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Real Survival Stories

Ultrarunning Accident: One False Step…

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains, Gabe Joyes hits the trails in preparation for an upcoming ultramarathon. But a single innocuous stumble sees his run take a deadly turn. With his life literally slipping through his fingers, Gabe needs to act lightning fast to stand any chance of pulling through… 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

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It's around 2 p.m. in Wyoming on Sunday, May the 22nd, 2022.

0:31.7

In Sinks Canyon State Park, an icy wind blows through the valleys.

0:37.0

It whips past limestone cliffs, over-rolling whitewater rapids, and up towards the peaks of the Wind River Mountains.

0:46.0

Ancient evergreens line the rough climbing trails.

0:49.8

They sway, bending in the breeze. On an exposed ridge line a few pine cones bounce

0:57.3

along a rutted track rolling right up to 36-year-old Gabe Joy's who is lying where he fell.

1:07.0

Gabe is shivering violently, his numb fingers clutching his right thigh. His chin and cheeks are smeared with blood.

1:17.0

Dried flecks are smattered across his running vest too,

1:20.0

but his shirt and shorts are soaked through, died as shocking crimson.

1:27.0

He's just about managed to stem the bleeding, but for how long? For a moment,

1:34.0

a moment, Gabe's thoughts drift from the pain in his leg to the ache in his lower back,

1:39.0

the stone is digging into it.

1:41.0

But when he tries to shift his body slightly, another gush of blood

1:46.4

erupts from his wound. I was so angry with myself. I was like, you idiot, you couldn't just handle a rock on your back,

1:55.0

like this has cost you, who knows how much blood just because you were a little bit uncomfortable,

2:00.0

like, so like really upset with myself for being so short-sighted about a rock on my back

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