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

Stay tuned until the end of the show where you'll hear this bonus survival story.

I went over a cliff side.

I was able to dig my fingers in and grasp the rock wall and a ledge before I went off the cliff.

This episode contains adult content and language which may not be suitable for all listeners.

There is remote and then there are the Northwest Territories of Canada.

It's a place that human development hasn't much touched,

leaving its ecosystem as pristine and unhindered as it's been for millennia.

People visit but don't remain.

And when they do, they do well to remember the food chain is an ancient organization and the

grizzly bear is its king. 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.

I'm Louisa Albinis and you're listening to Out Alive by Backpacker. In each episode of this podcast will bring you real stories of real people who survived the unservivable.

I saw the robe zipped through the repel ring and I couldn't do anything.

Learn what went wrong, what went right, and how you can escape if the worst case scenario happens to you.

There is no way we would find anybody alive.

Alex Messenger is a photographer and writer from Duluth, Minnesota.

In 2005, the summer before his senior year of high school,

Alex returns to Camp Manojan for their backcountry canoe program.

This trip was to be the longest and most advanced yet.

...