On May 8, 2019, 35-year-old physical therapist and yoga teacher, Amanda Eller, set off on what she thought would be a hike along a trail in the Makawao Forest Reserve, Hawaii. Part way through the hike, she realised she had become disorientated and lost. Without a cell phone, water bottle, map, or any supplies, she fought to survive in the wilderness, with only intuition to guide her. She was rescued 17 days later, injured, but alive. However, her spiritual take on her experience left many questioning her actions and intentions.

Sources:

https://www.facebook.com/amandaeeller/

Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sun, May 26, 2019

Honolulu Star-Advertiser Wed, May 29, 2019

5 years after dramatic rescue, hiker reflects on being lost in Hawaii forest for 17 days

Yoga teacher Amanda Eller after rescue from Hawaii forest: 'I chose life'

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On September 20, 2004, a Cessna 206 aircraft crashed while flying to a rural Schafer Meadows airstrip in Montana. Of the five people on board, only two would survive. Burned, injured, and presumed dead, forest service workers Jodee Hogg and Matt Ramige, were left to fight for survival, and descend the treacherous terrain in search of help.

Sources:

‘Unacceptable’ to quit: woman tells of plane crash’, AP

JG-TC: Journal Gazette and Times-Courier, Sat, Sep 25, 2004

Victoria Advocate, Sun, Sep 26, 2004

Ventura County Star, Fri, Oct 22, 2004

Albany Democrat-Herald, Sun, Sep 26, 2004

The Times, Sun, Sep 26, 2004

The Signal, Sun, Sep 26, 2004

The Daily Sentinel, Sun, Sep 26, 2004

Star-Herald, Thu, Sep 15, 2005

The Spokesman-Review, Thu, Sep 15, 2005

The Daily Inter Lake, Fri, Sep 24, 2004

The Independent-Record, Fri, Sep 24, 2004

The Billings Gazette, Thu, Sep 15, 2005

Burned, battered, but alive — crash survivor recalls ordeal

Plane Crash Survivor Recalls Ordeal

Plane crash victims back from the dead

Plane crash survivor feels he has a new perspective on life

Woman tells of plane crash and survival ordeal

The Tragedy in Tunnel Creek

Inexperience blamed for plane crash

James Long

In August of 2017, experienced hunter and avid outdoorsman, Jeremy Evans, was scouting for sheep in the Alberta Rockies when he spotted a grizzly bear cub through his binoculars. Without warning, he was attacked by a mother grizzly bear from behind resulting in devastating injuries.

Alone in the backwoods of the Canadian wilderness, his face torn, fingers broken, tendons severed, and blood spilling from his injuries, Jeremy struggled for miles to save himself.

Sources:

Calgary Herald- After the Attack: Man's harrowing account of being attacked by a bear still offering lessons about life, trauma

Calgary Herald- Account of horrific grizzly attack is a story about survival 'against all odds'

Metro- Dad has his face ripped off by bear in brutal attack

FIERCE- The HEART-POUNDING Grizzly Attack on Jeremy Evans

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Backpacker

Noiser - Jeremy Evans: How To Survive A Grizzly Bear Attack

Newsweek- Man Who Escaped After Bear Crushed His Skull on How He Survived