A close call in the mountains can be psychologically jarring, particularly in the immediate aftermath.

After experiencing a close call, it's important to allow time and space to process and decompress.

The intensity of symptoms after experiencing a close call may decrease naturally with time.

Also referred to as a “near miss,” a close call in the mountains involves experiencing an unexpected event that had the potential to inflict serious physical injury, death, or damage, but no injury or damage occurs.

Notice that the above definition specifies physical injury.

An incident such as this can be psychologically jarring, particularly due to the sudden, unexpected nature. You do not have to be physically injured or experience a full-blown traumatic event for your nervous system to be kicked into overdrive.

Just as the physical body needs time to recover from high efforts in the........

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