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Are you drawn to thrilling survival stories where characters overcome impossible odds? The Crux: True Survival Stories is your podcast. Join us for gripping tales of resilience and invaluable insights into wilderness survival and the mindset needed to overcome adversity. Hosted by Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen, both passionate about wilderness and medicine, our podcast is fueled by real-life stories and the pivotal moments that determine life or death outcomes. Tune in for captivating narratives that entertain and educate. Airing every Monday!
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- Yesterday32 min
The Grossglockner Case That Changed Alpine Law | Disaster Strikes E239
In January 2025, Thomas Plamberger and his girlfriend Kerstin Gurtner set out to climb the Grossglockner — Austria's highest peak — on a technical winter route they had planned together. What happened over the next sixteen hours would result in Kerstin's death from hypothermia, a forensic investigation using GPS watch data and confiscated phones, a surprise courtroom witness with a story eerily similar to Kerstin's, and a verdict that sent shockwaves through the international climbing community. In this episode, Julie and Kaycee walk through the documented timeline minute by minute — the equipment choices, the missed helicopter, the calls that weren't made — and bring in the medical realities of what Kerstin's body was experiencing in those final hours on the mountain. The case raises a question that has no clean answer: when two adults choose to climb together, at what point does one of them become legally responsible for the other? The court gave its answer in February 2026. Whether it was the right one is still being debated. 00:00 Patreon Mention 00:34 Disaster Strikes Intro 01:38 Cold Open On The Ridge 03:05 Case And Legal Question 04:13 Meet Thomas And Kirsten 06:26 Ascent Plan And Early Delays 08:23 Missed Call And Warning Signs 10:02 Helicopter Flyover No Signal 11:18 Gear Illness And Deterioration 12:58 Leaving Her And Rescue Timeline 19:36 Investigation And Trial Twist 23:11 Verdict And Family Response 28:30 Why This Case Changes Climbing 30:28 Final Reflections And Goodbye Listen AD FREE: Support our podcast at patreaon: http://patreon.com/TheCruxTrueSurvivalPodcast Email us! thecruxsurvival@gmail.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thecruxpodcast/ Get schooled by Julie in outdoor wilderness medicine! https://www.headwatersfieldmedicine.com/ KEY REFERENCES: Climbing Magazine — "Climber Faces Homicide Charges After His Partner Dies. When Does a Bad Decision Become a Crime?" (December 8, 2025) Climbing Magazine — "Austrian Climber Found Guilty After Girlfriend Dies of Hypothermia on Grossglockner Mountain" (February 20, 2026) CNN — "Climber Accused of Leaving Girlfriend to Die on Austria's Tallest Mountain Goes on Trial" (February 19, 2026) Irish Times — "Alpine Climber Guilty of Manslaughter Over Girlfriend's Death on Austrian Mountain" (February 19, 2026) Irish Times — "Climber Found Guilty of Manslaughter After Leaving Girlfriend on Austrian Mountain" (February 20, 2026) Global News — "Climber Convicted of Manslaughter After Leaving Girlfriend to Die on Mountain" (February 20, 2026) Global News — "Man Charged with Manslaughter After Girlfriend Freezes to Death on Austrian Mountain" (December 13, 2025) The Daily Beast — "Climber Whose Girlfriend Froze on Mountain Convicted in Shocking Verdict" (February 2026) LBC News — "Climber Who Left Girlfriend to Die on Austria's Biggest Mountain Spared Jail After Being Found Guilty of Manslaughter" (February 2026) LADbible — "Man Goes on Trial for 'Leaving Girlfriend to Freeze to Death' on Top of Mountain" (February 19, 2026) LADbible — "Man Accused of 'Leaving Girlfriend to Freeze to Death' on Mountain Allegedly Abandoned Ex in Same Place" (February 19, 2026) NewsNation — "Climber Guilty of Manslaughter After Leaving Girlfriend on Austrian Mountain" (February 2026) KCRG / AP — "Court Convicts Climber Whose Girlfriend Froze to Death After He Left Her Behind on Mountain" (February 21, 2026) Die Zeit (Germany) — Interview with Gertraud Gurtner (Kerstin's mother) (February 2026) Innsbruck Public Prosecutor's Office — Formal charging documents and prosecutorial statements (December 2025) Innsbruck Regional Court — Verdict and judicial statements, Judge Norbert Hofer (February 20, 2026) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 4 days ago44 min
Lost Behind Enemy Lines for 2 Weeks: After Taking 30 Meth Pills | E238
Hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen recount Finnish corporal Aimo Koivunen’s March 18, 1944 ordeal during the Continuation War: leading a seven-man long-range ski reconnaissance patrol in Soviet-controlled Lapland at −20°C, he collapses under exhaustion during a Soviet encirclement and, unable to dose properly with mittens on, swallows the patrol’s full bottle of Pervitin—30 tablets (90 mg) of methamphetamine. After a brief surge, he develops psychosis, is disarmed by teammates, and skis on “autopilot,” later waking alone after covering about 100 km. He mistakenly skis through a Soviet camp, burns down a cabin by lighting a fire on the floor, survives on pine buds, steps on a landmine, and spends a week in a ditch before rescue in early April—two and a half weeks later—with a 200 bpm resting heart rate, 43 kg body weight, and frostbite requiring toe amputations. The episode adds WWII stimulant history and argues war repeatedly pushes armies toward chemical solutions. 00:00 Podcast Intro 00:28 Lapland Night Chase 02:28 Pervitin Decision 03:21 Finland Versus USSR 07:07 Aimo Early Life 11:43 Elite Ski Scouts 15:43 Ambush And Escape 21:00 What Is Pervitin 26:14 Pervitin Kicks In 27:24 Psychosis Takes Hold 30:17 Disarmed and Blackout Skiing 31:43 Autopilot Navigation West 34:48 Soviet Camp Close Call 36:16 Cabin Fire Hallucinations 37:10 Crash Hunger and Landmine 38:51 Week in the Ditch 40:31 Rescue and Aftermath 43:02 Life After the War 44:02 Story Published and Legacy 45:26 War and Drugs Through History 48:40 Limits of Human Will 50:29 Closing and Listener Support Listen AD FREE: Support our podcast at patreaon: http://patreon.com/TheCruxTrueSurvivalPodcast Email us! thecruxsurvival@gmail.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thecruxpodcast/ Get schooled by Julie in outdoor wilderness medicine! https://www.headwatersfieldmedicine.com/ REFERENCES Koivunen, Aimo — Personal memoir account published in Kansa Taisteli (1978). Wikipedia — "Aimo Koivunen." Grokipedia — "Aimo Koivunen." Commonplace Fun Facts — English translation of Koivunen's memoir excerpts. Ohler, Norman — Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (2016). Wikipedia — "Otto Friedrich Ranke." Wikipedia — "Pervitin" and "Drug Policy of Nazi Germany." Yle (Finnish Broadcasting Company). MyHeritage / Geni — Genealogical records. Wikipedia — "Long-range reconnaissance patrol" and "Detached Battalion 4." Finnish Army Jaeger Brigade / Bushcraft USA — rakovalkea and kaukopartio equipment. PMC / Brieflands — stimulant psychosis research. PNAS / Nature Neuroscience — spatial navigation neuroscience. History.com / VA History — Vietnam and Civil War drug history. Wikipedia — "Winter War." WFYI / HyperWar — Finnish mobilization 1939. History of Finland — Wikipedia. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 1 weeks ago27 min
Frozen Solid at 3 Years Old: The Christmas Eve Miracle That Stumped Medicine | E 237
When three-year-old Brittany Eichelberger slipped out of her family's trailer in Elkins, West Virginia on Christmas Eve 1990, no one knew she was gone. She was found hours later, clinically dead in the snow — frozen stiff, her heart stopped, her body nearly 25 degrees below normal temperature. A neighbor, a determined paramedic, and a rural hospital team that refused to quit launched one of the most extraordinary resuscitation efforts ever documented in emergency medicine. The cold that stopped her heart may also be the reason her brain survived. This is a story about what happens when everyone around you decides it isn't over yet. Listen AD FREE: Support our podcast at patreaon: http://patreon.com/TheCruxTrueSurvivalPodcast Email us! thecruxsurvival@gmail.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thecruxpodcast/ Get schooled by Julie in outdoor wilderness medicine! https://www.headwatersfieldmedicine.com/ 00:00 Podcast Intro 00:29 Door Left Open 01:44 Meet Brittany 03:15 How She Wandered 04:34 Found In Snow 05:34 CPR In The Yard 08:32 Hospital Fight 10:16 Three Hour CPR 15:08 Flight To Pittsburgh 17:23 Waking Up Again 18:59 Why Cold Saved Her 20:00 Recovery After Discharge 22:03 Living With The Story 23:36 Honoring Rescuers 26:08 Lessons And Wrap Up 27:08 Outro And Reviews REFERENCES Associated Press. "Girl, 3, Found Clinically Dead in Snow, Is Revived." Los Angeles Times, December 28, 1990. Associated Press. "Clinically Dead Tot Who Was Found Frozen Is Revived." Deseret News, December 27, 1990. Gordon, Haley. "Woman Looks Back on 'Christmas Eve Miracle.'" The Intermountain, December 24, 2019. "Longtime Randolph County Coroner Dailey Passes at 68." The Intermountain, February 13, 2026. "Brenda Kay 'Bren' Dailey." Obituary. The Intermountain, February 14, 2026. "Snowgirl Save." Rescue 911, Season 3, 1991. Rescue 911 Wiki, Fandom. Dr. John Veach, Davis Memorial Hospital — quoted in AP wire reports, December 1990, and Rescue 911, 1991. Dr. Shekhar Venkataraman, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh — quoted in AP wire reports, December 1990. National Weather Service historical records for Elkins, WV, December 24, 1990 — referenced in The Intermountain, 2019. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 2 weeks ago41 min
O Circuit Tragedy: 120 MPH | Disaster Strikes E236
In this Disaster Strikes segment of the Crux podcast, host Kaycee McIntosh recounts the November 17, 2025 tragedy on Torres del Paine’s O Circuit at John Garner Pass, where a forecasted cyclone hit hurricane-force gusts up to 193 km/h and whiteout conditions. A group of nine independent hikers—many experienced and including multiple physicians—attempted the crossing after being told by Los Perros refugio staff conditions were “normal for Patagonia,” while no CONAF rangers staffed the mandatory checkpoint due to election-day staffing shortages. Survivors improvised rescue with satellite devices, makeshift stretchers, and CPR in the hut, but five people died of hypothermia: Victoria Bond, Christina Calvillo Tovar, Julian Garcia Pimentel, Nadine Lache, and Andreas Vine. The episode details delayed official response, survivor-led self-evacuation, an ongoing negligence investigation, and calls for ranger staffing, emergency planning, better communications, and hiker tracking. 00:00 Disaster Strikes Intro 00:47 Ominous Hut Warning 01:33 What Went Wrong Tease 02:28 O Circuit Overview 05:09 Patagonia Weather Reality 06:16 Safety Systems Gaps 07:57 John Garner Pass Danger 09:21 Nine Hikers Meet 11:51 Los Perros Forecast Failure 14:17 Dawn Departure Decision 15:01 Point of No Return 16:49 Whiteout Chaos Above Treeline 18:08 Warnings Turn Some Back 19:00 Hurricane Force Trap 20:01 Whiteout Hypothermia Spiral 21:16 Falls And Descent Decisions 22:23 Hut Turns Triage Center 23:18 Stretcher Rescue And CPR 26:12 Missing Hikers Go Public 28:54 Bodies Found And Airlifts 30:13 How Did This Happen 32:49 Ranger Checkpoint Failure 34:50 Survivors Demand Reforms 37:50 Human Spirit And Aftermath 39:14 Closing Reflections REFERENCES PRIMARY SOURCES Dapcevich, Madison & Zonshayn, David. "I Triaged Patients During the Deadly Patagonia Storm." Outside Magazine, Dec 24, 2025. (Dr. Zonshayn firsthand account) Gillette, Sam. "Survivor of Deadly Blizzard Lost Sight of Friend." People Magazine, Nov 23, 2025. (Christian Aldridge testimony) Thorpe, George. "Chile snowstorm deaths were 'avoidable tragedy.'" BBC News, Nov 24, 2025. (Survivor recommendations) Annapurna, Kris. "The Torres del Paine Tragedy: What Really Happened." ExplorersWeb, Nov 23, 2025. (Timeline, Dr. Wingfield quotes) Jackson, Katie. "Sudden Blizzard on Patagonia's 'O' Circuit Leaves Five Hikers Dead." The Trek, Nov 20, 2025. Knight, Marlee. "Extreme Snowstorm Claims Five Lives on Torres del Paine's 'O' Circuit." Teton Gravity Research, Nov 21, 2025. Johanson, Mark. "Deadly Storm Strikes Popular Trek in Patagonia's Torres del Paine." Outside Magazine, Nov 18, 2025. VERIFIED FACTS Date: November 17, 2025 Location: John Garner Pass, Torres del Paine, Chile Deaths: 5 (Victoria Bond-UK, Cristina Calvillo Tovar-MX, Julian Garcia Pimentel-MX, Nadine Lichey-DE, Andreas von Pein-DE) Wind: 193 kph (120 mph) Forecast: Issued Nov 13, updated Nov 15 Rangers: Zero on duty at John Garner Pass sector (CONAF confirmed) Medical response: 27 hikers required treatment All quotes and details verified from published sources. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 2 weeks ago32 min
30 Seconds to Escape: The Sinking of the Cynthia Woods | E235
Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen recount the June 2008 Regatta de Amigos disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, when the 38-foot racing sailboat Cynthia Woods lost its keel, punched a hole in the hull, and capsized in 30–60 seconds about 11 miles south of Matagorda. Safety officer Roger Stone woke to rising water, warned the crew, and pushed two sleeping sailors up through the flooding companionway, but never surfaced; five others survived by lashing together, keeping a positive mindset, and signaling with a single flashlight until the Coast Guard rescued them 26 hours later, while their EPIRB and life raft were trapped below deck. The episode highlights wearing life jackets early, carrying a waterproof light, having a float plan, and mounting EPIRBs for automatic access, then covers conflicting investigations, a settlement supporting Stone’s children, and his posthumous Coast Guard Gold Lifesaving Medal. 00:00 Podcast Intro 00:29 Nightmare Below Deck 02:49 Meet the Crew 07:23 Rough Night Conditions 10:42 Keel Failure Chaos 15:23 Escape Into Darkness 17:17 Staying Alive Together 19:46 No Beacon No Raft 21:46 Needle in Haystack Rescue 25:05 Recovery and Loss 25:31 Safety Lessons Offshore 29:24 Investigations and Lawsuit 33:44 Honoring Roger Stone 36:07 Final Takeaways and Outro Listen AD FREE: Support our podcast at patreaon: http://patreon.com/TheCruxTrueSurvivalPodcast Email us! thecruxsurvival@gmail.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thecruxpodcast/ Get schooled by Julie in outdoor wilderness medicine! https://www.headwatersfieldmedicine.com/ KEY REFERENCES: "Roger Stone: The TAMUG Hero You've Never Heard Of." The Nautilus, Texas A&M University at Galveston. https://www.tamug.edu/nautilus/articles/2025-Roger-Stone.html Sail-World Cruising. "Cynthia Woods Capsize — 'It Wasn't Us,' Says University." Sail-World Australia, July 18, 2009. https://www.sail-world.com/59170 Associated Press. "Texas A&M Report Blames Boat Design for Fatal Capsize." ESPN, July 18, 2009. https://www.espn.com.au/college-sports/news/story?id=4338686 Southeast Texas Record. "Mitchell Company Settles Wrongful Death Suit from Capsizal of 'Cynthia Woods.'" March 2, 2010. https://setexasrecord.com/stories/510612701-mitchell-company-settles-wrongful-death-suit-from-capsizal-of-cynthia-woods Soundings Magazine. "New Report, New Theory for Keel Failure." https://www.soundingsonline.com/news/new-report-new-theory-for-keel-failure Ocean Navigator. "Lawsuit Filed in Cynthia Woods Sinking." https://oceannavigator.com/lawsuit-filed-in-cynthia-woods-sinking/ Wikipedia. "SV Cynthia Woods." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.V._Cynthia_Woods U.S. Coast Guard. Gold Lifesaving Medal. https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 3 weeks ago41 min
42 Years in Siberia: The Family That Vanished From the World | E234
In 1936, a Russian man named Karp Lykov watched a Soviet patrol shoot his brother dead in a field — and in that moment, he made a decision. He gathered his wife and two young children, packed seeds and a spinning wheel, and walked into the Siberian wilderness. He never came back. For 42 years, the Lykov family lived in a one-room log cabin more than 150 miles from the nearest human settlement, raising two children who had never once seen another face besides their own family's. Julie and Kaycee tell the full story — the hunger, the ingenuity, the grief, and the one member of the family who is still out there today. 01:08 Podcast Intro 01:29 1978 Helicopter Discovery 03:20 Why They Fled 05:36 1936 Escape Into Taiga 08:45 Building A Mountain Life 11:55 Hunger And Hunting 14:08 Akulina Sacrifice 16:12 Faith And Isolation 20:08 First Contact 1978 23:05 Modern World Revealed 24:53 Deaths After Contact 29:08 Agafia Alone Today 31:27 Helper And Visitors 36:33 What This Survival Means 37:49 Sources And Farewell Listen AD FREE: Support our podcast at patreaon: http://patreon.com/TheCruxTrueSurvivalPodcast Email us! thecruxsurvival@gmail.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thecruxpodcast/ Get schooled by Julie in outdoor wilderness medicine! https://www.headwatersfieldmedicine.com/ KEY REFERENCES: Vasily Peskov, Lost in the Taiga: One Russian Family's Fifty-Year Struggle for Survival and Religious Freedom in the Siberian Wilderness (Doubleday, 1992) Mike Dash, "For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II," Smithsonian Magazine, January 28, 2013 (updated October 2, 2024) "Lykov family," Wikipedia (citing primary Peskov reporting and Komsomolskaya Pravda archives) "Meet the Last Lykov," Vice News, 2013 (interview with Agafia Lykova) "The Lykov Family That Fled Civilization and Lived in Total Isolation for 42 Years," All That's Interesting "The Lykov Family: How They Survived 42 Years Alone in the Siberian Wilderness," Rare Historical Photos "The Lykov Family: Forty Years Beyond the Edge of the World," Utterly Interesting "The Russian Family of Six, Cut Off from All Human Contact for 42 Years," Abroad in the Yard "How Did Agafia Lykova Stay Alive," Ranker "The Lykovs' 42-Year Exile," Fun Fact / Top News Source Komsomolskaya Pravda archives, Vasily Peskov series on the Lykov family, 1982 Agafia, documentary film, RT (Russia Today) Far Out: Agafia's Taiga Life, documentary film Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 4 weeks ago42 min
Frozen in Time: Solving the Dyatlov Pass Mystery with Science | Disaster Strikes E 233
In February 1959, nine skilled winter hikers vanished in Russia's Ural Mountains during what should have been a routine expedition. When rescuers found their tent weeks later, it had been slashed open from the inside, and the bodies were scattered across the mountainside—some nearly naked in minus 25-degree temperatures, some with crushing injuries, one missing facial features. For over six decades, theories ranged from secret military tests to supernatural forces, but no explanation could account for all the evidence. Now, groundbreaking scientific research offers a chilling answer that's somehow more unsettling than any conspiracy: the mountains themselves. Join us as we reconstruct that fatal night and explore how experience, training, and determination sometimes aren't enough. 01:03 Disaster Strikes Intro 01:43 Night of Terror 03:42 Meet the Expedition 04:38 Soviet Hiking Grades 06:16 Team Members and Yuri Talk 08:47 Trek Begins and One Turns Back 11:20 Camp on Dead Mountain 12:58 Search Finds Slashed Tent 15:49 Bodies by Cedar and on Slope 19:00 Ravine Discovery and Autopsies 23:24 Radiation and Case Closed 27:45 Avalanche Theory Reopened 28:27 Modeling the Slab Avalanche 31:49 How They Tried to Survive 35:12 Why the Mystery Persists 39:55 Final Reflections and RIP Listen AD FREE: Support our podcast at patreaon: http://patreon.com/TheCruxTrueSurvivalPodcast Email us! thecruxsurvival@gmail.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thecruxpodcast/ Get schooled by Julie in outdoor wilderness medicine! https://www.headwatersfieldmedicine.com/ REFERENCES Dyatlov Pass incident - Wikipedia Gaume, J., Puzrin, A.M. "Mechanisms of slab avalanche release and impact in the Dyatlov Pass incident in 1959." Communications Earth & Environment (2021) "The Dyatlov Pass Incident: Why the Hiker Deaths Remain a Mystery" - History.com "Russia's 'Dyatlov Pass' conspiracy theory may finally be solved 60 years later" - Live Science "Has science solved one of history's greatest adventure mysteries?" - National Geographic "Prosecutors say avalanche killed Dyatlov group in Urals in 1959" - TASS Soviet Investigative Case Files 1959 - dyatlovpass.com Autopsy Reports - Boris Vozrozhdenny, 1959 Radiological Analysis Report - Sverdlovsk Sanitary Epidemiological Station, 1959 "The Russian Roswell" - Science History Institute Russian Prosecutor General's Office Investigation Report (2019-2020) Dyatlov Group Diaries and Photographs (1959) "We May Finally Know Why Nine Soviet Hikers Lost Their Lives In The Dyatlov Pass Incident" - All That's Interesting "The Dyatlov Pass Mystery May Have Just Been Solved by New Video Evidence" - Vice (2024) Official Search and Rescue Reports - Sverdlovsk Oblast (1959) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- May 4, 202633 min
3 Days Missing in a Ravine: The Boy No One Could Find | E 232
In July 2025, 13-year-old Cody Trenkel Jr. set out on a routine skateboard ride through his grandmother's quiet Missouri neighborhood—and never made it to his destination. What began as a normal summer morning turned into a multi-day search across miles of wooded terrain, with no clear clues and time running out. As search teams struggled to narrow down where to look, one unexpected factor changed everything. This episode follows the critical decisions, the hidden dangers close to home, and the narrow window that can make the difference between life and death. 01:08 Podcast Intro 01:30 Meet Daryl The Bloodhound 03:29 How Cody Vanished 08:54 The Ravine Fall 10:34 Surviving Heat And Trauma 13:22 Three Day Search 15:21 Bloodhound Tracks The Trail 18:10 Rescue And ICU Fight 21:05 Recovery And Reunion 22:09 Other Bloodhound Saves 25:44 Prevention And Check Ins 29:58 First Aid If Found 33:35 Closing Reflections 35:37 Listener Outro SOURCES Neely, Shanie. "Paws to the Rescue: How a K-9 Helped Find a Missing Boy." Reader's Digest, April/May 2026. rd.com/article/dog-rescues-missing-boy/ "He's a Fighter: 13-Year-Old Missouri Teen Rescued Alive in Ravine After 76 Hours Missing." KSDK, July 31, 2025. ksdk.com "A Teen Missing for 3 Days Needed a Miracle — A Dog Came to the Rescue." WGRZ, September 2025. wgrz.com "Missing Boy Found in Missouri Ravine After 4 Days." KSDK, July 30, 2025. ksdk.com Holcombe, Madeline. "3-Year-Old Casey Hathaway Told Authorities a Bear Kept Him Company." CNN, January 29, 2019. cnn.com Heat Stroke. Mayo Clinic. mayoclinic.org Bloodhound Breed Information. American Kennel Club. akc.org Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Are you drawn to thrilling survival stories where characters overcome impossible odds? The Crux: True Survival Stories is your podcast. Join us for gripping tales of resilience and invaluable insights into wilderness survival and the mindset needed to overcome adversity. Hosted by Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen, both passionate about wilderness and medicine, our podcast is fueled by real-life stories and the pivotal moments that determine life or death outcomes. Tune in for captivating narratives that entertain and educate. Airing every Monday!
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