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- Rerun - Imagine the Hurculean effort it takes to summit 29,035' Mt Everest. Now imagine reaching the summit and enjoying the fruits of your accomplishment only to realize your vision is fading rapidly with no one around to help you get back dow
- Being a restaurant owner during this Coronavirus outbreak is not a walk in the park. However, facing seemingly insurmountable challenges is nothing new to Melissa. Today she tells us her story of overcoming a terrible accident that nearly compl
- Originally aired February 6, 2017 In May of 2001, Brad, Melissa, Brad's father, and their dog were stranded overnight on Mount Evans in Colorado during a freak late-spring blizzard. With the day not going as planned, the group made the tough de
- In Episode #27 I talk extensively about the true Survival Legacy of Christopher McCandless, what we can and should learn from his legacy and why his life and death matters in the world of Bushcraft and Survival training.
- In survival stories, we often play the “what if” game, and wonder what we would do differently under the same circumstances. Here are two true stories of people lost in the jungle, including the remarkable...Learn more about your ad choices. V
- In 1979, a four person Cessna crashed on the frozen peak of a California mountain. One of those people on board was a remarkable 11 year old boy named Norman Ollestad, Jr., and he would be pushed to the limits as he attempted to climb down the
- Join Tim Hewitt and I, as we discuss his career racing the most extreme human powered race in the United States and possibly even the world! Tim details his experiences with packs of wolves, frost bite, and fractured bones, all in the pursuit o
- The terms Survival, Adversity and Resilience will certainly be redefined in this Flatline episode. Coming to you from Seattle, Washington the hometown of our guest Brian Dickinson. Brian served in the U.S Navy as Special Operations Air Rescue S
- In this episode we are turning up the dial with our incredible guest, Justin Oliver Davis. Justin is a motivational Keynote speaker, turning adversity & hardship into powerful journeys of unsurpassed resilience. Its taken Justin 8 years of reha
- Caroline D Leon certainly comprehends the power of falling from heights (Literally).Shattered & broken body, 14 surgeries, 23 blood transfusions and 2 years to recovery. Listen to this powerful and detailed story from Caroline and the tools she
- Caroline Van Hemert and her husband Pat were nearly finished with the most ambitious trip of their lives, a 4000-mile trek across the Yukon and Alaska following animal migrations. But bad weather and a missed food drop put their lives in jeopar
- For her final episode as the host of HumaNature, Caroline has chosen an old favorite. Brian Corliss just wanted to quench his thirst. But on a snowmobile outing, he grabbed the wrong bottle. *Disclaimer: The actions taken in this story do not c
- Travis Kauffman went for a trail run near his home in Colorado. But an unexpected run-in almost turned him into trail mix. Then the internet got involved. (more…)
- For this special two-part story, the Australian podcast Off Track takes us across the globe to the coast of Tasmania and back in time to 1973 for a story of survival and loss. (more…)
- For this special two-part story, the Australian podcast Off Track takes us across the globe to the coast of Tasmania and back in time to 1973 for a story of survival and loss. (more…)
- In the backcountry of Glacier National Park, two seasoned trail-crew workers watched a couple of cute, fuzzy cubs cross their path. "And then you think, uh oh, where's mom at?" Jon Bentzel and Micah Nelson tell producer Charlie Ebbers what happ
- On this episode, we have a guest story from the podcast Hear in the Gorge, about what happens when something goes terribly wrong in the outdoors. Producer Sarah Fox brings us the story of an accident that happened to a 10-year-old boy in Oregon
- Miriam Lancewood was born in a loving home in a small village in the Netherlands in 1983. After completing her university degree, she worked for a year in Zimbabwe, and then traveled to India. And in India she met her now husband Peter Raine.
- Hear Mark Beshore's amazing story of survival in the alpine wilderness, how early CPR and HACA saved his life, and why living in Eldora provides everything the outdoorsy type needs to call home.
- This time on Across The Peak Rich and I bring you an amazing story of wilderness survival with grizzly attack survivor, Todd Orr! Enough said.Full show notes available at https://acrossthepeak.com/blog/e024
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- Robert Leon Davis hid out in the woods and evaded the law for 22 years -- he recounts his remarkable story from his book, "Running Scared: The Corrupt Cop Busted by God." (Encore Presentation)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Eric's interview with Robert Leon Davis continues with Robert's thrilling account of his evasion of the law for 22 years, sharing stories from his book, "Running Scared." (Encore Presentation)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Episode 164: 23-Day Alaskan Wilderness Survival: Interview - Tyson SteeleHis last semester of grad school Tiberius Steele lived in his car. When the university revoked all the grad student teaching scholarships he was forced to find a way to co
- Nouria Newman is one of the best whitewater kayakers in the world. She’s won numerous prestigious competitions and has completed historic first descents of some of the planet’s most dangerous rapids. But it wasn’t until she nearly drowned on a
- It’s an established fact that outdoorsy people have the best stories about dating. Getting to know a potential partner while climbing, paddling, or otherwise exploring an unpredictable environment just offers more opportunities for memorable su
- Last summer, 34-year-old Andrew Bernstein, known to his friends as Bernie, was riding his bike alone on a road outside Boulder, Colorado, when he was struck by a vehicle. The driver fled the scene and left him laying in a ditch, where he would
- The longer we’re stuck at home, sheltering in place, the greater our hunger for tales of far-flung journeys. For this week’s episode, we’re offering one of our favorite adventure stories from our archives, about a daring crew of twentysomething
- At some point, almost every skier or snowboarder who has sat on a stalled chairlift has wondered, Could I just jump off here? The resounding reply from the experts is no, no, no. Don’t jump off the chairlift. Not ever. In addition to the high r
- It’s around this time of year that we tend to ask ourselves the big questions: Am I living the life I want to be living? Am I a good a person? And, of course, is this going to be an epic ski season, or a bust? This week, we present a story that
- About two years ago, Outside Podcast host Peter Frick-Wright was canyoneering in Oregon when he jumped off a ledge and broke his leg. He was stuck at the bottom of a canyon, and it took an epic effort by search and rescue teams to get him out o
- In our last episode, Peter Frick-Wright told the story of the time he broke his leg at the bottom of a remote canyon and was saved through the efforts of multiple search and rescue teams. Now, more than two years later, Peter is still processin
- The odds of getting seriously injured by a bear in North America are slim. There are just a few dozen bear attacks on the continent every year, and only a handful of them put someone in the hospital. But bear-human encounters are on the rise, i
- The 2018 Carr Fire was one of the worst wildfires in California history. By the time it was contained, it had burned 359 square miles, destroyed close to 2,000 buildings, and killed seven people. It also spawned a massive fire tornado—only the
- For the last 19 years, Tim Friede, a truck mechanic from Wisconsin, has endured more than 200 snakebites and 700 injections of lethal snake venom—all part of a masochistic quest to immunize his body and offer his blood to scientists seeking a u
- When Kyle Dickman set out on a spring road trip with his wife and infant son, he was fueled by a carefree sense of adventure that had defined his life. Then he got bit by a rattlesnake in a remote part of Yosemite National Park. The harrowing e
- Maybe you saw the fire coming, maybe you didn’t. Maybe you were ready for it, maybe you weren’t. Maybe you did everything right. Maybe not. Maybe you just lost everything. Maybe that’s not even the worst of it. For this final episode of our wi
- To reduce the intensity of megafires in America, we’d need to treat and burn about 50-80 million acres of forest. So, how do we do it? What would it cost? How long would it take? Is it possible? In this episode we look at whether or not there’s
- How do you protect yourself from wildfire on a warming planet? You burn everything on purpose. No, seriously. Thanks to climate change, the whole world is a tinderbox. Fire season now starts sooner and ends later, and scientists say lightning w
- There are between eight and ten thousand wildfires in the United States each year, but most quietly burn out, and we never hear about them. The Pagami Creek Wildfire in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area was supposed to be like that. It was
- Most of the time, when lightning makes the news, it’s because of something outlandish—like the park ranger who was struck seven times, or the survivor who also won the lottery (the chances of which are about one in 2.6 trillion), or the guy who
- It was the kind of disaster that wasn’t supposed to happen anymore. On February 11, 2017, the fishing vessel Destination disappeared in the Bering Sea on its way to the crab grounds. The boat went missing with an experienced crew, in unremarkab
- Falls are the leading cause of death in the backcountry. Nothing else comes close. And while many are freak accidents that amount to nothing more than bad luck, some are more nuanced and interesting—and personal. If you found yourself stuck at
- Bee venom is similar to a rattlesnake’s. It rapidly disperses in your tissue, and when you’re stung, the pain you feel is a combination of proteins and peptides attacking your cell membranes. Each sting contains enough venom to incapacitate a s
- There are several thousand species of mushroom, but only a handful that will kill you. And the toxins found in poisonous mushrooms are some of the deadliest natural poisons on earth. Just seven milligrams—one quarter of a grain of rice—is enoug
- What happens to people who are swept out to sea? Some survive for months and even years, alone in lifeboats eating whatever they can catch and drinking rainwater. In this episode we ask you, the listener, to imagine a surfing session gone very
- As we get ready to roll out new Science of Survival episodes beginning November 14, we wanted to replay the one that started it all. This thrilling re-creation of the classic Outside feature by Peter Stark leads the listener through a series of
- When something goes wrong in the wilderness, someone needs to evacuate and get help. When that someone is you, and every minute counts, the stress is enormous. And you just might not be fast enough. Scott Pirsig and Bob Sturtz were on a spring
- Water is life, we’re told. But what if you drink too much? As it turns out, there’s a little-discussed flipside to dehydration called hyponatremia—and it's been on the rise, killing athletes and otherwise healthy people every year. And while yo
- Once Joe Stone learned how to use his paralyzed body, he immediately set an audacious goal: he would race in an Ironman triathlon—despite the fact that no quadriplegic athlete had ever attempted the event. And after that? Well, Joe decided he c
- Joe Stone doesn’t do anything halfway. Back when he was a skater, he went big. When he partied, he went hard. When he took up skydiving and speed-flying, he flew almost every day. Then one day he crashed and became a C7 quadriplegic. What do yo
- On the morning of May 25, 2006, Myles Osborne was poised to become one of the last climbers of the season to summit Mount Everest. The weather was perfect, and it seemed nothing would stop his team. Then a flapping of orange fabric caught his
- In the summer of 1970, Ed Welch and Bruce Frey put in a canoe at the headwaters of the Amazon and shoved off into the current. Their only plan was to travel downstream until it wasn’t fun anymore. They had a rifle, they had a machete, they had
- It could be one of the most incredible, yet perplexing, survival stories of all time: In 1991, a man named Michael Proudfoot was supposedly SCUBA diving on a shipwreck off the coast of Baja, Mexico, when his regulator—or mouthpiece—broke. He wa
- When you’re stuck underwater in a submarine, the number of ways you can die is long and varied—crushing, burning, asphyxiation, exploding, the list goes on and on. Escaping alive requires maintaining calm and making all the right choices. Which
- One of the most famous accidents in wingsuit history.
- Recent months have seen a media frenzy around the return of great white sharks to the waters surrounding Cape Cod. And with good reason: over the summer, great whites were routinely spotted off the iconic vacation destination’s most popular bea
- Welcome to our special five-part series, Beating the Odds. Every day this week we’re telling the true tales of medical miracles that shocked the world: Today we’re discussing the story of Anna Bågenholm, whose heart stopped in 1999 after she wa
- In 2006, an Australian man named Ricky Megee travelled into the Outback, and through a series of unfortunate, and somewhat disputed, events—disappeared. What happened next is detailed in his book, Left For Dead, wherein Megee tells the story of
- In the early 1950's a man in the woods with nothing but knives and lint in his pockets was discovered along the borders of Poland and Czechoslovakia who would become an international mystery for decades to come. Knowledgable in many languages,
- Skiing Soldiers, drugs, raw birds and did we mention drugs? Learn how one brave Finnish soldier survived the cold winter nights surrounded by enemies, with only his clothes, some skies, and his will power during WW2. We promise it's a wild ride
- It's the countdown to Christmas! Yes, the time has come. Five episodes to go until all the holly jolly fun. Sit back and listen - we bet you don't know about how Jean Hilliard froze in the snow. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcastFacebook
- Alison Botha was abducted from outside of her South African home and taken to a remote spot where she was beaten and left for dead. Find out the details of this horrible story when we retrace the steps of her haunting and traumatic experience t
- Welcome to our special five-part series, Beating the Odds. Every day this week we’re telling the true tales of medical miracles that shocked the world: Today we’re discussing José Salvador Alvarenga, a Salvadoran fisherman who spent over 13 mon
- Steven Callahan is an American author, naval architect, inventor, and sailor most notable for having survived for 76 days adrift on the Atlantic Ocean in a life raft. Join us as we go back to the moment it all happened to find out how almost lo
- In the spirit of Christmas, David and Rachel discuss the woman who fell 33,000 feet - and lived.
- David and Rachel discuss the nightmare the small crew of the yacht the Trashman found themselves in off the coast of North Carolina.
- David and Rachel discuss how surviving a traumatic incident requires its own necessity for survival as we examine the horrific freak injury of NHL player Clint Malarchuk.
- David and Rachel talk about the horrific demise of KAL Flight 007, as well as the fallout and mystery surrounding the entire event.
- David and Rachel discuss what happens when you mistakenly encroach on restricted Soviet airspace.
- David and Rachel discuss the worst industrial accident in Australian history.
- David and Rachel discuss the dangerous Apollo mission that almost killed three American astronauts.
- David and Rachel discuss the historic relief and rebuilding response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami.
- David and Rachel discuss the devastation caused by the earthquake and resulting tsunami on December 26, 2004.
- David and Rachel discuss the complications surrounding summiting Mt. Everest and the particular tragedy that befell the parties conquering the peak in May 1996.
- David and Rachel tell the incredibly depressing and horrifying tale of the doomed Flight 763 and Flight 1907 that collided mid-air.
- David and Rachel discuss the ill-fated journey of the airship Italia and its dramatic search and rescue.
- David and Rachel Discuss the tragedy of the Jacson 4 tugboat and the miraculous survival of Harrison Okene.
- David and Rachel discuss the curious case of TAM Airlines Flight 3054.
- David and Rachel describe the awful truck fire in the Mont Blanc tunnel.
- David and Rachel discuss the tragic 1961 plane crash most notable for who was on board.
- David and Rachel discuss the horrible Thredbo landslide and its incredibly resilient sole survivor.
- David and Rachel discuss the horrific aftermath of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash.
- David and Rachel discuss the background and crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in part one of a two-part series on one of the most terrifying plane crashes in world history.
- David and Rachel discuss the unusual tragedy aboard Air Canada Flight 797.
- David and Rachel discuss the legendary wreck of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald.
- David and Rachel discuss the tragic oversight that led to the disintegration of Northwest Airlines Flight 255.
- Annette Herfkens was 31 when she and her fiancé boarded a Vietnam Airlines flight in November of 1992. It was supposed to be a romantic trip. A surprise getaway from her fiancé who was working as a banker in Ho Chi Minh City. But instead of rea
- Peter Bland is a Australian businessman who was almost the first person to cross the Antarctic Peninsula unsupported. But on the home stretch, he was hit by an avalanche and washed down a crevasse. We talk to Peter about ego. The things it can
- What happens when your food choices are determined by nothing but the environment around you and your own resolve? The Food Chain follows the story of 72- year-old grandmother Ann Rodgers, who went missing in the Arizona wilderness in March 20
- Lost in a barren and unforgiving part of Turkey, and forced to hide for days in a cave to get away from torrential rain and floods, a group of students turn to berries, grass and insects for sustenance. We speak to two of the students: Merije d
- Our second episode of Survival Stories further explores our relationship with food in the most extreme circumstances. What choices do we make about what we eat, when we’re all alone in the wild? Do our reflexes, instincts and tastes change? Fi
- Bernadette, Murderific, returns this week to hear about the plane crash of the Gremlin Special during the Second World War in Papua New Guinea. Do you think you could have survived?EPISODE SOURCESEPISODE IMAGESThis episode contains mature
- In 1914 the crew of the Endurance left to trek across the continent of Antarctica on foot. Led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, they believed their journey would bring them adventure, scientific discovery, and fame. What actually unfolded would become
- In Part 2 of Shackleton's Lost Voyage, the crew of the Endurance find themselves frozen fast in the Antarctic pack ice in 1915. In this episode, we examine the psychology behind what happens to the human mind during the long Polar Night as we j
- The finale is here! Come find out just how one of the most inspiring stories of human endurance ended. We head back to Antarctica and watch the crew of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition make history as Shackleton attempts one last despera
- In 1914 the 28 member crew of the Endurance left to trek across the continent of Antarctica on foot. It is now the beginning of 1916. Their ship has been crushed, they've been stranded on the ice with no way out, and they've taken to the boats
- In Part 3 of Shackleton's Lost Voyage, we join the stranded crew of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914, who have been stranded on the ice now for well over a year. Their ship has been crushed, starvation and madness have begun to s
- In 1921, a ship dropped four white men, one Alaska Native woman, and one cat off on the desolate shore of Wrangel Island, a strip of land just north of easternmost Siberia. Two years later when a relief ship finally broke through the ice and re
- All of us are in the middle of trying to survive a disaster. Tsutomu Yamaguchi managed to do so twice in one week.
- It all started when the sandstorm kicked up. Hours later when the winds died down, Marathon des Sables entrant Mauro Prosperi found himself alone in the Moroccan desert, unable to locate the rest of the runners. Nine days later, surprising ever
- It's time for the yearly school trip - no, not to Washington, DC, or the Grand Canyon or New Orleans. In 1986, as every year before it, the kids in the Basecamp program at Oregon Episcopal School participated in a special trip - a climb up Moun
- It was only supposed to last a few hours. All they would have to do was keep quiet, keep their heads down, and wait it out until they reached Houston. But at two AM on the morning of May 14, 2003, the driver of a truck would pull over near a tr
- Children of the 80s know their pop culture touchstones - when the Challenger exploded, when the Berlin Wall came down, that time everyone was wondering who shot J.R. One particular 80s moment was a story of survival by a Texas toddler, an incid
- Marten Hartwell was a bush pilot in the wilds of northern Canada tasked with an emergency medivac flight to Yellowknife. He and his three passengers never made it. But Hartwell did end up rescued alive from the wilderness a month later, and wit
- Captain Carlos Dardano and his crew performed an exceptional feat of airmanship when their brand-new 737 lost both engines while landing over New Orleans during a violent thunderstorm.
- Nakahama Manjiro was a fisherman who became a samurai after being shipwrecked, rescued, adopted, hired onto a whaling crew, elected as first mate, finding gold, sailing a steamship, building a whaling boat, being imprisoned, and reuniting with
- This week, we talk about how the catacombs of Paris came to be filled with HUMAN SKELETONS, the life and fortean times of Charles Fort: chronicler of the weird, and the very special story of Bamse, a dog in the Norwegian Navy that became… a her
- In this episode, we talk about the pickling of war hero John Paul Jones, the spying career of playwright Christopher Marlowe, and the history of the Sock Hop.Talking points include opera singers CSI; Horace Porter’s Snappy pickles for dead gen
- The badass true story of Robert Hewitt, the man adrift in the sea.
- The badass true story of Jan Baalsrud, the man who cut off his toes.
- The badass story of Gennelle Guzman, a world trade center survivor.
- The badass story of Mauro Prosperi, the Sahara Ultra Marathon runner.
- The badass story of Jose Alvarenga, the lonely sea captain.
- The badass story of Frane Salek, the invincible man.
- The badass story of Charles Kettles, a Vietnam helicopter pilot.
- The story of Richard Mawson, and arctic survivor.
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