An Agonizingly Thirsty Crawl Through the Desert

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Just how long can someone last in the desert without a drink of water? That’s something listeners asked us after last week’s episode about Claire Nelson (“Alone and Injured in the Wild”), a solo hiker who took a fall in Joshua Tree National Park and ended up spending days waiting on the ground for a rescue. In this episode, we provide the answer in the form of a remarkable story from our archives. In 1905, a gold prospector named Pablo Valencia reportedly wandered through 110-degree heat in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert for six days before stumbling into a geology camp. He was about as close to dead as you can get while still breathing. His tale forever changed our understanding of the limits of human endurance. This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by the all-new 2021 Ford Bronco Sport, a 4x4 SUV with seven available G.O.A.T. modes that enable it to go over any type of terrain. Learn more at ford.com/bronco.

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0:00.0	This episode of the outside podcast is brought to you by the all-new
0:03.7	2021 Ford Bronco Sport, a four by four SUV with seven available goat modes that enable it to go over any type of terrain.
0:13.7	For the designers working on the Bronco Sport, the challenge was to recreate a vehicle that lives up to a legend.
0:20.4	It was such an opportunity, you know, how could you ask for something more exciting than that is to bring back an icon like Bronco?
0:27.6	That's exterior designer Dan Kangus. He really likes his job.
0:32.3	I probably talk about cars more than my wife would like.
0:36.8	The Bronco Sport offers the kinds of sophisticated features that you dream of in a modern SUV,
0:43.6	like Ford Copilot 360 driver assist technologies.
0:48.0	And yet, the look and feel is true to the classic and rugged Bronco heritage.
0:53.8	It's like a tool. What's there is only what's necessary.
0:58.3	Dan's team closely studied vintage Broncos.
1:01.7	And they also attended serious off-road races to spend time with the most dedicated four-wheel drive owners.
1:08.9	You're surviving in a dust cloud pretty much, watching these vehicles go flying by.
1:13.8	It's really insane, but it's getting inspired by the true race vehicles that are out there.
1:19.3	Because those are the most bare bones stripped down, honest vehicles there are, right?
1:23.7	It gives you a reality check.
1:25.0	Okay, well, what can we take out to give people what they need and not what they don't?
1:31.0	That approach is how you get elements like the Bronco Sport's one-piece front grille.
1:36.0	It doesn't have any chrome adornment. It's a no frills design.
1:40.9	It's just a surface with some perforation for cooling.
1:44.0	It can't really get much more simple than that.
1:46.4	See the all new Bronco Sport for yourself at 4.com slash Bronco.
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