12/24/2023 0 Comments Survival story![]() Had she stayed with the vehicle (as you should do), her ordeal would have been shortened by several days, since local police found the abandoned car on April 3. On the second day however, she made a decision which has killed many people over the past century – she left the vehicle to look for help. She had extra clothing for warmth, and some snacks and water for sustenance. Rodgers made the right move on night-one of her situation, staying with her car. To worsen the situation, she was out of range on her cellphone. After taking a few wrong turns on a remote dirt road in eastern Arizona, she ran out of fuel. The Story: 72-year-old Ann Rodgers of Tucson, Arizona was reported missing on Maby her family. Instead, they waited for a rescue that was never going to come. If some of the team had been able to leave the mountain top earlier, more people might have survived. This story also reminds me of the importance of getting out while you can. The Takeaway: One (rather grim) lesson we can learn from this story is to use all available resources (even if they are repulsive and unthinkable outside of the situation). After several weeks of recovery, he eventually devised a plan and led a team over the 17,000-foot peak that trapped the survivors on a glacier, and marched ten days to rescue. Although he suffered a fractured skull, was unconscious for three days after the crash, and was presumed to ultimately succumb to his injuries, Parrado was able to revive. ![]() The original story was recounted in the 1974 bestseller, Alive. Nando Parrado, the hero and author of the book, Miracle in the Andes has provided a fresh re-telling of the high altitude plane crash through the lens of the person most responsible for the rescue of the survivors. The Story: Most of us are familiar with the basic facts of the story: a plane with a Uruguayan rugby team on board crashes into the Andes Mountains many onboard are killed, and after several weeks without rescue and a few failed attempts to walk off the mountain, the survivors are forced to resort to cannibalism. He spent over a month living on one pint of rain water a day and he was able to stay alive from only the food he could catch from the ocean (with very little tackle). But for me, the biggest example he set was one of adaptability. The Takeaway: I often cite Callahan’s story when I teach survival classes, using his story to exemplify the strength of will you’d need in a long-term survival situation, especially if you are alone. The “Captain” won the fight, the rations continued, and Callahan ultimately survived. The written log from the ordeal records a detailed fight over the water ration. And even though Callahan was alone, his mind divided into a “Captain” character and “crewman” character. Callahan’s autobiographical account of the story, Adrift, is a gut-wrenching book which clearly details the extreme mental toughness required to survive at sea. He drifted for 76 days, and over 1800 miles of ocean, before he reached land and rescue in the Bahamas. On February 5, the ship sank in a storm, leaving Callahan alone in the Atlantic in a five-and-a-half-foot inflatable rubber raft – naked, except for a t-shirt, with only three pounds of food, a few bits of gear, and eight pints of water. The Story: On the night of January 29, 1982, Steven Callahan set sail alone in his small sailboat from the Canary Islands bound for the Caribbean. ![]() Here are just a few of our favorites, and some of the lessons they can convey to us. These are true life survival stories, told by the people who lived them – and they are packed with real hard-learned wisdom. There’s another kind of story that, if well told, can keep us on the edge of our seat and leave us marveling at the tenacity of the human spirit. But these fanciful tales aren’t the only stories that authors and screenwriters can tell. No matter how much our disbelief is suspended by a great storyline, we know the tale never happened and it probably never would have happened. It’s disbelief, and it rises from the fact that deep down – we know it’s a made-up story. ![]() The rugged wilderness settings and crazy plot twists can captivate our attention for hours, even though there’s something gnawing at the edge of our thoughts the whole time. If you’re a fan of outlandish survival-themed movies and novels, then you already know how entertaining these fictitious adventures can be. ![]()
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