The Crux True Survival Stories

Are you drawn to thrilling survival stories where characters overcome impossible odds? The Crux: True Survival Stories is your podcast. Join us for gripping tales of resilience and invaluable insights into wilderness survival and the mindset needed to overcome adversity. Hosted by two practicing physician assistants, Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen, both passionate about wilderness and medicine. Our podcast is fueled by real-life stories and the pivotal moments that determine life or death outcomes. Tune in for captivating narratives that entertain and educate. Airing every Monday! Our bonus "Disaster Strikes" series episodes air every other Thursday. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-crux-true-survival-stories--7265181/support .

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  Episode #257

  Forbidden Island, Certain Death: He Swam to Shore Anyway | Disaster Strikes

  Aug 13, 202634 minS0

  John Allen Chau spent years preparing for one mission: reach the Sentinelese — the world's most isolated tribe, on an island India has forbidden outsiders from entering since 1956 — and share the Christian gospel with them. He trained as a missionary, learned linguistics, made four prep trips to the Andaman Islands, and bribed local fishermen to ferry him close enough to kayak the rest of the way. Over three days, he approached the island multiple times — was shot at, fled, and came back. His 13-page journal, handed to the fishermen before his final swim to shore, documents every encounter in his own words...

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  Episode #254

  15 Hours in a Crevasse: The Denali Rescue That Shouldn't Have Worked

  Aug 10, 202642 minS0

  Trauma surgeon Martin Takac came to Alaska to climb Denali, the highest mountain in North America. He reached the summit. The hardest part, it seemed, was behind him. Then, on the descent, the ground disappeared. A hidden snow bridge collapsed beneath Martin, dropping him deep into a crevasse on the Kahiltna Glacier. He survived the fall—but his body became wedged so tightly inside the narrowing walls of blue ice that rescuers couldn't simply pull him back out. What followed was an extraordinary 15-hour crevasse rescue involving Denali guides, National Park Service mountaineering rangers, volunteers, a helicopter pilot, and eventually a...

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  Episode #253

  Managing Fear: Survival Lessons from Megan Hine

  Aug 7, 202643 minS0

  This week, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen sit down with Megan Hine—expedition leader, wilderness survival expert, television survival consultant, and the survival consultant for Netflix's The Last House. Drawing on decades of experience leading expeditions in some of the world's harshest environments, Megan explains why survival is often more about psychology than gear, how fear can become a powerful ally, and the habits that consistently separate survivors from those who don't make it. The conversation explores Megan's fascinating career, the science behind resilience, practical techniques for staying calm under pressure, and memorable stories from the field—including a tens...

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  Episode #252

  40 MPH Winds, One Meter of Visibility: The Stranger on Ben Nevis

  Aug 3, 202631 minS0

  January 2026. A blizzard is raging on Ben Nevis, the tallest peak in the Scottish Highlands — gale-force winds, sub-zero temperatures, and visibility of about one meter—when a climber becomes separated from his two friends near the summit, without crampons, a map, or a compass. What happens to him next comes down to solid blocks of ice, a bent walking pole, and a group of British and Dutch marines who chose that exact day, in that exact weather, to climb the highest mountain in Britain. Julie and Kaycee unravel how a body shuts down in extreme cold, why the rescue nearly stal...

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  Episode #251

  Swallowed by the Nile; The Life and Death of Hendrik Coetzee | Disaster Strikes

  Jul 30, 202630 minS0

  Hendrik "Hendri" Coetzee was one of the most decorated whitewater explorers in the history of African river kayaking — a South African who had paddled the length of the Nile, soloed some of the continent's most dangerous water, and built a life in places most people only read about. In late 2010, he led two world-class American kayakers on an ambitious first descent of the Lukuga River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a remote stretch of water known among local communities for something far more dangerous than its rapids. On the morning of December 7th, on a quiet, flat section of ri...

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