Savannah Barney was leading a group of teenagers on what should have been a routine canyoneering trip in Utah — until the unthinkable happened. While anchored to a massive boulder at the canyon’s edge, the rock suddenly tore loose and pivoted upward, ripping her off the rim and sending her plunging nearly 30 feet into the slot below.

She landed face-first on solid rock.

The impact snapped her body backward so violently it shattered her spine, instantly paralyzing her before anyone in her group had even entered the canyon.

In a single second, the experienced outdoor leader became the one fighting for survival — trapped, unable to move, deep in a remote canyon with a group of teens depending on her.

This is the story of the fall, the rescue, and what it takes to rebuild a life when everything changes in an instant.

Right before her senior year of high school, Emily Brough went bouldering with friends and found herself stranded 40 feet above the ground with no way down except to jump. When her friend barely made it to the water below after a full running start, Emily tried to follow—but hesitated. That moment sent her crashing onto lava rock, shattering her pelvis and breaking her arm and foot. Surgeons later rebuilt her pelvis using 68 metal pins. Emily spent her entire senior year in a wheelchair, semi-paralyzed, facing a future that suddenly looked nothing like the one she had planned. In this episode, Emily describes what went through her mind during the fall, what recovery demanded physically and mentally, and how she rebuilt her life after surviving an accident that should have killed her. Ten years later, she reflects on how a few seconds in the air changed everything—and what it really means to survive.

Tyler Johnson was hunting black bear with his father when, without warning, a grizzly charged out of nowhere and began to maul him. With seconds to react, Tyler managed to draw his pistol and fire multiple rounds into the bear as it attacked. His father—an experienced game warden who raised Tyler in Alaska’s wilderness—also fired, ultimately killing the bear. Tyler survived, badly wounded.What happened next is what most people recognize: Tyler pulled out his phone and filmed the aftermath. That raw footage went viral, spreading across the internet as one of the most intense bear attack videos ever recorded. In this episode, Tyler tells the full story—what led up to the attack, what it felt like in the moment, the decisions that saved his life, and what people don’t see in the viral clip. This is a firsthand account of survival, training, instinct, and the reality of bear country.