This season of Out Alive is brought to you by Garman.

Stay tuned to the end of the show

where you'll hear this bonus survival story.

I couldn't walk more than 10 steps without collapsing.

I was in a really bad spot because I had no cell service.

I know it's a life-threatening condition,

and I don't think I would have made it through the night

in the condition I was in.

As outdoor explorers, we like to think we're prepared for the worst.

We carry bear spray and bear country. We check

flash flood conditions before going canineering. We know the safest position to

assume in a lightning storm.

But what about those hazards we simply can't see coming?

Those freak accidents that are so unpredictable, there's nothing we can do to avoid them, but so rare that we take

our chances against them anyway. We roll the dice every time we step outside, because the rewards are the

because the rewards are well worth the risks.

All we can hope for is that if our luck does run out,

we have the grit, the mental fortitude, and the help to make it out alive.

I made a decision to survive.

You're in that survival mode. The idea of dying wasn't in my head.

I knew immediately it was the worst case scenario. I was in a fight for my life situation.

Whenever you walk out on these trails, you're in their house.

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