The CRUX: True Survival Stories
Episodes
26) The Death Defying Film Crew: Helicopter Crash into Kilauea Volcano
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of Chris Duddy, Michael Benson, and Craig Hosking. In 1996, the three men set out in a helicopter over the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii...
25) Carol Martini and Jay Barry: Attacked by Pirates out at Sea
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Carol Martini and Jay Barry had dreams of sailing the world, and made plans to do so in 2004. They were traveling through the gulf of Aden when pirate...
24) Eric LeMarque: One Wrong Turn Under the Ski Boundary at Mammoth Left Eric in the Cold
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric LeMarque was a talented athlete, a former Olympic Hockey player who lost his direction and his drive after retiring from the sport during the 199...
23) The Chilean Mining Accident: In 2010, 33 Unlucky Chilean Miners got Trapped when the San Jose Copper-Gold Mine Collapsed
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On Aug 5th 2010, miners were working hard at the San Jose Copper-Gold Mine in Chile, a mine that is located in the Atacama Desert, 45 km/28 miles Nort...
22) Takeyasu Minamiura and the 1990 Great Epic of Trango Tower: Paraglide Gone Wrong
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Takeyasu was 33 in 1990 when he summited the sheer rock face of Trango Tower In Pakistan, also called the Nameless Tower. Instead of belaying down the...
21) The Evans Family: Plane Crash into a Mountain in Alaska
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Evans family dreamed of moving to Alaska, and were able to make this a reality when parents Donald and Rosemarie got a teaching jobs in a remote v...
20) Deborah Scaling Kiley: Sharks in the Water!! A Skilled Sailor Attempts to Transport a Ship To Florida From Maine, but Meets a Large Storm on the Way.
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deborah was a talented young sailer with a lot of experience who was hired to transport a yacht from Maine to Florida in the fall of 1981. Things were...
19) The Endurance: The Story of Earnest Shakleton, His Crew, and Their Survival on the Icy Waters of the Antarctic Ocean
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Earnest Shackleton was a well known explorer in the early 1900's. In 1914 he embarked on a mission to Antarctica with a crew of 28 men. Little did the...
18) Yossi Ghinsberg: Survived 3 Weeks in the Amazon Alone
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yossi Ghinsberg was just 21 when he set off to experience the Amazon in December of 1981. While traveling in Bolivia, a strange and enticing man tout...
17) Nicholas Alkemade: Jumped From an Airplane Without a Parachute
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Alkemade was part of the RAF when he had to face a terrible decision; to go down with a flaming aircraft or to jump to his certain death belo...
16) Joe Simpson & Simon Yates; The Mountain Survival Story that Inspired the Book, Touching the Void
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were two ambitious young climbers with aptitude and passion who pursued a first ascent of the West face of Siula Grande, a...
15) The Wild Boars Football Team: Rescue from Tham Luang Cave
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Wild Boars football team went into the Tham Luang cave to do a little exploring on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The team, a group of 12 boys ages 11-1...
14) Tyson Steele: Alone and Resourceful in the Alaskan Winter After a House Fire
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tyson Steele was homesteading in the Alaskan wilderness, snowed in.. really… miles from his closest neighbor… the closest road 45 miles away, with...
13) Paul Templer: Attacked by a Rogue Hippo
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Templer was an experienced military man, who once discharged from the military was a guide on the Zambezi river in Zimbabwe. He was taking a grou...
12) Ricky Megee; Left for Dead in the Desert of Australia
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ricky Megee was driving to Port Hedland in the Northern Territory of Australia when he stopped to help some fellow travelers who had run out of petrol...
11) Ed and Kelly Moellmer: Father/Daughter Backcountry Ski Turned Nightmare
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ed and Kelly Moellmer are a father daughter duo that set off for a one day backcountry ski in the Cabinet Mountains. All was well until Ed took a wron...
10) Higgen's Family Snow Cave and Amber Van Hecke's Wrong Turn
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have two short stories to tell. The fist story highlights the Higgen's family, who got stuck in their family vehicle turned snow cave on ...
9) Jose Salvador Alvarenga: Lost at Sea for 438 Days
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jose Alvarenga is an avid and experienced fisherman that set out from the fishing village of Costa Azul, of the coast of Chiapas, Mexico on November 2...
8) Angela Hernandez: Stranded on a Beach for Seven Days
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A woman's drive to visit her sister takes a sharp turn off a large cliff. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informatio...
7) Todd Orr: Attacked Twice by a Bear
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This tough cookie held it together twice when he was attacked by the same bear on the same day. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adsw...
6) Harrison Okene: Trapped Inside a Boat
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A young man, trapped inside a boat 100 feet under water struggles to maintain a positive mental outlook as he waits submerged in water for 60+ hours. ...
5) Mary Vincent: Hitchhiking Gone Wrong
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A teenage girl suffers an unanticipated terror while hitchhiking when she is picked up by a predator. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See p...
4) Juliane Koepcke: Airplane Free Fall to the Jungle
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Juliane was only 17 when she was ejected from a plane mid-flight to the jungle floor below. Never would her background prove to be more useful. Hosted...
3) Aron Ralston: Trapped in a Canyon
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A young man with the spirit of adventure finds himself trapped in a canyon and is forced to do the unthinkable. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz comp...
2) Mauro Prosperi: Lost in the Desert
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mauro Prosperi is a talented and physically fit individual who signed up for a desert marathon in 1994 for a new, challenging experience, but he ended...
1) Beck Weathers: Left for Dead on Everest
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode delves into one man's struggle to survive during a horrendous storm on Mount Everest in 1996, and teaches us that some things are possibl...