KTVB – Charlie Wilstead Finlayson just started 8th grade at Idaho's Eagle Middle School. The 13-year-old is a Boy Scout and loves the wilderness.
Last week, his survival skills were put to the test after a scary situation in the wilderness.
The teen was on a backpacking trip with his father, David Finlayson, a criminal defense attorney who lives in Utah.
"The plan was 12 days and we were going to just climb, fly fish a little bit, backpack," said Charlie.
A week into the trip, the two set up camp at Ship Island Lake. It's a remote area where they planned to do some climbing, but on Monday, Aug. 17, plans changed dramatically.
"The boulder fell on him and then he kind of tumbled down like 20 or 30 more feet," explained Charlie.
While Charlie's dad was scouting out where to climb next, a refrigerator-sized boulder came loose and hit him.
The 52-year-old's left arm and leg were broken and he had a large gash on his shin. The bone was showing through.