Dean Ririe lay in a hospital bed surrounded by two daughters, his son and wife. He said he felt lucky to be alive.

As tears welled in his eyes, Ririe credited his survival to thoughts of his family.

Jody Carter, a nurse who is part of the Intermountain Medical Center trauma team caring for Ririe, said the man's body temperature was about 30 degrees below normal when he arrived at the hospital on Monday.

Since then, doctors have been working to improve circulation to Ririe's right foot and trying to relieve tension in his right calf muscle. Doctors expect him to make a full recovery.

Ririe's right leg was jammed between two boulders after he slipped on a rock while trying to reel in a fish at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday near Tanners Flat.

He said he was briefly submerged, but managed to right himself to the point where the water reached only to his waist.

Ririe spent the night standing in the stream.

His screams for help went unheard until about 9:30 a.m. Monday, when 11-year-old camper Alex Malin wandered by looking for firewood.