Mato just raised pre-seed Read more
Podcast charts
Published by Creator at Obomedia
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.
On the charts
Every published chart this podcast appears in, in the snapshot behind this page. Each one links to the chart it came off.
The Mato Topic Intelligence Platform does not report this podcast as charting in a published category in this snapshot.
From the feed
The latest episodes published to this podcast’s own RSS feed. Titles and descriptions are the publisher’s.
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. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
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. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
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. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
The Wool Blanket That Saved Her: 8 Days Alone on Ember Spine Her life hung on one improvisation: a wool blanket laid flat on a catwalk four thousand three hundred feet above sea level, its corners weighted with granite - bone dry in a landscape turned to ash. With the landline severed and no radio or cell service, that blanket became the only visible sign that someone was still alive - but who would see it, and why did that simple choice work when everything else failed? In this episode, we tell what happened on the Ember Spine between November 3 and November 11, 2019, what Erin Lane did to survive, and how a single wool blanket directed a rescue helicopter - could the signals she tried have been enough to save her sooner? Person: Erin Lane Date: November 3-11, 2019 Location: Station Twelve-High, Ember Spine, Kessler County Status: Survived after 8 days alone Equipment: 12x12-foot steel cab, landline phone, Osborne Fire Finder, wool blanket - The landline call from dispatch to Station Twelve-High occurred at 8:47 AM on November 3, 2019, but the line was already dead. - The fire crossed the mandatory evacuation threshold at 8:15 AM and crossed the saddle below the ridge by 11:53 AM the same day. - The fire passed the tower itself in roughly 18 minutes, and the outdoor thermometer read 120°F before failing. - Erin's green field logbook totaled 61 pages; entries switched from pen to pencil after the pen froze on November 4. - Her on-hand supplies on the morning after the fire: approximately nine days of food and about four days of water if rationed to roughly one liter per day. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
Left the Lifejacket-23 Hours Alone in 22°F Wilderness Cold moved faster than planning: a neon-orange life jacket sat bone dry fifteen feet above a thirty-nine-degree river, and a paddler who knew those numbers disappeared for twenty-two hours while the ridge fell to twenty-two degrees. How did a seasoned kayaker who logged temperatures and marked an asterisk decide to launch alone-and what choices kept him alive through a full night in freezing air? In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from a morning checkpoint to a lone launch, the rapid that flipped him, and the choices he made as his hands failed and core temperature kept falling. What did he do after the second time he dropped his paddle that bought him nearly a day? Person: Brian Walsh Date: October 3-4 Location: Heron Run, Millstone rapid Water temperature: 39°F Ridge temperature overnight: 22°F - At 7:42 AM on October 4, Connie Kowalski found a neon-orange life jacket wedged 15 feet above the waterline on an exposed root ball. - Brian noted river temperature 39°F in his green notebook the afternoon before his solo run and marked it with an asterisk. - Joel Abrams cancelled on October 2; Brian launched alone at 7:15 AM on October 3 in Joel’s red nine-foot creek boat. - Brian went over the left side of the Class 4 Millstone rapid around midday and was in the water for approximately 3-4 minutes. - Useful hand function in 39°F water lasts 8-15 minutes; Brian dropped his paddle twice, indicating rapid hand failure. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
She Planned to Vanish: Surviving Nine Days on a Broken Leg Adrenaline and calculation collided in the mountains above Vantage County: a single size eight running shoe was found eleven miles from the nearest trail, deliberately placed on a granite shelf. A thirty-eight-year-old structural engineer and six-year ultramarathon veteran disappeared during a race and survived nine days on a broken leg with only two energy gels and a foil blanket-how much of her disappearance was planned in advance? In this episode, we follow the timeline of Jennifer Draper’s disappearance, the slow-building clues in her training records and online activity, and the search that uncovered a prepared route into unmapped alpine terrain. What was she trying to find in that hidden meadow, and why did she leave a shoe eleven miles from the trail? Person: Jennifer Draper Age: 38 Location: Vantage County, Idaho Event: Ultrarun disappearance and nine-day survival Date: September 7-16 - A single light gray and orange size eight running shoe was placed on a granite shelf eleven miles from the nearest trail. - Jennifer had six years of ultramarathon racing, eleven races, and zero prior medical incidents. - In July, she found an unmapped three-acre meadow with a small tarn at approximately 9,200 feet and photographed unknown wildflowers. - A forum account (vantage_ridge_hiker) posted route photos on August 31 and was accessed from Jennifer’s home IP four times between August 31 and September 6. - Timing data shows a 42-second-per-mile surge between miles 20 and 22 on September 7 before she disappeared. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
Left Crampon, East Ridge: How Marcia Survived Four Days Alone Danger sits in plain sight: a single left-foot crampon, toe uphill and dried blood on the heel, left on a locked cabin mat 22 road miles from the vehicle-an arranged message that turned a routine search into a life-or-death puzzle. How did a sixty-one-year-old climber with four decades of experience vanish from the Corrigan Face route and leave that one deliberate clue? In this episode, we follow the sequence of discoveries that stretched from a Tuesday morning delivery to a late-night map session, tracing the decisions, terrain, and small medical detail that pointed searchers off the standard descent. What route links a truck at the Corrigan Face trailhead to a crampon on the far side of the massif, and could one pre-existing injury explain the detour? Person: Marcia York Age: 61 Location: Corrigan Face / Garnet Peak massif Date: August 2014 Searchers: 8 plus helicopter - A left-foot crampon with dried blood was found centered on a cabin welcome mat on a Tuesday morning. - The cabin had been padlocked since the previous October and was at least two miles from any person. - Marcia’s truck was at the Corrigan Face trailhead, 22 road miles from the cabin where the crampon was found. - Deputies identified Marcia by name by two in the afternoon the same day the crampon was found. - Marcia had taped a handwritten note saying she expected to be back by Sunday; by Tuesday she had been missing five days. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
The Boot That Shouldn't Stand: One Man Back, Three Lost at Sea A single size eleven boot, standing upright and dry inside, crusted with salt and fish scales and tied with orange paracord - found in a ditch twenty miles from a catastrophic shipwreck - became the image that haunted a six-week search. What could make a boot stand like that after a night when four men launched from Halverson Bay and only one would ever return? In this episode, we follow the timeline from the Doris Marie’s departure on July 15 to the morning the boot was found on July 19, covering the crew, the critical equipment failure, and the early search decisions that shaped what happened next. How did a routine maintenance note and a single radio call lead to three men lost at sea and a boot that refused to make sense? Person: Albert Greer Date: July 15, 2011 Location: Halverson Bay Event: Through-hull fitting failure and sinking Case: Doris Marie lost at sea - The boot discovered by a road grader operator at 6:42 AM on July 19 was size eleven, standing upright and dry inside. - The Doris Marie left Halverson Bay on the morning of July 15 and was expected back on July 17; it never returned. - The through-hull fitting began pouring water at 8:30 PM on July 16 and failed completely by 8:50 PM. - Captain Greer made a single radio transmission at 9:14 PM lasting eleven seconds: "Doris Marie. Taking water." - The last automatic GPS ping from the Doris Marie was at 8:47 PM, twenty-six miles west-northwest of Halverson Bay. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
Stranded in the Sonoran Night: How a Crayon Sun Saved Them Fear of being lost in a desert night drives straight into the bones: a yellow crayon sun taped to a van window, three full bottles of water left behind, and a mother and her seven-year-old walking into 95°F Sonoran heat. How did a careful, prepared woman end up making a choice that baffled rescuers-and what did the crayon sun mean when it was found still taped inside the vehicle? In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the afternoon of June 10, 2019 through the sixteen hours that followed, laying out the navigation errors, missed updates, and split-second decisions that led Monica and Ella Slater into Yavarro Flats-and ask whether a chain of small failures can explain a near-tragic outcome. Person: Monica Slater Person: Ella Slater Date: June 10, 2019 Location: Yavarro Flats, Arizona Temperature: above 95°F - Monica Slater turned forty-eight in March 2019 and had lived in Flagstaff for fourteen years. - Ella Slater was seven and had turned seven in April 2019; she drew a yellow sun that remained taped to the van window. - At 4:03 PM Monica’s phone pinged near State Route 89; twelve minutes later she turned onto a utility access track. - The van’s front right tire fell into a deep rut around 4:15 PM, immobilizing the vehicle on a caliche dirt track. - Monica left three sealed bottles of water in the van and walked out with a diaper bag containing two juice boxes, fruit snacks, travel-size sunscreen, and wet wipes. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
Buried Alive Eight Days: The Coral Nail That Saved Her A fingernail painted coral pink was the first visible sign of life after eight days beneath meters of avalanche debris - a vivid clue that contradicted every assumption made during the search. How did one small cosmetic detail, a thirteen-degree error in a witness bearing, and an emergency blanket conspire to hide a living person for more than a week? In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the morning the avalanche released to the moment a hand emerged from snow, laying out what rescue teams did, what they missed, and the single errors that almost cost Sandra Walker her life. What exactly kept her alive and what nearly kept rescuers from finding her? Person: Sandra Walker Date: May 6, 2019 (avalanche release) and May 14, 2019 (discovery) Location: Fenwick Chute, northeast-facing chute at 6,200 feet; Dunmore trailhead Witness: Ray Odom (reported avalanche at 9:53 AM) Search suspended: May 11, 2019 (declared dead) - Sandra was 32 years old at the time and left a handwritten note with route name, expected return time, and truck license plate. - The avalanche released at approximately 9:40 AM on May 6, 2019, on a northeast-facing chute at 6,200 feet. - A satellite report from Ray Odom was filed at 9:53 AM from the opposite ridge describing where the slide started. - Twelve-person search team mobilized by 3:00 PM on May 6, searching a runout zone with an 80-100 meter margin of directional error (due south vs southeast). - Thermal helicopter (May 7) and avalanche dog Biscuit with handler Pete Gruner (May 8, six hours) returned no definitive live detection; the emergency blanket retained heat and obscured thermal signature. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
A wet map inside a dry meter box - missing woman, no rain, nine days A wet writing slate from a cave survey turned up dripping inside a meter box that had not seen rain for nine days, and it bore a hand-drawn map with depth readings and the single word SURFACE - so how did diving equipment travel from deep in a limestone cave to the doorstep of a woman who had been missing six days? What link connects that slate to the unexplained absence of a careful, experienced cave diver? In this episode, we follow the timeline from Cynthia Harris’s ritual Thursday visits and the missing-person report through the discovery of an unlatched gate and tire impressions that showed she had been driven to a cave; we trace the search efforts of the North Florida Cave Rescue Team and the puzzling absence of her primary survey reel as they ask: where did she go beyond the backup line? Person: Cynthia Harris Age: 53 Training: National Association of Cave Rescue certification Organization: Clearwater Passage (volunteer surveyor) Event: Missing-person report filed April 11 - Cynthia had logged more than 400 cave dives over two decades. - She retired after 22 years teaching elementary school and visited her sister weekly at Pinewood Court. - On the day she vanished she left her truck at home but her double-cylinder manifold rig, wetsuit, primary light, two backups and dive computer were missing. - Two items remained in the house: a backup regulator set on a hook and a surface marker buoy in a milk crate. - Divers found a backup reel tied off at a T-junction with a line running 260 feet into a side shaft, while her primary yellow Halcyon 250-foot survey reel was not found. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
She Placed Her Mug - 89 Hours Trapped Beyond Mile Nineteen Cold, isolation and a single sunflower mug with a quarter inch of frozen coffee: those facts point to near-miss survival and baffling choices that kept a woman alive for 89 hours in 22-degree cold. How did a routine survey trip end with a locked gate, no footprints, and a deliberately placed mug that forced a driver to stop? In this episode, we lay out the timeline of Nicole Wagner’s disappearance and the search that followed, following receipts, witness notes, and the odd details left at the scene to ask whether the gate at mile nineteen was a barrier or a trap. Person: Nicole Wagner Date: March 10-14, 2019 Location: Forest Service Road Seven-Kilo, mile nineteen, Cascine Range Status: Missing when discovered; alive in truck for 89 hours in 22-degree cold Item: Ceramic sunflower mug with 1/4 inch frozen coffee - At 7:22 AM on March 14, 2019, Brian Snyder stopped on an unplowed forest road and found a ceramic sunflower mug upright in the center of the lane. - The mug contained a quarter inch of frozen coffee and had no footprints or tracks leading to it. - Nicole Wagner had lived in Dunnmore for eleven years and worked as a GIS mapping technician. - On March 10 at 6:48 PM Nicole bought eleven gallons of gas and a coffee; the receipt was later recovered. - Deputies checked the steel pipe gate at mile nineteen on the afternoon of March 12 and reported it “secured”; the gate locked from either side with the same key. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
Alone, Dismasted, South: Six Days Rebuilding a Dead Sailboat The hardest part of survival is being in plain sight-and yet unnoticed: a thirty-eight-foot sloop lost at sea for five days, a busted mast that miraculously stayed upright, and a woman who rebuilt a rig with rope and a spare pole while alone and south of every search effort. How did Patricia Campbell keep the Solano Drift afloat and herself within reach when every asset was looking the other way? In this episode, we follow the six days Patricia spent alone on a dismasted hull, how three strangers unknowingly intersected her drift, and the improvised repairs and navigation that kept her from disappearing entirely. Can a handheld GPS, a storm jib, and local knowledge of rigging be enough to survive where an EPIRB has already sunk? Person: Patricia Campbell Age: 28 Vessel: Solano Drift, 38-foot sloop Departure: February 2, 2023, 6:12 AM from Arcata marina Distance offshore at dismasting: 22 miles - The surveillance camera recorded the Solano Drift leaving Arcata marina at 6:12 AM on Thursday, February 2, 2023. - Patricia had sailed since age 11 and had completed two significant offshore passages before this trip. - A marine surveyor previously noted corrosion at the mast base and recommended replacing the junction hardware before the next offshore passage. - The mast failed after a block on the mainsheet broke during a controlled jibe amid chaotic cross-chop around 9:30 PM, causing the mast and EPIRB to go overboard. - After the EPIRB sank into 800 feet of water, Patricia navigated with a handheld GPS, checked it hourly, slept in 90-minute intervals, and improvised a rig using spare rope and a pole. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
He Chose the Wrong Fork - Surviving Four Days on Sandstone Walls Cold, patient danger: a single size-10 boot, double-knotted and dry above the flood line, turned up eleven miles from the nearest trail and pointing to a man who would spend four days stranded on a sandstone wall. How does a careful, methodical hiker end up alone, injured, and out of reach in a canyon he knew well? In this episode, we follow the timeline and small choices that led to a life-or-death delay. The story covers the hike, the wrong use trail at the Notch, the ankle injury, and the discovery of the boot - but what exactly failed to connect a predictable routine with sudden survival stakes? Person: Eugene Sanders Date: January 15, 2019 (hike signed at 7:52 AM) Date: January 21, 2019 (boot found) Location: Calla River / Calla Canyon system Injury: moderate lateral ankle sprain - The boot discovered was size ten or eleven, double-knotted, dry above the flood line, and wet only on the sole. - Eugene signed the Palo Mesa trailhead register at 7:52 AM and recorded the temperature as 41°F. - At approximately 10:30 AM he took a well-worn use trail from the Notch that led southeast into Pinto Fork drainage. - The pour-off he reached around noon presented a 60-foot vertical sandstone drop with no route down or around. - After descending from the Notch he slipped, injuring his right ankle; he rested about 15 minutes before standing again. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
She Walked Forty Miles Back Alone - Left a Hanging Staff Cold, isolated, and with a broken leg, she walked forty miles through single-digit temperatures and deep snow to leave a carbon-fiber staff hanging seven miles from the nearest marked trail-how did she survive? This episode centers on a deliberate knot, a split rod wrapped in tan compression, and one unresolved question: who navigated the ridge and why was no one searching in the right place? In this episode, we follow the sequence of events that began with a routine training run and ended with a repaired tool as the only physical trace of a long, solitary return; we track the decisions, the weather, and the gap between a trail register entry and the route actually taken to ask what that gap cost. Person: Amanda Parker Age: 22 Occupation: Second-year nursing student Date: December 8-9, 2023 Location: Vellum Ridge - Staff found hanging at chest height from a low branch, seven miles from the nearest marked trail. - Temperature dropped to single digits Fahrenheit the night of December 8 into December 9, 2023. - Snowpack on north-facing slopes measured 14 to 20 inches. - Amanda signed the trail register for the north loop: "north loop, sixty miles, solo, no crew." - Amanda's fall occurred at mile 62 at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, December 8, causing a fibula fracture below the knee. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
Nine Miles Wrong: How a Skillet, a Candle, and Frost Saved Him Cold smoke from a mountain fire can be a life-or-death sign; a cast-iron skillet with hardened candle wax and four shallow frost scratches were the only markers left on a locked gate in western Montana. When a deputy spotted those marks on November 17 and saw visible smoke from Colter Basin at 8,400 feet, it set in motion a rescue that found a 38-year-old man with a core temp of 94.1°F - how did a broken phone and a set of coordinates nine miles off leave him stranded for six days? In this episode, you will hear the sequence of events that left Warren Ford alone at a high-altitude survey camp, the equipment failures and choices that mattered, and the improvised signals he left behind; how did those small acts become the only proof he had been there? Person: Warren Ford Date: November 17 (discovery at gate); November 3-17 (camp timeline) Location: Colter Basin, eastern Montana, at 8,400 feet Event: Evacuation after teammate’s tibia and fibula fracture Status: Found alone after six days with body temperature 94.1°F - A cast-iron skillet with hardened pale yellow candle wax and a charred wick was found on a snow-buried Suburban hood at a locked gate. - Four parallel one-inch lines were scratched into frost around the skillet’s base, made on four separate mornings. - Visible dark smoke was reported rising from the eastern shelf of Colter Basin, visible from four miles away. - The survey camp had six people on November 3 and a Bell 407 helicopter evacuated five people on November 11 at 2:47 p.m., leaving Warren behind. - Warren was found by helicopter 85 minutes after the deputy’s radio call; he had been alone for six days and two fingers on his left hand had turned ash-colored. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
She Carved Nineteen Marks Fourteen Feet Above Floodwater Fear tightens when a person is trapped fourteen feet above a canyon floor with no ledge, no foothold, and no way to signal-yet nineteen fresh horizontal lines, each with a tiny hash, were carved into sandstone where no one could stand. Who made those marks, why were they counted in exact steps, and how did a small chisel become the only lifeline between a stranded canyoneer and rescue? In this episode, we follow the discovery and slow, methodical survival in Calloway Canyon and the photograph that would not leave the finder until the truth emerged. What happened between a Tuesday morning discovery and a Saturday flood that left one woman carving a record into stone? Person: Douglas Hunter Person: Connie Mills Location: Calloway Canyon Date: Saturday (flood at 2:14 PM) Item: nineteen horizontal lines with small left-side hash marks - Hunter found nineteen horizontal lines cut into Navajo sandstone fourteen feet above the canyon floor before dawn on a Tuesday. - Connie Mills, age sixty-two, had completed Calloway Canyon fourteen times prior to the Saturday of the flood. - Mills carried three liters of water, two days of food, a 200-lumen headlamp with two spare battery sets, and an emergency bivy on that trip. - The flood arrived at 2:14 PM on Saturday and filled the Compression section of the canyon to within eighteen inches of Mills's feet while she hid in a pocket. - Mills lowered a carabiner on webbing to the water and used a cold chisel to mark successive water heights on the wall, producing multiple horizontal lines. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
She Kept Swimming: Straits, a Broken Boat, and a Locked Compass The air-tight compass washed ashore in Tarifa on September 19, 2011, locked to a bearing of 82° east and completely dry after crossing roughly 20 miles of one of the world's busiest and most dangerous shipping corridors - so how did it end up bobbing against the breakwater, and why was that bearing fixed? What was the meaning of a compass sealed to 82° in a place where currents run at three knots and tankers make swimmers invisible? In this episode, we follow the timeline and the people involved in a planned Strait of Gibraltar crossing that went wrong in the space of an hour. We map the crossing plan, the mechanical failures, the rescue attempts, and the small, overlooked entries in an observer's log that later take on new weight - and we return to the sealed compass found two days later: who locked it and why? Person: Linda Reed Date: September 17, 2011 (start of crossing) and September 19, 2011 (compass found) Location: Strait of Gibraltar / Tarifa breakwater Vessel: Albatros (converted day-fishing boat), Captain Ernesto Fuentes, 53 Observer: Kevin Morse, marine biology doctoral student, University of Cádiz - Linda Reed entered the water at 04:51 on September 17, 2011 and had covered six nautical miles by 06:51. - The Albatros held position approximately 30 meters off Linda's left shoulder before its cooling pump seized at 07:23. - Repair estimate for the Albatros cooling pump failure was 45-90 minutes. - A RIB rescue from Tarifa station, operated by Sean Calloway (28), was launched but its engine failed three nautical miles north of Linda due to fuel contamination. - A sealed compass fixed to a bearing of 82° east was found by a fifteen-year-old on the Tarifa breakwater just before 06:00 on September 19, 2011, after crossing about 20 miles and remaining completely dry. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
She Rode Past the Gate: Six Days Lost Above the Tree Line Adrenaline and dread collide: a lone racing bike stood upright on a closed mountain road at 12,000 feet with a single glove draped over the brake - no rider, no footprints, and the road had been gated for six days. How did 47-year-old April Stewart, an experienced competitive cyclist who left her jacket at the start line, vanish above the tree line and survive when visibility fell below 50 feet? In this episode, we follow the timeline from the Ashford Summit Challenge start through the Wendover fire closure and the moment April reached a padlocked Forest Service gate, waited twenty minutes, then climbed back toward the summit. We cover her pre-ride knowledge of the route, the sudden collapse of visibility and temperature, and the initial search response that began hours later - but how did she find a stream to survive the nights above tree line? Person: April Stewart Age: 47 Event: Ashford Summit Challenge Date: August 3, 2019 First SAR notification: 2:15 p.m. on August 3 - April clipped in at the Ridgecrest start line at 7:00 a.m, on August 3, 2019. - Race officials turned the field around at mile 11 after closure notice at 9:52 a.m.; Kevin Marsh reached mile 11 at 10:18 a.m. - April crested the summit alone at about 10:40 a.m. and descended to a padlocked Forest Service gate where she waited 20 minutes. - Visibility dropped to under 50 feet and temperature fell from 61°F to 44°F by 11:30 a.m. as smoke from the Wendover fire and a storm front converged. - April found a granite overhang at roughly 10,000 feet, used a mylar survival blanket, ate one gel and two chews, and later located a stream she followed and marked. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
She Drove Into Thawing Ice - Survived 19 Frozen Days Cold dread: a 453-pound snowmobile sits nine feet below crystal-clear water with no skid marks, a gouge in the ice visible for nineteen days, and one question: how did a methodical rancher end up under thawing ice and survive 19 frozen days? In this episode, we follow the timeline from a Tuesday morning discovery at Kettner Lake through the early search decisions and overlooked evidence. What choices, tracks, and missed signs explain why search teams looked the wrong way while the crucial clue sat in plain sight? Person: Monica Stroud Age: 31 Vehicle: Arcturus 600 snowmobile, 453 pounds Location: Kettner Lake north arm, 6,200 feet elevation Search start: June 19 (Gerald Peck returned and reported her missing) - Monica left the ranch on June 18 to check a water source and never returned for her truck. - Gerald Peck was in Billings for four days, returning the evening of June 19 to find cattle unfed and Monica missing. - A long gouge in the north arm ice was present and visible on the surface for nineteen days before recovery. - A snowmobile track at a trail bifurcation heading southwest toward the lake was found on day four and logged as inconclusive. - William Russo discovered the snowmobile nine feet below the lake surface on a Tuesday morning while inspecting the eastern shore. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194893 © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
Ranking source
Apple Podcasts rankings via the Mato Topic Intelligence Platform.
Observed November 3, 2026. Cached outside the daily freshness window; the positions keep the date they were taken on.
Apple and Apple Podcasts are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Pairs with
Bring this source into Mato to read its transferable patterns, then turn them into an original show for your own audience.