Winter is known for the fact that it does not spare anyone who underestimates her.She defeated army destroyed entire civilizations - and even, in some cases, changing the face of the Earth.
We will talk about the amazing case of survival of people caught in the winter Superextreme situation.
January 22, 2004 lumberjack Greg Clark (Greg Clark) sailed on a boat off the southeastern coast of Alaska with his longtime friend, BRICK (Brick), a black labrador.At 12:23 of the day, Clark sent a distress signal, saying that his boat hit the rocks somewhere near the island of Hecate (Heceta).By the time help arrived, there was no sign of Clark or Brick.Searchers combed the area for three days, finding only the unused portion of the suit and the wreckage of the boat.
month later, Kevin Dow (Kevin Dau), each Clark rode with his father on a boat off the island of Hecate.He saw the beast, which at first seemed to him like a wolf.However, upon closer inspection, he found Brik, who somehow survived in the icy water and climbed to the shore - where endured freezing temperatures, treacherous terrain and the almost complete lack of food.Kevin said that when he called Brik, he immediately dove into the cold water and quickly swam to the boat, despite the injury, exhaustion and disease due to a long stay in such conditions.
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Balsrud Jan (Jan Baalsrud) was a Norwegian immigrant, as well as fighter commando, and indeed a tough guy who uchuvstvoval in secret missions to bring supplies to the Norwegian resistance during the Nazi occupation in World War IIwar.After his betrayal, and he was surrounded by German soldiers, he fought Balsrud Moreover, he managed to escape, despite otstrelenny battle toe.
With no supplies, and being lightly dressed and without a shoe, he moved through the mountains, survived the avalanche, has received numerous frostbite, but still made it to the small village, whose inhabitants took it.
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Beck Weathers (Beck Weathers) survived after 18 hours spent in sub-zero temperatures in the so-called "Death Zone" mighty Mount Everest.He miraculously regained consciousness and crawled back to the camp.After his return he had found corneal lacerations, hypothermia and severe case of frostbite, due to which both of his hands were amputated.His experience was the basis of the bestseller by Jon Krakauer (Jon Krakauer) «Into Thin Air», which tells the story of the ill-fated expedition that led to the deaths of eight people during the worst season in the history of climbing Everest.
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45-year-old man from southern Sweden, whose name was not disclosed, was found wrapped in a sleeping bag in the back seat of his car, after he spent two months in the remote snow-covered forest road.The doctors were shocked to discover that he had lived so long without food, as a result of the fact that, as many believe, his body has adapted to the low temperatures, as well as the body of a bear, and he came to a temporary state of hibernation.This amazing ability allowed him to live longer than any other man lived, trapped in a similar situation.
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Group Donner-Reed (Donner-Reed) was a group of American pioneers who in 1846 traveled by train to California, and got into a series of accidents, make a bunch of navigation errors.These accidents forced them to spend the rest of the prisoners in the winter snow in the Sierra Nevada.Many members of the group did not survive the adverse weather conditions, hunger and disease, some of the survivors resorted to the use in food of their fallen comrades.
Only 48 people out of 78 survived the winter and get to California.Since then, their sad story handed down from generation to generation - as evidence of the human will to live.
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October 6, 1993, William Dzheraki (William Jeracki) fished alone on a small creek near Denver, Colorado.Noticing ominous clouds gathering over his head, he decided it was time to go home.But just as he was about to leave, a simple mistake has led to the fact that he moved a large boulder that landed him directly on his left leg.
Realizing that he can not release his leg badly crushed, and taking into account the fast approaching blizzard, William decided to amputate his leg at the knee.With the fishing line was used as a harness, and a blunt penknife, he cut his tendons, nerves and ligaments of the patella so that his thigh slipped out of the patella.Then he crawled to his car and drove to a nearby clinic where he was evacuated by air to a hospital at the University of Colorado.
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Anna Allen (Anna Allen) and her boyfriend Frank Yetman (Yeatman) were ready to ride on the slopes of the town of Alpine Meadows (Alpine Meadows), but then came the monstrous avalanche down the mountain, destroying everything in its path.A few hours later, Anna woke up in darkness, cold and wild oppressive headache.During the whole day, she regained consciousness and lost it, until she finally began to realize where she was and how she got here.After nearly two days of detention in the snow from the frozen debris trapped without food or water, she suddenly heard the cries of the rescuers, repeating her name.It seemed that they did not hear her desperate cries.
took another almost 24 hours until rescuers finally pulled her out of ice and told her that she has gone through the most terrible disaster at a ski resort in North America.
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At the end of December 1992, Pillar Jim (Jim Stolpa), his wife Jennifer, and their 5-month-old son, Clayton turned immured in his pickup truck after they went on long-distance routes through the mountains of the Sierra-Nevady.They found themselves in a difficult situation, freezing and having a very limited supply of ammunition.After spending four days in a cramped, snow pickup unit tunes, they decided to go through snowdrifts up to the thigh of an adult, since realized that they have nowhere to wait for help.
After almost 26 kilometers, Jennifer could not continue the way, as all cried out.Refusing to give up, Jim found a small cave, where Jennifer and Clayton were able to escape, he himself went on through the frozen wasteland in search of help.More for two days he was walking through the snow until he finally found help.Then he led the rescue team back to the cave, where they found Jennifer Clayton and frozen, hungry, emaciated but alive.
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October 13, 1972, flight number 571 Uruguayan air force crashed high in the Andes, killing a quarter of its 45 passengers, among whom were: rugby team, their family members and partners.Of the 29 people who survived the first few days at an altitude of over 3350 meters, possessing a meager supply of food and water, another eight were killed by an avalanche that destroyed their temporary shelter of the wreckage.
Deprived of food and thus lost all hope of saving the remaining people were forced to eat the frozen bodies of their relatives and friends.After months of desperate attempts to survive, two people from the group of survivors we decided to hit the road for the harsh territory in search of help.They survived a grueling 10-day trek across the icy wilderness, until they finally found a Chilean.Man fed them and told authorities the location of the accident.Soon, a group of survivors was rescued.
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Colby Coombs (Colby Coombs), 25-year-old instructor of the National School of leadership training in the wild was on holiday in the Alaska Range with your friends Ritom Kellogg (Ritt Kellogg) and Tom Walter (Tom Walter).The trio has almost completed its way through the route of the Pink Panther (Pink Panther Route) on Mount Foraker (Foraker), whereas a massive avalanche suddenly descended from the mountain top, knocking them almost 250 meters down the mountainside.
Coombs woke up six hours later, dangling from their ropes.He had two broken cervical vertebrae, a broken scapula and fractured ankle.When he came to, he turned to his friend Walter, who was dead, his face into the ice.The next day, when he made his way down the mountain, despite the injury, he found Ritt, who was also dead.
Before he was safe, Coombs for four days drove all thoughts of pain and loss, while he carried a heavy descent from the mountain
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