SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. -- A man was rescued after being stranded in a cave for five days and four nights, Seattle television station KIRO reported.

Jason Schilling was on day 4 of a six-day hike with three other climbers, including Steph Abegg and Steve Trent, when Trent lost his footing and fell 70 feet. He broke a leg and suffered a head injury.

"Apparently he stood on a block that was loose and the block gave way," Schilling said.

Schilling had the most first aid experience and stayed with Trent while Abegg and another climber hiked up the mountain to reach a point where they could call for help with a cell phone. By Sunday night, a helicopter arrived to carry Trent off Mount Terror.

"I assumed that he was going to come back for me or that they would come back in the morning," Schilling said.

The helicopter was unable to return due to weather, but rescuers left Schilling with a backpack with food, water, a sleeping bag and a radio.

"Turned on the radio and the ranger was like, 'Weather's turned bad tomorrow. We'll try to rescue you in the morning, but you could be up there for three days.' So my heart sank; it was like, 'you got to be kidding me,'" Schilling said.

Schilling spent the night anchored to the ledge. Through the radio, his climbing partners were able to guide him to a cave the next day.

"By the time I got set up in there, the weather just unleashed," Schilling said. "It was hard rain, followed by snow."

He said he used everything in his emergency backpack to stay warm and alive.

"I was starting to go crazy. I started to see animals and cartoons and stuff," Schilling said.

He thought about his girlfriend, food, beer, coffee and level ground until a chopper finally lifted him off Mount Terror on Thursday afternoon.

After four nights and five days in the cave, "everything fell into place," he said.

His climbing partner Trent, who suffered a broken leg, is doing well.

Abegg posted a blog about the incident here.