Tommy Hendricks, as told to Scott Yorko

In November 2016, Tommy Hendricks (right), 19, and Matthew Smith (left), 18, suffered frostbite and hypothermia on Colorado’s Mt. of the Holy Cross while waiting two days for rescue. As told to Scott Yorko
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Trapped on a Mountain in Winter

Soon we both stopped shivering, and neither of us could feel our feet. Matt turned to me. “Tommy, we could die out here.”