Highlessness? This week, while the team readies more episodes of Real Dictators, we wanted

to introduce you to a brand new podcast from Noiser. It's called Real Survival Stories.

Real survival stories bring you astonishing tales of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary

situations. People suddenly forced to fight for their lives. Stranded in the desert, lost

in the jungle, marooned in the mountains, shipwrecked on the high seas. These individuals

had everything against them, but even then they refused to give in. If you enjoy this

Taster episode, search Real Survival Stories in your podcast app and hit follow to get

new episodes every Thursday. Or listen at Noiser.com.

It's June 1992. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State. A bald eagle soars through

clear blue skies. Spread out below is a vast wilderness of snow-kept peaks, pine forests

and sparkling alpine lakes. Bright sunshine glints of the frozen face of Mount Rainier, one

of North America's tallest and most spectacular mountains. It's awesome summit of black volcanic

rock is encircled by sweeping sheets of ice, glaciers that spill out into the surrounding

woodland. It's a picture of serenity and natural beauty. But deep beneath the ice

feel that covers Mount Rainier's lower slopes. 29-year-old Jim Davidson is fighting for his

life. Somehow, he has just survived a 30-meter fall. He's on his back, squinting up into

the darkness, trying to make sense of his surroundings. Though Jim doesn't yet realize it,

his best friend and climbing partner, Mike, lies nearby. The two men were tied together

with a rope. The only light comes from the hole in the ice way up above. The same hole

that Jim fell through with Mike close behind. But before he can get his bearings, Jim feels

snow falling onto his face, just a little at first, been a lot. I started paddling my hands

in the air to keep my face clear, but I couldn't keep up with it and the snow began piling

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