Eric Braun - Fighting to Survive in the Wilderness: Terrifying True Stories

to get used toto remove a part from the bodya blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the parts of the bodya narrow passage through rocka brain injury that results from a hard blow to the headwhen tissue breaks down or decaysa mountain with a peak higher than 14,000 feet (4,267 meters)climbing something without using aids or supports such as ropesto perceive objects (or people) that are not really therea life-threatening condition that occurs when a persons body temperature becomes dangerously lowthe larva of a flya mental exercise to relax the body and mind usually done by concentrating on ones breathing or repeating a mantraa person who is sent by a religious group to teach that groups faith and do good works, especially in a foreign countrya group of buildings where monks live and worka man who lives in a religious community and has promised to devote his life to his religiona person who travels over snow with a sled drawn by dogsto lower oneself down with a ropea disease caused by lack of vitamin C that causes great weakness and bleeding, especially of the gumsa person native to the Himalaya Mountains who guides people through the mountains

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3. : Theres this surreal conversation Ibid.
4. : I felt my bone bend Hannaford, 127 Hours: Aron Ralstons Story of Survival.
5. : I had this huge grin Ibid.
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9. : truly terrifying experience Kocha Olarn and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Thai cave rescue...
10. : bone poor Death Vigil in Arctic Snows, Los Angeles Times, February 28, 1924, ProQuest Historical Newspapers, p. A1.
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13. : the great lonely roamer Jennifer Niven. Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic. New York: Hyperion, 2003.
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15. : Everything else in Ibid
16. : like an animal Beck Weathers. Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest. New York: Bantam, 2015, p. 4.
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19. : Ive got this all figured out! Ibid.
20. : For the first time Ibid.
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23. : I moved on after a while Ibid.
24. : When they saw me Koepcke, How I Survived a Plane Crash
25. : He could barely talk Ibid.
26. : I dread to think Ibid.

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2. Weathers, Beck. Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest. New York: Bantam, 2015.

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4. Berkeman, Oliver, How I Snapped Bone and Cut off my Arm, by US Climber, The Guardian, May 9, 2003, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/09/usa.oliverburkeman Accessed on April 16, 2019.
5. Fedschun, Travis, Thai Cave Boys Were Actually Handcuffed, Heavily Sedated During Dramatic Rescue, New Book Claims, Fox News, January 15, 2018, https://www.foxnews.com/world/thai-cave-boys-were-actually-handcuffed-heavily-sedated-during-dramatic-rescue-new-book-suggests Accessed on April 16, 2019.
6. Hulls, Tessa, Ada Blackjack, the Forgotten Sole Survivor of an Odd Arctic Expedition,Atlas Obscura, December 6, 2017, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ada-blackjack-arcticsurvivor Accessed on April 16, 2019.
7. Koepcke, Juliane, How I Survived a Plane Crash, BBC News, March 24, 2012, https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17476615 Accessed on April 16, 2019.
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Eric Braun is the author of dozens of books for kids and teens on many topics including sports, the deep state, overcoming mistakes, and fractured fairy tales. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife, two sons, and a dog named Willis.

Aron Ralston finally got madso mad that he began thrashing back and forth in the narrow canyon. In a furious rage, he screamed and banged his body against the stone walls. His anguished voice echoed up the canyon.

The frustration had finally boiled over. Trapped alone in a desert crevasse for more than five days, he had remained disciplined and calmremarkable considering that his arm was smashed beneath a boulder pinning him where he was. He had carefully meted out his precious supply of food and water. He had considered the options of how to free himself. And he had gathered up the courage to carry out his only option to survive.

The 27-year-old hiker should never have been in this position. Ralston was an experienced hiker, rock climber, biker, and skier. Born in Ohio, he and his family moved to Denver, Colorado, when he was 11 years old. There, he fell in love with outdoor adventures. He liked to be alone in nature. He was also a good student. In college he earned degrees in mechanical engineering and French. After a stint in Arizona as a mechanical engineer, he returned to Colorado and life in the mountains.