Up A Tree Without A Paddle

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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It was the trip of a lifetime. Several months paddling the Amazon, trying to eat without being eaten. It almost all went to plan. But when Bruce Frey and Ed Welch found themselves being trailed through the jungle by a jaguar at sunset, their only choice was to take refuge in a tree and hope they could survive the night. The Outside Podcast is made possible by our Outside Plus members. Learn more about all the benefits of membership at outsideonline.com/podplus.

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0:44.2	I remember I had this cold feeling of fear.
0:51.0	It's just this cold feeling of fear.
0:57.0	We were totally drenched because we had been moving as fast as we could through the jungle.
1:04.0	And yeah, I felt like we're in serious trouble here.
1:10.0	Yeah. We're in serious trouble here.
1:16.6	Yeah, I mean, it didn't feel safe being on the ground.
1:23.6	The tree was probably under 100 feet tall, but we were not all the way up into it.
1:26.6	So we were probably up the tree, maybe 20 feet up.
1:30.3	And this was kind of the culmination of everything where we're just stuck and we have to survive the night.
1:41.3	So we had the 22, which was the first line of defense, and then we had the machete.
1:52.0	The person with the 22 was obligated to stay awake.
2:00.0	You could not see your hand in front of your eyes.
2:02.6	Totally dark.
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