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Alone with a Broken Leg: 72 Hours to Survive Widow Cairn
Alone with a Broken Leg: 72 Hours to Survive Widow Cairn
Cold terror and quiet competence collide at twelve thousand four hundred feet: a solo climber broke her fibula, survived a night in low teens without a tent, and walked out two days later - but why did she leave her boots standing at the trailhead? Discover the split-second choices and precise preparations that turned a near-death into a rescue question.
In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the trailhead register to the rock overhang and the three days that followed, tracing every documented decision and outcome to…
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