Lost in the Forest: Two Weeks Off-Trail

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In Hawaii, a yoga instructor pays a visit to her local forest reserve. Amanda Eller intends to take a short hike in nature to blow off some steam. It becomes a mind-bending, multi-day journey, as she stumbles off the path and into the trees. Penned in by the dense foliage, with the days blurring into one, Amanda must adapt to survive… A Noiser production, written by Chris McDonald. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If just thinking about your bills makes you feel confused and disorientated,
0:05.0	like your head is full of Raspberry,
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0:33.0	It's 1 a.m. on Thursday, May the 9th, 2019. A pale moon hangs over the Hawaiian Island of Maui. The ferns and palm fronds of Makawa Forest are bathed in an ethereal silver glow.
0:40.0	But for Amanda Ella, a young woman stumbling through this vast tropical woodland, the beauty doesn't register.
0:48.0	She's tired and cold, lost and alone.
0:54.0	Leaves... Lost and alone. Leaves rustle in the breeze.
0:56.0	Animals scurry unseen in the undergrowth.
0:59.0	From high up in the canopy comes the distinctive shriek of a barnow.
1:06.9	As a man to struggle, in the canopy comes the distinctive shriek of a barn owl. As Amanda struggles through the thick vegetation, sharp thorns claw at her skin. Eventually, exhaustion overwhelms her.
1:16.0	I decided I don't care what my body feels like right now I just have to stop and sleep or something.
1:21.0	I'm dehydrated, I hadn't drank water all day and I'd probably
1:24.1	hiked at least 10 miles.
1:26.1	Amanda curls up on the ground. The forest floor is wet and muddy, but she does her best to make herself comfortable.
1:35.7	She gathers some leaves and creates a makeshift mattress.
1:39.7	Then she layers more leaves on top of herself to serve as a blanket.
1:44.0	Dressed only in a tank top and calf-length yoga pants.
1:48.0	She has scant defense against the plummeting temperatures.
1:53.0	Then it starts to rain.
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