Hannah Schall describes the 40-plus-foot tumble off Horsetooth Rock like segments from a dream.

There are the fuzzy, fleeting memories of a friend trying to comfort her, rescuers working to secure her, and the rugged terrain acting against her. To be fair, what the 16-year-old Rocky Mountain High School junior experienced Aug. 18 would be blurry for anyone.

But as Schall regained consciousness and felt the crushing pain — her body crumpled on rocks just inches from a likely lethal 200-foot fall — she realized this hike would have lasting effects. Her summer vacation ended with a pelvis that was broken in multiple places, a mangled ankle, a broken nose, bruised lungs, and scrapes and gashes that made her almost unrecognizable.

Schall wouldn’t be here if not for an onslaught of first responders that day, she said.

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Hannah Schall talks with one of her rescuers at Poudre Fire Authority Station 4 Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. In August, Schall fell from Horsetooth Rock and had to be airlifted from the area. She sustained multiple injuries from the fall, including a broken pelvis, injured ankle and a broken nose. (Photo: Erin Hull/The Coloradoan)