1 | 9090 | Marco Lavoie | 4444 | male | Matagami lake | Quebec | Ate his dog (who helped him fight off a bear) after three days and hunting and fishing |
2 | 1616 | David Vetterlein | 5050 | male | Siskiyou National Forest | Washington | Rationed supplies of 12 cornmeal muffins and salmon jerky |
3 | 1111 | Austin Bohanan | 1818 | male | Great Smoky Mountains | Tennessee | Prayed every day stayed positive and kept moving |
4 | 1010 | Frank Wolsko | 5757 | male | Maggie Lakes | California | Rationed his provisions |
5 | 1010 | Michael St. Laurent | 4545 | male | Grouse Mountain | British Columbia | Sheltered under a tarp and drank rain water |
6 | 99 | George Joachim | 4646 | male | Jasper National Park | British Columbia | Did callisthenics in his sleeping bag to keep warm rationed his food at 100 calories per day and kept going through the snow |
7 | 99 | Jason Rasmussen | 2929 | male | Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness | Minnessota | Ate lots of snow kept improving his shelter and thought of his favourite foods (Japanese and Indian) |
8 | 99 | Donn Fendler | 1212 | male | Kathadin | Maine | Found an abandoned cabin used a potato sack as a blanket and ate whatever he could find |
9 | 99 | Ann Rodgers | 7272 | female | White Mountains | Arizona | Drank creek water ate berries and other food found in the forest |
10 | 99 | Miyuki Harwood | 6262 | female | Sierra Nevada | Nevada | Used a water filter to drink from a creek |
11 | 88 | Enid Dice | 6262 | female | Kinosaskaw Lake | Saskatchewan | Didn't move waited for help set up big fire |
12 | 77 | David Ura | 6363 | male | Bigfoot Trail | California | Ate fruit and drank water |
13 | 77 | Rick Moynan | 5959 | male | Keremeos | British Columbia | Constructed a makeshift shelter rationed two oranges three cookies |
14 | 77 | Benjamin Still | 3535 | male | Knik Glacier | Alaska | Dug a hole in the snow to set up their tent drank one cup of water a day |
15 | 77 | Eric LeMarque | 3535 | male | Mammoth Mountain | California | Chewed on pine seeds and bark and ate parts of his own flesh |
16 | 66 | Lon McAdam | 5656 | male | Superstition Wilderness | Arizona | Had enough food set up a large blue tarp and reflected light with mirror to signal to rescuers |
17 | 66 | Mary Owen | 2323 | female | Mt Hood | Oregon | Built a snow cave for protection sustained herself with snacks and built fires fueled by Nutri-Grain wrappers |
18 | 66 | Mary Hyde Wingfield | 3333 | female | North Cascades National Park | Washington | Ate berries and drank stream water kept moving and left notes for potential rescuers to follow |
19 | 66 | Debra Collins | 5858 | female | Santa Cruz Mountains | California | Had warm clothes drank from a creek using a plastic bag for a cup |
20 | 66 | Sajean Geer | 7171 | female | Olympic National Park | Washington | Drank from a creek ate bugs and pine needles |
21 | 66 | Erin Andrews-Sharer | 2222 | female | Jackson Hole | Wyoming | Route was along the river they were well-prepared rationed their food supplies |
22 | 66 | David Cicotello | 5757 | male | No Mans Canyon | Utah | Rationed his food: a turkey sandwich an energy bar an orange |
23 | 66 | Gregg Hein | 3333 | male | Kings Canyon National Park. | California | Drank melted snow ate crickets ants |
24 | 66 | Madeline Connelly | 2323 | female | Glacier National Park | Montana | Drank from streams and slept among dense trees |
25 | 66 | Alan Chow | 3636 | male | Yosemite | California | Kept close to a water source conserved energy rationed out food supplies |
26 | 66 | Matthew Matheny | 4040 | male | Ant Canyon | Washington | Ate huckleberries and bees |
27 | 55 | Bryan Skilinski | 4040 | male | The Great Sand Dunes Park | Colorado | Kept walking despite freezing temperatures |
28 | 55 | Neal Peckens | 3232 | male | Glacier National Park | Montana | Stopped by a lake for water rationed food set up a fire |
29 | 55 | Derek Mamoyac | 2727 | male | Mount Adams | Washington | Crawled through the cold nights and ate insects |
30 | 55 | Gilbert Dewey Gaedcke | 4141 | male | Kilauea Volcano | Hawaii | Licked drops of water off the leaves and squeezed moss |
31 | 55 | Jeff Jamison | 5050 | male | South Colony Lakes | Colorado | Drank from puddles and sheltered behind rocks |
32 | 55 | Victoria Grover | 5959 | female | Sand Creek | Utah | Found a stream for water and wrapped a poncho around her head to capture warmth of breath |
33 | 55 | Reese McMichael | 1818 | male | Grand Canyon | Arizona | Rationed granola bars and drank from puddles |
34 | 55 | Ross Mason | 4444 | male | Gila Wilderness | New Mexico | Stumbled upon a cabin and made signals for rescue helicopters to notice |
35 | 55 | Paul Hanks | 5454 | male | Joshua Tree | California | Kept on crawling due to broken pelvis covered himself in dirt to stay warm ate cactus |
36 | 55 | Aron Ralston | 2727 | male | Blue John Canyon | Utah | Drank his own urine amputated his forearm rationed two burritos and 350ml of water over 5 days. |
37 | 55 | Nathan Mitchell | 3434 | male | Mount Hood | Oregon | Drank water from a creek and stayed put |
38 | 44 | David Snider | 5454 | male | Olympic National Park | Washington | Forced himself to keep going rationed his food |
39 | 44 | David Yoder | 4141 | male | Big Bear | California | Spooned his companions to keep warm followed the water line had supplies |
40 | 44 | Daniel Samuelsen | 3333 | male | Parleys Canyon | Utah | Had no food or water. Made a splint out of a piece of wood for his broken leg and crawled out of the tunnel |
41 | 44 | Marvin Matsumoto | 5959 | male | Joshua Tree | California | Burrowed in the sand to try to stay warm during chilly nights waved t-shirt to signal to rescuers |
42 | 44 | Tim Bailey | 3636 | male | Olympic National Park | Washington | Made a splint for his ankle and built a big fire with lots of smoke fired a gun to attract attention |
43 | 44 | Amos Richards | 6464 | male | Blue John Canyon | Utah | Collected rainwater rationed protein bars crawled to find help |
44 | 44 | Gerald Muskiewicz | 3030 | male | Cleveland | Ohio | Took off his wet clothes to avoid hypothermia crawled 300 yards to find help covered himself with grass |
45 | 44 | Kim Haines | 4040 | female | Mount Teneriffe | Washington | Drank water from streams and ate wild berries had a jacket and a space blanket to stay warm |
46 | 44 | Thomas James Reiker | 2525 | male | Everglades | Florida | Ate beef jerky and Ramen noodles cooked in boiled swamp water kept walking in knee-deep snow |
47 | 44 | Ronald Hutter | 6666 | male | Mount Lemmon | Arizona | Ate cacti drank his own urine remained positive |
48 | 44 | John Sain | 5050 | male | McCall | Idaho | Used sticks and ripped cloth to build a makeshift splint crawled for four days; had a survival kit a little food and a water purifier |
49 | 44 | Marcelo Santos | 3030 | male | Malibu Creek State Park | California | Tried to insulate however he could slept in caves and thick brush |
50 | 44 | Claire Nelson | 3535 | female | Joshua Tree | California | Took aspirin for the pain used a stick and plastic bag to create a curtain from the sun drank own urine |
51 | 44 | Justin Clark | 3232 | male | Wahiawa | Hawaii | Ate fern shoots and berries drank stream water |
52 | 33 | Cody Michael | 2323 | male | Loch Leven Trail | California | Kept walking prayed set up camp |
53 | 33 | Jordan Zeman | 2525 | male | Kings Canyon National Park | California | Rationed three protein bars lit a fire to attract attention |
54 | 33 | Marty Holloway | 5656 | male | Klamath Falls | Oregon | Slept inside a hollowed-out log and underneath brush to stay out of the elements |
55 | 33 | Jordan Nicurity | 2626 | male | Hornby Island | British Columbia | Kept crawling and collected rainwater to drink |
56 | 33 | Pamela Salant | 2828 | female | Mount Hood | Oregon | Ate berries and drank from a creek |
57 | 33 | Jeannine Landrenaux | 2222 | female | Mount Saint Jacinto | California | Stayed near a waterfall to get water ate leaves and roots made a blanket out of leaves |
58 | 33 | Michael Hays | 4141 | male | Baxter State Park | Maine | Stayed close to a stream put all his clothes on for warmth and waved bright orange poncho to get spotted |
59 | 33 | Louise Baxter | 5252 | female | Jumbo Pass | British Columbia | Was dressed for the conditions |
60 | 33 | Alec Winters | 2121 | male | Buntzen Lake | British Columbia | Was well prepared with full camping gear and food and left information with family about where he was going |
61 | 33 | Spencer Hunt | 2020 | male | Nanaimo | British Columbia | Drank creek water hunkered down in a cave kept walking |
62 | 33 | Cole Taylor | 1919 | male | Mount Olympus | Utah | Ate leaves and snow drank his own urine |
63 | 33 | Aaron Clark | 2020 | male | Rio Linda | California | Used his survival skills |
64 | 33 | Lukas Cavar | 1919 | male | Sullivan Cave | Indiana | Collected moisture in energy bar wrappers collected rainfall and puddled cave water. Licked the cave’s damp walls to quench his thirst |
65 | 33 | Melikai Hesse | 2323 | male | San Juan Mountains | Colorado | Found a flat place and try to keep himself awake through the night moved occasionally to prevent hypothermia |
66 | 33 | Jason Knight | 3535 | male | Sandthrax Canyon | Utah | Rationed a granola bar and some water |
67 | 33 | Unknown | 2222 | | Bear Lake | Oregon | Ate salmonberries huckleberries and the guts of a caterpillar and piled moss over body to stay warm |
68 | 33 | Ed Rosenthal | 6868 | male | Joshua Tree | California | Crawled under trees for relief and shade tried sucking pebbles made water out of cacti and drank his own urine |
69 | 33 | Roger Dannen | 7575 | male | Palm Springs Trail | California | Kept walking towards where he saw the flickering of lights ran out of food and water |
70 | 33 | Paula Reuter | 2121 | female | Snoqualmie Pass | Washington | Ate mushrooms and bark reserved beef jerky for her two dogs who also ate frogs and rabbits |
71 | 33 | Shuei Kato | 3636 | female | Missouri Mountain | Colorado | Followed a stream rationed food used pine branches for bedding and cover |
72 | 33 | John Lyon | 7878 | male | Baxter State Park | Maine | Rationed three granola bars found plenty of water around to drink |
73 | 22 | Lisa Mathiasen | 7777 | female | Los Padres National Forest | California | Took shelter in a ravine |
74 | 22 | Gerald Derrickson | 3838 | male | South Sister Trail | Oregon | Kept walking found a creek with water slept with a t-shirt over his face for warmth |
75 | 22 | Randy Willett | 5353 | male | Pemigewasset Wilderness | New Hampshire | Was able to call 911 flashed a red light to signal to rescuers |
76 | 22 | Bethany Haury | 5656 | female | Woodside | California | Dog kept her warm through cold nights |
77 | 22 | Charity Stevens | 3636 | female | Mount Shasta | California | Hardly ate drank melted snow |
78 | 22 | Jessica Burke | 4040 | female | Garrard County | Kentucky | Sheltered in deer stands found water and kept walking through the brush |
79 | 22 | Edilberto Lopez | 4444 | male | Big Bend | Texas | Kept moving despite lack of food and water |
80 | 22 | Jennifer Baird | 4242 | female | Lac Du Bois Grasslands | British Columbia | Drank marsh water and rain water built a shelter kept walking |
81 | 22 | Jeremy Galton | 2323 | male | Port Angeles | Washington | Dug into the mud at the base of a tree to keep warm |
82 | 22 | Annette Poitras | 5656 | female | Coquitlam | British Columbia | Dogs kept her warm guarded her and helped find food |
83 | 22 | Ryan Montoya | 2323 | male | Pyramid Peak | Colorado | Made a cave in snow kept going stayed near water |
84 | 22 | Suzanne Turell | 3333 | female | Longs Peak | Colorado | Text their location to family and waited out the storm |
85 | 22 | Karen Talbot | 6969 | female | Quadra Island | British Columbia | Hunkered down by trees |
86 | 22 | Alan Austin | 4545 | male | Squaw Valley | California | Dug a snow cave did exercises stayed put |
87 | 22 | Unknown | 2323 | female | Angeles National Forest | California | Yelled so loudly her voice carried for half a mile |
88 | 22 | John Waddell | 6262 | male | Aguila | Arizona | Survived without food and water fought off rattlesnakes |
89 | 22 | George Brown | 6868 | male | Bob Marshall Wilderness | Montana | Breathed into his backpack to harvest warm air and kept walking despite a fracture |
90 | 22 | Madison Popolizio | 1919 | female | Algonquin Peak | New York | Boyfriend emptied his supply bag to keep her feet warm |
91 | 22 | Lacy Murphy | 2424 | female | Mount Rainier | Washington | Slept inside a tree trunk licked leaves and moss for moisture |
92 | 22 | Tommy Hendricks | 1919 | male | Cross Colouir | Colorado | Took off shoes and socks and put feet in each other’s armpits massaged toes to keep the feeling in them; spooned on top of broken branches |
93 | 22 | John Carlos Mann | 2929 | male | Birds Creek | Alaska | Walked wrapped in an emergency blanket drank from the river slept on roots of trees |
94 | 11 | Walter Wadkins | 3333 | male | Badlands | North Dakota | Found shelter in a cave started a small fire cried for help every 15 minutes |