate being worthless."

Come on, Karla. You bled blood, not emo.