Extreme Survival

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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. 2h 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

  2. 1d 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

  3. 2d 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

  4. 3d ago

    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

  5. 4d ago

    She Broke Her Wrist at Night - Finished 31 Miles Alone

    She Broke Her Wrist at Night - Finished 31 Miles Alone Cold, isolation, and a snapped bone: a sixty-one-year-old runner finished 31 miles alone in winter after breaking her wrist in the dark, leaving a taped trekking pole at a trailhead and a GPS breadcrumb that paused for exactly four minutes-how did she keep moving through seventeen-degree air and ice? What choices kept her alive and pushing to the finish? In this episode, we follow the sequence of events and the evidence from the Caswell Ridgeline Hundred that show how preparation, specific equipment familiarity, and quick decisions mattered on a frozen ridgeline; could those four minutes and a strip of fleece explain the difference between rescue and self-reliance? Person: Peggy Stewart Date: December 8-9, 2017 Location: Caswell Ridgeline Forest, Caswell Ridgeline Hundred Temperature: as low as 17 degrees Fahrenheit overnight; 31°F at the start Distance finished after injury: 31 miles - GPS tracker recorded a pause of exactly four minutes at mile 62 in the Tallow Switchbacks at ~7,400 feet elevation. - Peggy had completed 23 previous 100-mile finishes and had run ultra races for 19 years. - Her personal first aid kit weighed 93 grams and contained a two-inch roll of medical tape and a fleece square cut from a 2003 jacket. - She carried two handmade carbon trekking poles she built from raw tubing and purchased grip components. - A broken trekking pole wrapped with fleece and medical tape was found at 6:22 AM on December 9, placed at a trailhead sign where lost items are left. 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 Broke Her Wrist at Night - Finished 31 Miles Alone

  6. 5d ago

    He Kept a Signal Fire Burning - A Rabbit Saved Him

    He Kept a Signal Fire Burning - A Rabbit Saved Him Fear clenches when routine breaks: a trained 24-year-old at 4,100 feet fed a six-foot signal fire every two hours in 30 mph wind for eight days and no one saw a single wisp of smoke. A retired postal worker’s unease about a Holland Lop rabbit finally set a rescue in motion-how did a rabbit outlast a signal fire as the decisive clue? In this episode, we tell what happened to Kenneth Rafferty from November 5-11, 2019, how a client’s injury extended the season, and how a missed call and one neighbor’s worry turned into the thread between survival and being lost. How did a daily routine about feeding a rabbit become the pivotal factor that led people back to him? Person: Kenneth Rafferty Date: November 5-11, 2019 Location: Gallatin Range, Montana Event: Extended expedition after a client fall and subsequent shelter-in-place Witness: Bob Erwin, retired postal worker - Kenneth was 24 years old and worked two seasons for Tallow Creek Expeditions as expedition cook, camp manager, and designated first-aid officer. - On November 5, David Yount suffered a 15-foot leader fall and shattered his right ankle, triggering a full haul evacuation. - Kenneth lit a six-foot signal fire at 3:00 PM on November 7 and fed it every two hours through the night in 30-mile-per-hour wind. - The logging road received eight inches of wet snow the night after the client fall, making the road impassable by November 6. - Bob Erwin noticed Kenneth hadn’t texted for four days on the evening of November 9 and, worried about feeding the rabbit Cass twice daily, called the outfitter which ultimately led to questioning why Kenneth hadn’t been contacted. 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.

    He Kept a Signal Fire Burning - A Rabbit Saved Him

  7. 6d ago

    Eleven Feet Above a Flood: How One Man Measured His Rescue

    Eleven Feet Above a Flood: How One Man Measured His Rescue The cliff face held a record of survival: dozens of tight, deliberate marks scratched eleven feet above a canyon floor where water sat trapped by a hidden logjam. Precision measurements, a carbide-tipped multitool, and a man with twenty-two years of canyoneering experience turned a sandstone wall into a lifeline-and his marks posed one urgent question: how long could he wait before attempting to escape? In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the moment Rachel Fitzgerald found a red daypack at Copperhead Canyon trailhead to how the marks on the sandstone became the only record of where Harvey Patterson had been; what those marks measured and why they mattered is the question that kept rescuers searching. Person: Harvey Patterson Date: October 20-25, 2011 Location: Copperhead Canyon, southern Utah Age: 48 Profession: Calibration technician - At 9:47 a.m. on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, Rachel Fitzgerald found a red daypack hung above the mud line at the Copperhead Canyon trailhead. - Harvey reached a ledge eleven feet above the canyon floor at approximately 1:30 a.m, on Friday, October 21 after a flash flood hit. - The ledge where he waited was roughly six feet deep and fifteen feet wide, with water reaching within eighteen inches of its lip. - Harvey used a carbide-tipped multitool to make grouped marks two inches apart, with each mark representing one inch of water drop. - By Saturday afternoon he had eleven marks (22 inches dropped); by Sunday there were fourteen marks (28 inches dropped) before the level held due to a downstream logjam. 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.

    Eleven Feet Above a Flood: How One Man Measured His Rescue

  8. Aug 7

    The Man Who Drank the Sea: Surviving 15 Hours Alone

    The Man Who Drank the Sea: Surviving 15 Hours Alone Cold, lonely, and fourteen kilometers from shore: one swimmer trained for three years, entered at 06:41, and vanished into a shifting subsurface eddy that left him alone in open water for fifteen hours - how did he survive with radio, bag, and a notebook that later turned up in a tree? Who carried the dry, seventy-page notebook into a juniper fourteen miles inland, and what does it reveal about the crossing? In this episode, we follow the timeline from the Playa de los Lances entry to the moment search teams looked the wrong way, recounting the equipment, people, and currents involved and asking how preparation met unpredictable ocean forces to produce one of the most methodical open-water survival stories on record. Person: Kenneth Wallace Date: September 14, 2019 (entry at 06:41) Location: Playa de los Lances to Strait of Gibraltar crossing Permit: GSC-2019-114 (Gibraltar Strait Crossing Association) Found item: 70-page olive-green notebook, interior dry, sealed in waterproof ziplock - Distance: crossing goal roughly 14 kilometers at narrowest point - Time alone: fifteen hours between being alone in the water and search teams launching in the right area - Water temperature: approximately 19-20 degrees Celsius in September - Escort: support boat captain Aurelio Mena and kayak support James Corby - Discovery: notebook found wedged in a juniper along Mirador de Cerro Blanco, 14 miles from nearest boat launch 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 Man Who Drank the Sea: Surviving 15 Hours Alone
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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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