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Hello, survivalists. This is the Crux True Survival Story podcast. I'm Casey McIntosh,

and I'm Julie Hennyson, and we are medical professionals with a passion for wilderness survival.

Join us as we explore real life survival stories and the critical moments that determine their outcomes.

Buckle up. Adventure awaits. Let's dive into this week's story.

It's completely dark, not just dark, pitch black, the kind of darkness where you can't see your hand in front of your face.

You're in water up to your chest, and it's so cold, it feels like knives against your skin.

The temperature is near freezing, above you, or is it below you,

the waves are crashing. Your world has literally turned upside down. And you're trapped.

You're trapped in an air pocket. Inside the overturned hole of your yacht, in the middle of the southern ocean, one of the

most remote and violent stretches of water on earth. Your 2,500 kilometers from the Australian

coast, and you have one chocolate bar. Nobody knows if you're alive. Julie, how long could someone survive

in those conditions? Well, Tony Bullamore was about to find out. This is his story. Today we're

telling you about what some have called the greatest sailing rescue ever made. And we again need to credit our Australian friend and listener, Carolyn Russell Maynard,

for introducing us to this incredible tale.

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