Frozen Fifteen Feet from Safety: How Jean Hilliard Survived 6 Hours at -22°F | E170
The CRUX: True Survival Stories
Bleav + Kaycee McIntosh + Julie Henningsen
4.0 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | At the crux, we talk about tough decisions and clear thinking. |
| 0:04.5 | And that's exactly what case knives represent. |
| 0:07.6 | For over 100 years, case knives have been tools of capability. |
| 0:12.3 | They're carried by people who solve problems, lead with confidence, and do things the right way. |
| 0:18.2 | Made with craftsmanship in Bradford, Pennsylvania, each case knife |
| 0:22.5 | is built for those who don't just face challenges. They cut through them. Case knives every |
| 0:28.4 | day capable. Hello, survivalists. This is the Crux True Survival Story podcast. I'm Casey McIntosh. And I'm Julie |
| 0:39.3 | Henningson. And we are medical professionals with a passion for wilderness survival. Join us as we |
| 0:44.5 | explore real-life survival stories and the critical moments that determine their outcomes. Buckle up. |
| 0:50.4 | Adventure awaits. Let's dive into this week's story. Today's story honestly sounds like science |
| 0:57.8 | fiction, but every word is documented fact. I want to give a special shout out and thank you to |
| 1:05.0 | listener Corey Boynton, who reached out to us and shared today's story. It's an incredible tale, |
| 1:10.7 | and I can't wait to share it. |
| 1:12.7 | Thanks to Corey, who also complimented our stories around the campfire |
| 1:16.5 | of which the podcast, I love that description. |
| 1:19.4 | Yes, I loved it too. |
| 1:21.3 | And this is actually a great campfire story. |
| 1:24.2 | In fact, our main character could have used a campfire in the situation she unexpectedly found herself in, which led to one of the most amazing survival stories I would say that we've ever encountered. |
| 1:37.7 | Picture this. It's December 20, 1980. A 19-year-old woman crashes her car in rural Minnesota, walks two miles through a |
| 1:49.8 | blizzard in negative 22 degree weather, collapses 15 feet from help, and lies frozen solid in the |
| 2:00.6 | snow for six hours. |
| 2:02.8 | When they find her, she's literally frozen stiff. |
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