For days Le Marque had struggled through hunger freezing temperatures and 12-foot (4-mete) deep snow By the eighth day Le Marque was so weak and his legs were so frostbitten that he could on longer walk or even stand He was in such bad condition that he began hallucinating that his situation was just a video game He recalls thinking the game is over let's reset it give up " Le Marque was at the point exhaustion and death when he was found by rescuers in a helicopter Although he lost his legs to frostbite Le Marque's survival experience left him more of an appetite for life than ever before after being fitted with artificial limbs he vowed to go snowboarding again Only in the future he plans to be much better prepared