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She Was Found Alive Because of a Paperback and an Orange Rubber Band

She Was Found Alive Because of a Paperback and an Orange Rubber Band

Bone-dry paperback on a boulder after three days of rain - that single, impossible detail at 6:14 AM on June 23, 2019 led rescuers to Kimberly Tate alive after six days missing in the Cibola Range. How did an unread paperback, a grocery-store orange rubber band, and a grader operator’s routine sweep converge to beat the odds?

In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from Kimberly’s planned month-long hike to the moment the shed door opened, outlining the equipment she carried, the storm that changed everything, and…

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