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She Climbed 40 Feet of Bare Rock With Frozen Hands and Lived
She Climbed 40 Feet of Bare Rock With Frozen Hands and Lived
Cold, alone, and sitting on an 18-inch ledge above a glacial river, a 28-year-old woman climbed 40 feet of blank limestone with hands numbed by 39°F water after her kayak flipped - and left a dry paddle blade on the road 41 feet above. How did she turn four inches of lower flow and twenty-two minutes on the ledge into a chance at survival?
In this episode, we walk through the sequence of events from launch to rescue and show what choices, gear, and timing shaped the outcome. What did she do in those twelve minutes of usable hand…
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