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The Boot on the Road: How One Detail Saved a Woman's Life
The Boot on the Road: How One Detail Saved a Woman's Life
Fear and focus collide: a single size-eight hiking boot, upright on the road at 5:47 a.m., sparked a rescue that climbed 2,600 vertical feet and found a woman who survived more than 50 hours alone on a mountain - surviving on two granola bars and a wilderness medicine memory. How did that boot, and one meticulous decision, turn a search into a rescue?
In this episode, we follow the timeline from a delivery rider's discovery to the rescue teams in the Sable Range, tracing Connie Hicks's choices, gear, and the exact moment her plan…
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