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The CRUX: True Survival Stories — 252 episodes

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Stranded in Death Valley: Six Days of Impossible Decisions

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27 Years of Silence: Maine's North Pond Hermit

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Poisoned on Everest: The $20 Million Rescue Scam | Disaster Strikes

4

Five Hours Overboard in the Pacific

5

He Woke Up Naked Beside a Polar Bear

6

The Mount Cleveland Five: 188 Days Buried on Glacier National Park's Highest Peak | Disaster Strikes

7

He Left the Raft. Lost for 5 Days. Why?

8

Voices of Misery - 'Aita LIVE!'

9

60 Feet Away: How a 19-Year-Old Stopped a Grizzly Attack With His Bare Hands

10

500 Yards From Safety: The 1971 Cairngorm Plateau Disaster: Disaster Strikes

11

181 Miles in the Wrong Direction: Lost in the Sahara

12

9 Days Stranded in the Nevada Wilderness; The Wrong Turn That Took a Life

13

He Left Her 50 Meters From the Summit. Was It a Crime? | Disaster Strikes

14

Lost Behind Enemy Lines for 2 Weeks: After Taking 30 Meth Pills

15

Frozen Solid at 3 Years Old: The Christmas Eve Miracle That Stumped Medicine

16

O Circuit Tragedy: 120 MPH | Disaster Strikes

17

30 Seconds to Escape: The Sinking of the Cynthia Woods

18

42 Years in Siberia: The Family That Vanished From the World

19

Frozen in Time: Solving the Dyatlov Pass Mystery with Science | Disaster Strikes

20

3 Days Missing in a Ravine: The Boy No One Could Find

21

99 Days in the Dark; The Overland Relief Expedition

22

80 Feet: A Via Ferrata Tragedy in Colorado | Disaster Strikes

23

3 Nights Trapped in a Canyon With a Broken Pelvis

24

Sucked into the Sky at 33,000 Feet: The Ewa Wiśnierska Story

25

The Orange Tent Guy, Balin Miller's Fatal Fall from Yosemite's El Capitan | Disaster Strikes

26

43 Days Lost in the Himalayan Winter: Trapped Without Food or Fire | E226

27

Nineteen Days in the Idaho Wilderness: They Did What They Had to Do | E 225

28

The Body Recovery: Fatal Cave Dive at Bushman's Hole | Disaster Strikes E 224

29

Trapped in Quicksand: 2 Hours vs. 6 Days | E223

30

Fourteen Days Down Under: The Beaconsfield Mine Rescue That Captivated the World | E222

31

The Vanishing at Pendleton Mountain | Disaster Strikes E221

32

100 Foot Fall, Broken Back, No Help: Surviving the Arizona Desert | E220

33

30 Minutes Under Ice: The Boy Who Came Back From Death | E219

34

100 Yards from Water | Disaster Strikes E218

35

The Miller Cave Tragedy: 7 Entered, 5 Survived | E217

36

Disaster on Franconia Ridge: A White Mountains Survival Story | E216

37

Adirondack Tragedy: The 9-Day Search for Leo Dufour on Allen Mountain | Disaster Strikes | E215

38

Seventy-Two Days: Alive in the Andes | E214

39

Frozen and Forgotten: Leon Crane's 120-Mile Walk Through Arctic Alaska | E213

40

Green Boots Cave - The Controversial Mount Everest Death That Shocked the World | Disaster Strikes E212

41

Crushed Beneath a Boulder | E211

42

Four Days Underwater and in the Dark: The Tony Bullimore Miracle Rescue | E210

43

Disaster Strikes: Two Miles-The Harris Levinson Tragedy | E209

44

133 Days Adrift: The Longest Life Raft Survival Ever | E208

45

Surviving Niagara Falls: The Impossible True Story of 7-Year-Old Roger Woodward | E207

46

Audrey Mestre's Fatal World Record Freedive | Disaster Strikes E206

47

The Surgeon Who Rewires Lives - Part 2 | E205

48

Surviving Paralysis: The Fight to Walk Again - Part 1 | E204

49

Buried Alive: Surviving a Himalayan Avalanche at 14,000 Feet | E203

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Tragedy on Victory Peak | Disaster Strikes E202

51

Plane Disintegrated Midair: Juliane Koepcke Falls Two Miles Into the Amazon | E201

52

10 Days Lost: California Hiker Survives Santa Cruz Mountains Against All Odds | E200

53

Catastrophic Dive: Lessons from the Titan Submersible Tragedy | Disaster Strikes E199

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Surviving the Killer Mountain: Three Nights in the Death Zone | E198

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Floating in 90-Foot Waves Without a Life Raft: The La Conte Fishing Vessel Tragedy in Alaska | E197

56

Christopher McCandless: The True Story Behind Into the Wild's Tragic Alaska Death | Disaster Strikes E 196

57

Broken and Alone: Six Days on a Norwegian Mountain | E 195

58

The Lone Survivor of Early Winters Spire: Anton Tselykh's Impossible Escape from the Cascades | E194

59

60 Minutes to Survive: Inside the Pacific Northwest Survival Games: Bonus | E193

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Sealed in Stone - The John Edward Jones Nutty Putty Cave Incident | Disaster Strikes E192

61

Walk or Wait: Carolina Wilga's Fight to Survive the Outback | E191

62

Franklin River Rescue: 20-Hour Ordeal Ends in Underwater Amputation | E190

63

What Happened to Gerry Largay – Disaster Strikes| E189

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No Way Out: How an Injured Motorcyclist Survived the Idaho Wilderness | E188

65

Solo Flight Gone Wrong: Sheryl Ramstad's Journey from Tragedy to Triumph | E187

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Stranded in Remote Canada: Andrew Barber's Nine-Day Fight to Survive | E 186

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The Miracle at 33,000 Feet: How Vesna Vulović Survived the Highest Fall in History | E185

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The Bluebell Sinking: 11-Year-Old Terry Jo's Four Days Adrift | E184

69

Norman Ollestad Jr.'s Miraculous Escape from the San Gabriel Mountains | E183

70

The Rescue Behind the Seven Teacups: Ryan Wardwell's Astonishing Survival | E182

71

Grandma Gatewood: The Unstoppable Trailblazer | E181

72

Miracle in Miami Bay: The Survival of Calena Areyan Gruber | E 180

73

Alligator Attack Victim Endures 3 Days in Florida Wetlands | E 179

74

Pacific Northwest Survival Games: Survival Skills Competition Turned Reality TV Show | E 178

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Bear Mauls Alaskan Hiker, Rescued thanks to a Drone | E 177

76

Deserted Island Survival: 6 Teens Defied Odds for 15 Months | E 176

77

9/11 Survivors: Those Who Escaped the South Tower via Stairwell A | E 175

78

Lightning Strike Survival: The Most Spectacular Rescue in American Mountaineering History | E 174

79

The Last Goodbye: Survival in the Gulf of Mexico | E 173

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Lost in the World's Largest Sandbox: The Steiner Family Tragedy | E172

81

Somali Pirates vs Navy SEALs: The Shocking True Story Behind Captain Phillips | E171

82

Frozen Fifteen Feet from Safety: How Jean Hilliard Survived 6 Hours at -22°F | E170

83

Disaster Strikes! The Haunting Descent: Marco Siffredi's Obsession with Everest's Greatest Line | E 169

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Lost in Sierra Nevada: Tiffany Slaton Survives 24 Days Alone | E 168

85

The Kyrgyzstan Kidnapping: A Climbing Dream Turned Nightmare | E 167

86

The Pilot Who Was Sucked Out of His Own Plane at 17,000 Feet | E 166

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Disaster Strikes! The Last Transmission: 33 Souls Lost in Hurricane Joaquin | E 165

88

Trapped in Ice: The Karluk Shipwreck Arctic Survival Story | E 164

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Twice-Rescued: The Student Who Needed Saving from Mount Fuji Two Times in Four Days | E 163

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Disaster Strikes! The Silent Killer Next Door: Carbon Monoxide's Deadly Deception | E 162

91

The Voluntary Castaway: Dr. Bombard's Revolutionary Atlantic Crossing | E 161

92

A Boy, A Desert, and A Hero Dog: The Incredible Survival of Bodin Allen | E 160

93

Disaster Strikes! The Mysterious Disappearance of Ranger Randy Morganson | E 159

94

Dark Waters, Circling Death: The USS Indianapolis Disaster | E 158

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In the Jaws of Polar Bears: Surviving Arctic's Apex Predator | E 157

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Disaster Strikes! Tragedy in Death Valley: The German Tourist Mystery | E 156

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Alone in Antarctica: Richard Byrd's Deadly Solitude | E 155

98

Matt Reum's Remarkable Recovery After Being Trapped in His Truck for Six Days | E 154

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Six Days Trapped in his Truck: The Impossible Survival of Matt Reum | E153

100

Swallowed by Sandy: The Hollywood Ship's Last Voyage and the Heroes Who Saved Its Crew | E 152

101

Against All Odds: How a 13-Year-Old Boy Saved His Father in the Wilderness | E151

102

The Barefoot Bandit: Colton Harris-Moore's Extraordinary Crime Spree and Survival Saga | E 150

103

The Coldest Night: Rob Gerings 12-Hour Fight for Survival | E 149

104

Wrong Turn: The Kim Family Tragedy on Bear Camp Road | E 148

105

12 Seconds: A Pro Snowmobiler's Life-Changing Moment | E 147

106

Hunted Becomes Hunter: The Vengeful Whale and the Essex | E 146

107

When Pet Becomes Predator: A 10-Minute Battle with a Domesticated Buck | E 145

108

Terrors on the River of Doubt: Roosevelt's Most Dangerous Adventure | E 144

109

Buried Alive: Anna Conrad's Five-Day Fight Beneath the Snow | E 143

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Flight 1549: The Miracle on the Hudson | E 142

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Survival in the Bernese Alps: The Incredible 1946 C-53 Dakota Crash and Rescue | E 141

112

Surviving King Philip's War: Mary Rowlandson's Incredible Story | E 140

113

The 780 MPH Ejection: The Impossible Survival of Captain Brian Udell | E139

114

Abandon Ship: The Costa Concordia’s Night of Chaos | E 138

115

83 Seconds: The Frank Slide Catastrophe | E137

116

311 Days Underground: An Iraq Hostage's Fight for Survival | E136

117

Darkness on the Bering Sea: The Sinking of the Alaska Ranger | E135

118

They Should've DIED From These Snake Bites... But Somehow Survived! | E134

119

Helene's Path: 500 Miles of Destruction | E133

120

When Joy Turned to Horror: Inside Indiana's Halloween Nightmare | E132

121

The Venomous Snake that Fell from the Sky | E131

122

A 60-Foot Fall, 4 Days Alone: Amy Racina's Incredible Survival in the Sierra Nevadas | E130

123

Attack of the Warthog: When a Pet Warthog Fights Back, and Other Exotic Animal Encounters | E129

124

Capsized: The Tamwoy Siblings' Unbelievable Fight for Survival | E128

125

Lost and Barefoot: Surviving a Month in the Cascades | E127

126

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919: A Sticky Historical Disaster | E126

127

Surviving the Wild: Shane Burke's Battle with a Grizzly in the Tetons | E125

128

Terror in the Skies: Pilots Lose Control of a Flight at 37,000 Feet | E124

129

Escape from Hell: One Photographer's Fight to Survive Mount St. Helens | E123

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The Epic Mt. St. Helens Eruption: Venus Dergan and Ronald Reitan's Unexpected Survival | E122

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Torpedoed: The Remarkable WWII Survival of Ray Downs and His Family | E121

132

100 Miles in the Sonoran Desert: Pablo Valencia's Fight for Survival | E120

133

Overboard: Stories of Two Men Who Defied the Odds After Falling from Cruise Ships | E119

134

The Gripping Tale of Captain James Riley and the Shipwreck of Commerce Part 2 | E118

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The Gripping Tale of Captain James Riley and the Shipwreck of Commerce Part 1 | E117

136

The Remarkable Survival of John Vihtelic: 16 Days Trapped in a Ravine | E116

137

Desert Tragedy: The Untold WWII Sahara Survival Story | E115

138

Debunking Common Survival Myths with Expert Insights | E114

139

Fact or Fiction? Survival Trivia Quiz | E 113

140

Surviving Against All Odds: Eddie Rickenbacker's Journey – Part 2 | E112

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Surviving Against All Odds: Eddie Rickenbacker's Journey – Part 1 | E111

142

A Man is Buried Alive by the Thredbo Landslide for Sixty Five Hours | E110

143

The Unbelievable Survival of Slavomir Rawicz: Part 2 | E109

144

The Unbelievable Survival of Slavomir Rawicz: Part 1 | E108

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Surviving a Kangaroo Attack: Melanie's True Outback Encounter | E107

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Part Two: Left for Dead-Michael Odom's Ocean Standoff | E106

147

Part One: Coast Guard Rescue Gone Wrong - Michael Odom's Ocean Standoff | E105

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A Broken Dam Leads to a 60 Foot Water Wall that Pummeled a Town: The Johnstown Flood | E104

149

White Squall: Tragedy Strikes when a Sailboat Capsizes with Students Aboard | E103

150

Celebrating 100 episodes: Part Two, Most Favorite Stories Recapped | E102

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Celebrating 100 episodes; 5 of the most Popular Episodes | E101

152

Against the Avalanche: The Miraculous Survival of Adam Herman and Conor Lodge | E100

153

Surviving Superstorms: Expert Tips and Real Stories | E99

154

Tragedy in Yellowstone: Surviving a Geothermal | E98

155

Queen of Shangri-La: Plane Crash in New Guinea, The Gremlin Special | E97

156

Surviving the Skies: The Unbelievable Journey of Yaya Abdi - Flight in an Airplane Wheel Well | E96

157

Victoria Grover: 5 Nights Alone in the Desert | E95

158

Skydiving Gone Wrong: Jordan Hatmaker's Brush with Death | E94

159

Self Amputation for Survival | E93

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Beneath the Bricks: Tunnel 29's Daring Escape in Cold War Berlin | E92

161

Surviving Everest: Robert Kay's Life Threatening Journey Through the Death Zone | True High-Altitude Adventure | E91

162

Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's Castaway Journey | E90

163

From Plane Crash to Glacier Rescue - A Pilot's Heroic Role in Saving Injured Climbers in Remote Alaska | E89

164

Steve Rodgers Salmon River Odyssey | E88

165

Jen Royce: Otter Ambush on the Jefferson River | E87

166

Baby Jessica: The 1987 Rescue of Jessica McClure from a Well | E86

167

Anne Hjelle: Escape from the Fangs of a Mountain Lion | E85

168

Hugh Glass: A Tale of Survival Against All Odds | E84

169

Ruth Woroniecki: 200 Foot Fall on Cucamonga Peak | E83

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Defying Everest: Lincoln Hall's Miraculous Survival of the Death Zone on Mt. Everest | E82

171

Lauren Elder: Plane Crash in the Sierra Nevada Mt Range | E81

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Surviving the Impossible: Trapped under a Boulder | E80

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Tragedy Strikes Mammoth Mountain: Unveiling the unseen Danger of Fumaroles | E79

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Beneath the Surface: Seven Men Trapped in the French Vitarelles Caverns for Ten days | E78

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When Lightning Strikes Twice: A Hike up Half Dome gets Electrified | E77

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Adrift: Bill Durden's 2016 Epic 20 hr Open Water Swim | E76

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Tragedy on the Mountains: The Mann Gulch Fire Disaster | E75

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Surviving the Utah Wilderness: Justin and Jeremy Harris's Canyoneering Odyssey | E74

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Tragedy on Mount Hood: The Untold Story of the 1986 Oregon Episcopal School Expedition | E73

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The Jungle Resilience: Four Children, Forty Days | E72

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Frozen Odyssey: Douglas Mawson's Epic Antarctic Survival | E71

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Quinn Brett Interview: 120 Foot fall on El Capitan | E70

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Plane Crash in the Rocky Mountains | E69

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Stranded in the Snow: Jim and Jennifer Stolpa's Fight for Survival | E68

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Gina Allen & Brandon Day: Day Hike on Mt San Jacinto Turned Nightmare | E67

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The Butte Mining Incident of 1917 | E66

187

Wolf Wagner & Johannes Hoentsch: Canoe Trip in Remote Canada gone Wrong | E65

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Steve Callahan; 76 Days Lost at Sea | E64

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Sydnie Uemoto & David McMahon: Open Water Swim Following a Plane Crash | E63

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Disaster on Mount Hood; In the Blink of an Eye a Massive Accident Takes out Multiple Climbers | E62

191

Laurent Camprubi: His Sailboat Capsized Leaving him Trapped in an Air Bubble | E61

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Adrian Knopps: Alone for Seven Days in Misty Fjords AK after a Tragic Accident | E60

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Matt Henningsen: Successful Bear Hunt to an Unexpected Medical Emergency | E59

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Violet Jessop: She lived through three ship wrecks in her lifetime, one of which was the Titanic | E58

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Greg Hein: Survived Six Days on Remote Mt. Goddard | E57

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Ken Killip: Lost in the Rocky Mountains | E56

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Jamie Mosch: Survived 5 days in the Everglades | E55

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Michelle Funk: A Small Child who Survived Under Unlikely Circumstances | E54

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Welcome Julie Henningsen to The Crux Podcast

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John Colter's Run: John Colter Runs for his Life as Blackfeet Worriers Chase him on Foot | E53

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Michael Packard: Inside the Mouth of a Whale | E52

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Andrew Gaskell: Into the Jungle to Find Himself only to Lose His Way | E51

203

Autumn Veatch: Wilderness Survival Following Plane Crash in the Northern Cascades | E50

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Donn Fendler: A 12 yo Boy Gets Lost on a Mountain in Maine in the Summer of 1939 | E49

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Jeff Schock: Captain of the No Longer Floating St. Joseph | E48

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47) Tony Streather: Mountaineers Struggle to Survive Following an Avalanche on Mt. Haramosh in 1957.

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46) Nelson Simón: A Beginner Sailor Learns the Ropes and has an Unexpected Meeting with Hurricane Grace

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45) Jan Baalsrud: Escape from the Gestapo during WW2

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44) The Robertson Family: Shipwrecked by Whales

210

43) David Cronenwett: Wisdom from a Survival Expert

211

42) Anders Broste: Attack by a Grizzly Bear While Hunting

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41) Jean Muenchrath: Escape from Mt Whitney

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40) Ann Rodgers: Lost in the Desert for 9 Days

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39) Andrew Devers: Lost for 9 days in the Wilderness.

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38) Lorraine Jonsson: Snake Bite in Franklin Canyon Park

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37) Amber Kohnhorst: Fall from 100 Feet, Alone in Arizona

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36) Carter Viss: Ran Over by a 36 Foot Cruising Boat in Florida

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35) Amanda Eller: Lost at the Wakamaya Reserve for 17 Days

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34) William Coston: Plane Crash in the Bermuda Triangle in 1949

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33) Larrane Leech: Visited by a Mountain Lion

221

32) Abby Sunderland: 16 yo Attempts to Circumnavigate World in Yacht

222

31) Mark and Phillip and the Treacherous Mount Cook Climb

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30) Todd Endris and the Great White Shark

224

29) 1953 K2 Expedition: Eight Men Set off to Seek Adventure on K2, but were Met with Difficulty

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28) Anna Bågenholm- A Medical Student who Survived Hypothermia and the Lowest Body Temperature ever Recorded.

226

27) Reshma Begum: Survived within a Building after it Collapsed

227

26) The Death Defying Film Crew: Helicopter Crash into Kilauea Volcano

228

25) Carol Martini and Jay Barry: Attacked by Pirates out at Sea

229

24) Eric LeMarque: One Wrong Turn Under the Ski Boundary at Mammoth Left Eric in the Cold

230

23) The Chilean Mining Accident: In 2010, 33 Unlucky Chilean Miners got Trapped when the San Jose Copper-Gold Mine Collapsed

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22) Takeyasu Minamiura and the 1990 Great Epic of Trango Tower: Paraglide Gone Wrong

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21) The Evans Family: Plane Crash into a Mountain in Alaska

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20) Deborah Scaling Kiley: Sharks in the Water!! A Skilled Sailor Attempts to Transport a Ship To Florida From Maine, but Meets a Large Storm on the Way.

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19) The Endurance: The Story of Earnest Shakleton, His Crew, and Their Survival on the Icy Waters of the Antarctic Ocean

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18) Yossi Ghinsberg: Survived 3 Weeks in the Amazon Alone

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17) Nicholas Alkemade: Jumped From an Airplane Without a Parachute

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16) Joe Simpson & Simon Yates; The Mountain Survival Story that Inspired the Book, Touching the Void

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15) The Wild Boars Football Team: Rescue from Tham Luang Cave

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14) Tyson Steele: Alone and Resourceful in the Alaskan Winter After a House Fire

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13) Paul Templer: Attacked by a Rogue Hippo

241

12) Ricky Megee; Left for Dead in the Desert of Australia

242

11) Ed and Kelly Moellmer: Father/Daughter Backcountry Ski Turned Nightmare

243

10) Higgen's Family Snow Cave and Amber Van Hecke's Wrong Turn

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9) Jose Salvador Alvarenga: Lost at Sea for 438 Days

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8) Angela Hernandez: Stranded on a Beach for Seven Days

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7) Todd Orr: Attacked Twice by a Bear

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6) Harrison Okene: Trapped Inside a Boat

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5) Mary Vincent: Hitchhiking Gone Wrong

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4) Juliane Koepcke: Airplane Free Fall to the Jungle

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3) Aron Ralston: Trapped in a Canyon

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2) Mauro Prosperi: Lost in the Desert

252

1) Beck Weathers: Left for Dead on Everest