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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.

  1. 10 hr ago

    The Ice Axe, the Wrong Side of the Mountain: 5 Days Alone

    The Ice Axe, the Wrong Side of the Mountain: 5 Days Alone Cold, deliberate signals can be the difference between rescue and oblivion: an ice axe stood perfectly vertical at 7,000 feet with a serial number that tied it to a missing climber, but the search went to the wrong side of the mountain - how did one ten-second decision create a five-day gap between being seen and being saved? In this episode, we tell the sequence of events over five days in the Ashford Range, from the discovery of the axe on August 9, 2011 to the realization that the search teams were searching the wrong side, and explore how Beverly Hunt’s private plan diverged from what others were told and where she actually crawled-what did her sketched route conceal? Person: Beverly Hunt Date: August 9, 2011 Location: Ashford Range, eastern face talus field at 7,000 feet Status: Missing (reported August 8, 2011) Event: Ice axe found upright with serial number matching owner - At 7:42 AM on Tuesday, August 9, 2011, Pamela Stevens’ dog stopped at an ice axe planted blade-down in a crack between granite slabs. - The axe was photographed in place at 9:15 AM by Todd Aberle, then lifted and checked beneath the collar to reveal a serial number. - By 10:00 AM the axe serial number identified the owner as 48-year-old Beverly Hunt, reported missing the day before. - Beverly Hunt had sent a text on the evening of Friday, August 5 saying she would be back Saturday and see Walt Ingram Tuesday, but she did not return and a missing person report was filed on Monday, August 8 at 11:00 AM. - Beverly had a hand-drawn sketch of an unnamed, unmapped route folded in her shirt pocket and had left the Crestline topographic map inside her pack. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Ice Axe, the Wrong Side of the Mountain: 5 Days Alone

  2. 1 day ago

    Dry Tide Chart, Wrong Direction: How Four Vanished From Bent Cape

    Dry Tide Chart, Wrong Direction: How Four Vanished From Bent Cape Fear tightens when a life raft turns up miles inland with a dry tide chart marked "200 ft, 270°" - a notation that could only have been written before a boat ran itself onto rocks. A two-word radio transmission sent search teams the wrong way across ninety square miles; why did a seasoned crew run hard toward shore in worsening seas, and what does a dry chart in an estuary reveal about those last hours? In this episode, we follow the timeline from a July 7 departure across the Dellport bar to the discovery of a wrecked hull at Bent Cape and a flotation vest in Alder Slough, and we lay out the physical clues that reshape where and how the search should have been conducted. Which single entry in a waterproofed fuel log rewrote the search grid and pointed straight to a grounded vessel? Person: Douglas Favre Date: July 7 (departure) and July 14 (vest found) Location: Bent Cape; Alder Slough; Dellport bar Event: Two-word radio transmission; discovery of flotation vest and tide chart Status: One dead, one missing, one clinging to life, one aboard wrecked hull - The flotation vest recovered July 14 contained a tide chart showing a penciled depth of 200 feet and a bearing of 270°. - Alder Slough's deepest point is barely 12 feet, yet the vest arrived there after traveling 11 miles from the Mira Jean's position. - The Mira Jean crossed the Dellport bar at approximately 6:40 a.m. and was running southwest toward grounds 18 miles offshore. - Phil Navarro's green-cover fuel log shows engines at near full throttle for 60 to 90 minutes between noon and the last radio transmission at 6:47 p.m. - Search teams were focused on a 90-square-mile ocean grid centered on a noon position in 210-foot water while the vessel was actually grounded in 80-90 foot water near Bent Cape. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Dry Tide Chart, Wrong Direction: How Four Vanished From Bent Cape

  3. 2 days ago

    The Pink Sneaker on the Basalt: How a Mother Vanished

    The Pink Sneaker on the Basalt: How a Mother Vanished Heat and distance turned a routine roadside breakdown into a nightmare: a size five pink sneaker, bow tied neat, perched four feet up on basalt eleven miles from the nearest paved road - and no child, no second shoe, no tracks at the rock. How did a woman who left her daughter in a shaded car and walked sixteen minutes to call 9-1-1 vanish so completely that only a single child's shoe seemed to explain what happened? In this episode, we follow the timeline from the morning discovery to the moments on the highway and the car that died, laying out each decision and mismatch of visibility that left Angela Russo effectively hidden. What small turn, what overlooked detail, might explain why a mother disappeared after doing what any parent would do to protect her child? Date: June 14, 2017 Person: Angela Russo Person: Mia (daughter), age 8 Location: near Opal Springs, Mojave fringe, Kern County Time: engine died at 11:22 AM; 9-1-1 call at 3:31 PM - A contract surveyor, Eugene Hensley, found a size five pink sneaker on top of a basalt outcropping at 6:42 AM. - The sneaker was the right foot, with white laces tied in a neat bow, placed four feet above the desert floor. - The rock was eleven miles from the nearest paved road and the relay tower that gave two bars at the highway shoulder. - Angela and Mia left Bakersfield at 7:10 AM; the car engine died at 11:22 AM after being driven about a quarter mile down a dirt access track. - Angela walked sixteen minutes to the highway, called 9-1-1 at 3:31 PM, and when responders reached the shoulder she had already turned back toward the car - but in the wrong direction. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Pink Sneaker on the Basalt: How a Mother Vanished

  4. 3 days ago

    Buried Alive 48 Hours: The Glove That Stood Upright

    Buried Alive 48 Hours: The Glove That Stood Upright A single wool glove was found standing upright in forty feet of untouched snow, thumb raised like a signal - and that lone oddity pushed a rescuer to freeze with a charge of dread. In May 2019 a seasoned biology teacher and mountaineer vanished beneath a Washington mountainside; could a glove tell the story of what happened in the hours after the slide? In this episode, we tell the sequence of events leading up to and during the avalanche burial, the methods Melissa Hayes used to survive without her pack, and the moment a caller described the glove that changed everything - could that detail point to where she lay under the snow? Person: Melissa Hayes Date: May 10-11, 2019 Location: Dearborn Creek spur, Washington Cascades Event: Avalanche burial lasting approximately 48.5 hours Rescuer: Melvin Webb - Melissa left Dellwood on the night of Friday, May 10, 2019 and began her ascent at 5:40 AM on May 11. - The temperature at the trailhead the morning she started was 17 degrees Fahrenheit. - The avalanche released at 11:17 AM: a 220-foot-wide slab, 18 inches deep, running 400 vertical feet in under 30 seconds. - Melissa was carried roughly 180 feet down the slope and buried with a roughly bathtub-sized survival pocket and a 4-inch air gap to her face. - She had a hand warmer, a headlamp, and a small folding knife in her right jacket pocket; she used the knife to carve breathing space and removed her right glove around hour twelve. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Buried Alive 48 Hours: The Glove That Stood Upright

  5. 4 days ago

    She Drew a Map in the Dark - Found After 76 Hours Underground

    She Drew a Map in the Dark - Found After 76 Hours Underground Cold certainty and raw fear collide: a diver survived 76 hours trapped in 68°F water with no food, yet the map she drew by pencil in total darkness changed how cave surveyors understood an entire karst system. What did she draw that a trained rescue team, working from an incorrect 210-meter estimate, miss for two days? In this episode, we tell what unfolded from the April ninth dive through the rescue effort and the discovery of the drawn map, following the people on the surface and the decisions that guided the search. How did a single misreported distance and one woman’s drafting habit shape the outcome? Person: Frances Phillips Date: April 9-April 14 (76 hours underground) Location: Loblolly Springs / Blue Mouth sinkhole, north-central Florida Person: Kevin Pruitt Person: Marcus Webb - Frances Phillips had logged more than 400 cave dives before the April ninth incident. - Frances was 28 years old and had carried a waterproof case with two 11x17 drafting sheets and a pencil for six years. - Kevin Pruitt surfaced alone at 11:47 on April ninth and reported the restriction at 210 meters to rescuers. - Dean Fisher took command of the rescue at 14:17 on April ninth; he had led 17 cave rescues in his career. - Frances spent 76 hours inside the cave system with 68°F water pressing against every surface and no food. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    She Drew a Map in the Dark - Found After 76 Hours Underground

  6. 5 days ago

    Buried to the Windows: How a Timber Cruiser Survived Nine Days

    Buried to the Windows: How a Timber Cruiser Survived Nine Days Cold, isolation, and an impossible math of rationing: a man burned his own survey maps to stay warm and survived nine days inside a truck buried to its door handles - but deputies walked away twice before finding him. How did a surveyor, lost on an unmapped logging spur and with temperatures below 11°F, manage to endure until a child’s sled revealed his location? In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that led Gary Collins to spend nine days trapped in his truck, describe how the official search grid missed an unmapped road, and follow the single chance discovery that changed everything. What gaps in maps and routine allowed a man to be invisible to rescuers? Person: Gary Collins Age: 54 Occupation: timber cruiser Date of incident: late February-early March 2015 (truck buried by February 27) Location: Vogler spur, Pelham highlands (unnamed/abandoned logging road) Duration trapped: nine days - Gary Collins had worked the Pelham uplands for 22 years. - He rationed one granola bar per morning while trapped. - The truck became buried to its door handles after 14 inches of snow in 36 hours. - His cell phone pinged a tower on County Road Seven at approximately 11:40 a.m, on February 25. - An eleven-year-old boy named Tyler Wess discovered the buried truck while sledding about 200 yards up the spur. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Buried to the Windows: How a Timber Cruiser Survived Nine Days

  7. 6 days ago

    Found Adrift: The Notebook That Proved He Was Alive

    Found Adrift: The Notebook That Proved He Was Alive Adrenaline and disbelief: a salt-crusted yellow notebook, open to an entry dated January 29th written forty miles offshore, turned up on State Route 9 at 3:40 AM - eleven days after a Coast Guard search of three thousand square miles found nothing. How did a man presumed lost at sea end up alive in a grounded sloop thirty miles from the coast? In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the EPIRB signal at 2:14 AM to the discovery of physical evidence on land, and we trace how three overlooked observations recreated where the boat actually went. What mistakes in drift modeling and missed sightings kept rescuers looking in the wrong ocean? Person: Eric Mitchell Date: January 29, 2017 Location: Tenmile Lake, Oregon Event: EPIRB activation at 2:14 AM Search area: 3,000 square miles - At 3:40 AM a road grader operator, Rhonda Crawford, found a small yellow notebook on the eastbound shoulder of State Route 9. - The open page was dated January 29 and was written forty miles offshore during a dismasting. - Eric Mitchell activated his EPIRB at 2:14 AM; the signal reached the Coast Guard at 2:22 AM. - The Coast Guard searched three thousand square miles and by February 2 shifted the presumption toward loss of life. - On February 2 at 9:10 AM Terry Baskin recorded seeing an unmasted sloop drifting on Tenmile Lake about twenty-two nautical miles south-southeast of where the corrected drift model would later place the Lowline. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Found Adrift: The Notebook That Proved He Was Alive

  8. 11 Aug

    Left One Shoe: How a Hiker Outsmarted Five Days in Calabra Canyon

    Left One Shoe: How a Hiker Outsmarted Five Days in Calabra Canyon A single running shoe stood upright in the red earth eleven miles from pavement - placed deliberately to be seen from above - while its owner lay four days below with a fractured ankle and eleven pounds lost; how did a prepared, cautious hiker survive five days with almost no gear, and what detail saved her life when Search and Rescue missed it? In this episode, you’ll hear the chronological account of the five days Heather Rafferty spent inside Calabra Canyon, the choices she made before and after the fall, and the tactic she used to be found; what decision turned a routine hike into a life-or-death test, and why one object on the road became the key signal? Person: Heather Rafferty Event: Five days trapped in Calabra Canyon Date: Saturday, January 8 (incident began); found after four days (Wednesday morning) Location: Calabra Canyon, South Spur trailhead and unnamed northeast drainage Status: Survived - Heather left her truck at a dirt access road eleven miles from the nearest pavement at 8:17 AM on a Wednesday when a utility technician saw the shoe. - On the day she entered the canyon she left the South Spur trailhead at 7:45 AM with an 18-pound pack. - She entered the unnamed northeast drainage at 1:45 PM with approximately five hours of daylight remaining. - Over four days she suffered a fractured ankle and lost eleven pounds before being signaled by the single upright running shoe. - Her pack contained a first-aid kit, a mylar emergency blanket, a water filter, high-calorie bars, half a sandwich, and a camera with two charged batteries. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Left One Shoe: How a Hiker Outsmarted Five Days in Calabra Canyon
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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.

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    2026
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