A Race to Save His Dying Friend

Outside Podcast

Wilderness, Sports

4.3 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

When Scott Pirsig’s close friend Bob Sturtz suffered a stroke deep in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, Pirsig had no choice but to leave him in the wilderness and make a desperate sprint to get help. The two men had been on an early-spring canoeing adventure when Sturtz started acting strangely: it started with a headache, then he became disoriented, lost control of his hands, and stopped speaking. Pirsig’s only choice was zip him into a sleeping bag and beg him to stay put while he raced off into the fog to contact first responders. In this replay from our Science of Survival series, we hear the story of a harrowing scenario in the woods wild and an enduring friendship. The Outside Podcast is made possible by Outside+ subscribers. Learn about the many benefits of a subscription and sign up now at outsideonline.com/podplus.

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0:45.7	From outside magazine, this is the outside podcast.
0:56.1	Depending on where you live, right about now, you might be feeling very ready for the end
1:01.5	of winter.
1:02.7	If you live in California, like I do, there's a good chance you're thinking, I've had
1:07.4	enough of these atmospheric rivers.
1:10.2	How about some sun?
1:12.6	No matter where you live, these final days leading up to the start of spring tend to inspire
1:18.0	wanderlust.
1:19.6	We dream of big trips, and so we call up friends and we say, hey, I'm in thinking, would
1:25.6	you want to, and if you're lucky, they say yes, and the planning begins.
1:31.3	I'm Michael Roberts, and one of the things I've learned over many years of pre-spring
1:35.9	restlessness is to be mindful of who you invite on an adventure.
1:41.0	Because if you really are going for it, your partner is the one who has to save your
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