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Boots Standing Upright: She Woke Up Nine Miles From Any Trail

Boots Standing Upright: She Woke Up Nine Miles From Any Trail

A pair of unlashed boots stood perfectly parallel beside an unconscious woman nine miles from the nearest trail - body temperature 94.1°F, found in a dry gravel wash at 6:40 AM. Who arranged those boots upright in a basalt slot no maintained trail reaches, and why do scuff marks lead deeper into the wilderness rather than out?

In this episode, we walk through the timeline, equipment logs, and scene details from Heather Pruitt’s trip into the Cohassett backcountry to ask how a practiced navigator ended up immobile in a slot canyon…

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