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She Broke Her Wrist, Chose the Wrong Road - Survived 33 Hours
She Broke Her Wrist, Chose the Wrong Road - Survived 33 Hours
Cold and focused, she built a splint from tape and a trekking pole in 22°F and walked toward the highway 40 rough miles away - while search teams were swept the opposite direction. How did a chemistry teacher and veteran ultrarunner survive 33 hours after a displaced distal radius fracture with two trekking poles and a broken wrist?
In this episode, we follow the timeline from the fall at mile sixty-two through Diane Price’s improvised field splint and deliberate southeast route choice, and the three missed chances that could have…
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