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The CRUX: True Survival Stories

Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav

Are you drawn to thrilling survival stories where characters overcome impossible odds? The Crux: True Survival Stories is your podcast. Join us for gripping tales of resilience and invaluable insights into wilderness survival and the mindset needed to overcome adversity. Hosted by Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen, both passionate about wilderness and medicine, our podcast is fueled by real-life stories and the pivotal moments that determine life or death outcomes. Tune in for captivating

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28) Anna Bågenholm- A Medical Student who Survived...

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2021/08/22

Anna Bågenholm became an accidental legend when she was 29. Anna was a medical student who was skiing after work, something she did often, when she crashed on her skis, plummeting into an ice covered stream, and was stuck there for 80 minutes before rescue. When she survived, her story reframed the medical communities understanding of hypothermia and the medical uses for cooling patients intentionally. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaycee-mcintosh/support

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

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2021/08/15

In 2013, Rashma Begum was working in a garment factory when the building suddenly collapsed. She would be trapped for days, all alone, before rescuers would pull her from the wreckage. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaycee-mcintosh/support

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26) The Death Defying Film Crew: Helicopter Crash...

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2021/08/08

This is the story of Chris Duddy, Michael Benson, and Craig Hosking. In 1996, the three men set out in a helicopter over the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii to shoot some footage for the movie Sliver when the helicopter crashed, catapulting them into a very hot and dangerous situation in which they became trapped inside the volcanic vent. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaycee-mcintosh/support

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00:24:06

25) Carol Martini and Jay Barry: Attacked by Pirates...

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2021/08/02

Carol Martini and Jay Barry had dreams of sailing the world, and made plans to do so in 2004. They were traveling through the gulf of Aden when pirates attacked, putting the couples lives at risk. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaycee-mcintosh/support

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00:21:49

24) Eric LeMarque: One Wrong Turn Under the Ski...

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2021/07/26

Eric LeMarque was a talented athlete, a former Olympic Hockey player who lost his direction and his drive after retiring from the sport during the 1999-2000 season, and put his energy and focus into snowboarding. Eric then went down a dark path, getting his kicks from smoking crystal meth. In 2004, when Eric was 34, he went with his friends to Mammoth Ski Resort in Eastern California in the Sierras. At the end of a great day of snowboarding, Eric made a decision that could be only considered one of

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00:24:01

23) The Chilean Mining Accident: In 2010, 33 Unlucky...

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2021/07/19

On Aug 5th 2010, miners were working hard at the San Jose Copper-Gold Mine in Chile, a mine that is located in the Atacama Desert, 45 km/28 miles North of the capitol Copiapo in Northern Chile. The mine, which was considered unsafe, collapsed, trapping 33 miners 700 m/2,300 feet underground and 3 miles from the mine's entrance via the length of the spiraling underground ramps. They were finally unearthed after a 69 day rescue mission. --- Support this podcast:

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22) Takeyasu Minamiura and the 1990 Great Epic of...

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2021/07/11

Takeyasu was 33 in 1990 when he summited the sheer rock face of Trango Tower In Pakistan, also called the Nameless Tower. Instead of belaying down the tower like most climbers would, Takeyasu decided to paraglide without his gear, and what happened next was an unimaginable terror. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaycee-mcintosh/support

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00:17:50

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

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2021/07/05

The Evans family dreamed of moving to Alaska, and were able to make this a reality when parents Donald and Rosemarie got a teaching jobs in a remote village in 2011. They were traveling from McGrath to Anvik with their family in a small plane when the weather changed, setting the stage for a crash landing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaycee-mcintosh/support

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00:32:31

20) Deborah Scaling Kiley: Sharks in the Water!! A...

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2021/06/28

Deborah was a talented young sailer with a lot of experience who was hired to transport a yacht from Maine to Florida in the fall of 1981. Things were briefly going well until the second day when they came upon a large storm that lead to the sinking of said yacht, "Trashman". --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaycee-mcintosh/support

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00:33:53

19) The Endurance: The Story of Earnest Shakleton,...

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2021/06/21

Earnest Shackleton was a well known explorer in the early 1900's. In 1914 he embarked on a mission to Antarctica with a crew of 28 men. Little did they know that they would end up trapped in Arctic ice for more than a year. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaycee-mcintosh/support

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00:27:44

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

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2021/06/14

Yossi Ghinsberg was just 21 when he set off to experience the Amazon in December of 1981. While traveling in Bolivia, a strange and enticing man touted stories of adventure and lore, and promised to take Ghinsberg to the heart of the jungle. Ghinsberg was excited at the prospect and encouraged 2 new friends to come along. No one could have anticipated the ways they would be tested by nature's elements and unexpected conditions. --- Support this podcast:

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17) Nicholas Alkemade: Jumped From an Airplane...

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2021/06/07

Nicholas Alkemade was part of the RAF when he had to face a terrible decision; to go down with a flaming aircraft or to jump to his certain death below. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaycee-mcintosh/support

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16) Joe Simpson & Simon Yates; The Mountain Survival...

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2021/05/31

Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were two ambitious young climbers with aptitude and passion who pursued a first ascent of the West face of Siula Grande, a mountain in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. They were successful in reaching their goal of the summit, although the climbing was difficult. They had hoped that the descent they had chosen would be less difficult, but it turned into a nightmare when Joe broke is leg only 1/3 of the way down, which was the equivalent of a death sentence for both

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15) The Wild Boars Football Team: Rescue from Tham...

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2021/05/24

The Wild Boars football team went into the Tham Luang cave to do a little exploring on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The team, a group of 12 boys ages 11-16 and their 25 yo coach got trapped after an unexpected flash flood. When the children didn't arrive home in the evening, the head coach found the teams bicycles and bags outside the mouth of the cave, with water seeping from its entrance. What followed was an incredible rescue that took many days to complete. --- Support this podcast:

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00:32:17

14) Tyson Steele: Alone and Resourceful in the...

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2021/05/17

Tyson Steele was homesteading in the Alaskan wilderness, snowed in.. really… miles from his closest neighbor… the closest road 45 miles away, without a snowmobile/snowmachine. He made the mistake of throwing cardboard on his fire, and a portion of that cardboard, once lit, traveled through the chimney and deposited itself on the roof of the home he was living in, burning his home to the ground, leaving him without shelter in the middle of the winter, and no way to safely leave. --- Support this

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13) Paul Templer: Attacked by a Rogue Hippo

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2021/05/10

Paul Templer was an experienced military man, who once discharged from the military was a guide on the Zambezi river in Zimbabwe. He was taking a group of tourists down the river in a canoe with some guides in training when Paul got in over his head. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaycee-mcintosh/support

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00:35:54

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

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2021/05/03

Ricky Megee was driving to Port Hedland in the Northern Territory of Australia when he stopped to help some fellow travelers who had run out of petrol. Shortly there after, he awoke in a shallow grave, covered with a tarp, without his shoes and in the middle of no where. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaycee-mcintosh/support

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11) Ed and Kelly Moellmer: Father/Daughter...

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2021/04/26

Ed and Kelly Moellmer are a father daughter duo that set off for a one day backcountry ski in the Cabinet Mountains. All was well until Ed took a wrong turn/step, separating them and putting both their lives at risk. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaycee-mcintosh/support

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00:23:25

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

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2021/04/19

This week we have two short stories to tell. The fist story highlights the Higgen's family, who got stuck in their family vehicle turned snow cave on the way to a New Mexico ski trip. The second story is about Amber Van Hecke, who got lost on the way to the Grand Canyon, and spent five days alone. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaycee-mcintosh/support

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

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2021/04/12

Jose Alvarenga is an avid and experienced fisherman that set out from the fishing village of Costa Azul, of the coast of Chiapas, Mexico on November 2012 with 23 yo Ezequiel Cordoba for a 30 hour excursion for deep sea fishing. This short trip was turned on its head when Alvarenga and Cordoba hit rough waters and hung on for dear life through a storm that raged on for five days. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaycee-mcintosh/support

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