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Extreme Survival

Extreme Survival

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Summary
 Are you ready to face the wild? Extreme Survival throws you headfirst into the most unforgiving environments on Earth.

This is where raw human instinct meets the brutal force of nature. Extreme Survival explores true stories of survival, from harrowing wilderness escapes to mastering essential bushcraft skills. We break down the strategies, mental fortitude, and gear that make the difference between life and death.

New episodes drop daily, Monday through Sunday, at 4:00 AM. Each installment delivers gripping narratives, expert insights into survival techniques, and practical tips for wilderness preparedness that will sharpen your own capabilities.

Perfect for adventurers, preppers, and anyone fascinated by the limits of human resilience against extreme conditions. If you're looking to understand what it truly takes to endure, this podcast is for you.

Subscribe now and prepare for the unexpected.© 2026 OBOMEDIA Creators Social Sciences
Episodes
  • He Survived 40 Hours on a 12‑Foot Ledge - How He Lived

    He Survived 40 Hours on a 12‑Foot Ledge - How He Lived
    4 Nov 2026
    He Survived 40 Hours on a 12‑Foot Ledge - How He Lived

    Wind became both trap and lifeline: a rotor collapsed Duane Duncan’s wing and dragged him onto a 400‑foot basalt shelf separated from the rim by a 12‑foot gap, where he spent forty hours with a broken left ankle and less than two liters of water. How did a structural engineer turn survival calculations, improvised splints and a bivy into enough time to outlast shifting weather and a search that never knew where to look?

    In this episode, we follow the timeline of what happened from launch to rescue and detail the exact gear, injuries and timing that defined his chances - and the momentary decisions that extended them. What combinations of preparation, equipment and improvisation kept him alive long enough for the wind that nearly killed him to also become his saving factor?

    Person: Duane Duncan
    Age: 52
    Location: Caldera Rim Recreation Area, south‑central Oregon
    Injury: displaced lateral malleolus fracture (left ankle)
    Time on ledge: 40 hours

    - Launch time recorded at 2:47 PM on Monday, February 4, 2019.
    - Wing failure occurred at approximately 3:00 PM after a sudden wind shift recorded by an automated sensor.
    - He cleared the basalt lip by an estimated six feet before impacting the Anvil at about 3:17 PM.
    - Carried a two‑liter water bladder three‑quarters full (approx. 1.5 liters) and estimated roughly 18 hours of hydration margin.
    - Had bivy sack, headlamp, lighter, foil emergency blanket, and used two tenting stakes and harness strips to create ankle splints.

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    18 min
  • Cut Line at Forty Meters: How Rhonda Crawled Back Alive

    Cut Line at Forty Meters: How Rhonda Crawled Back Alive
    3 Nov 2026
    Cut Line at Forty Meters: How Rhonda Crawled Back Alive

    A diver surfaced alone forty meters underwater, four nautical miles from shore, with her tether cut clean through and a propeller crossing the surface above - how did she survive sixteen hours with no fins, no float, and a blood oxygen reading later described as incompatible with that duration of submersion? What exactly happened between the wake that swallowed her and the fisherman who found her crawling ashore?

    In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the cut line at 13:30 on January 8, 2019 through the separate rescue, search, and medical threads that only converged at 05:45 the next morning, and we ask whether rehearsal, physiology, or something else explains Rhonda Fitzgerald's survival.

    Person: Rhonda Fitzgerald
    Date: January 8, 2019
    Location: Four nautical miles off Punta Brava, Baja California coast
    Status: Found alive at 05:45 next morning by a fisherman
    Medical measurement: Blood oxygen recorded at Centro Médico San Telmo as incompatible with reported submersion duration

    - Rhonda surfaced at 13:30 after a freedive to forty meters and the line to the surface was cut clean through.
    - She was without fins, without the dive float, and without a GPS when she surfaced and lost contact with the boat.
    - Water temperature was 63 degrees Fahrenheit and Rhonda wore a three-millimeter shorty wetsuit.
    - Marco Ibarra entered the water within ninety seconds of the line going slack and had run more than two hundred joint dives with Rhonda over eleven years.
    - A coiled orange rope was left on an inaccessible rock ledge that investigators could not explain.

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    20 min
  • The Jacket in the Spruce: Why He Came Back Alive and Alone

    The Jacket in the Spruce: Why He Came Back Alive and Alone
    2 Nov 2026
    The Jacket in the Spruce: Why He Came Back Alive and Alone

    The first sign was a bright orange jacket seven feet up a spruce, sleeves outstretched, a single wool sock tied below it, and two ski poles pressed upright in the snow - all found where no one expected them. Clifford Wallace had already been found alive the day before; who had climbed a tree in negative thirty-four degree cold with a leg that barely held weight and left that tableau for someone to find?

    In this episode, we follow the timeline from the missing-person call through the early search: the empty pickup, the untouched touring skis, the team sweeps, and the final discovery in the river corridor. What choices and hardships created the scene in the spruce, and what does it reveal about survival on the Kettrick River?

    Person: Clifford Wallace
    Date: December 5-9, 2019
    Location: Kettrick River corridor, near Larkin Falls
    Temperature: down to -34 °F (-34 degrees Fahrenheit)
    Search resources: 12 volunteers and a state helicopter aerial sweep

    - Clifford was 28 years old and worked as a calibration technician in Dunbar.
    - He left home in ski gear and the roommate reported one pair of backcountry mountain skis missing from the basement rack.
    - Clifford’s green pickup remained in Evelyn Wallace’s driveway and the touring skis in the rack were untouched.
    - Deputies delayed a formal missing-person report after 24 hours following standard protocol; Evelyn had called the sheriff at 8:00 PM on December 5.
    - Denise Bishop found the jacket, sock, and two ski poles on the east bank of the Kettrick River on the morning of Monday, December 9, 2019.

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    16 min
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