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Alone with a Torn Knee: 32 Hours in a Whiteout Night
Alone with a Torn Knee: 32 Hours in a Whiteout Night
The fear here is visceral: a seasoned 53-year-old ultrarunner stranded alone on a ridgeline with a torn ACL, a makeshift splint, and eighteen inches of fresh snow - how did she survive thirty-two hours in a whiteout? This episode centers on a single human body against a dark storm and a question that won’t let go: how did she navigate forty miles of remote, exposed terrain with a ruptured knee?
In this episode, we follow the timeline from dawn on December 9, 2017 through the race advisory, search response, and the hours Debra Wilson spent…
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