Podcast

Completing a winter journey on the Appalachian Trail convinced the fun-loving thru-hiker that he can accomplish whatever he dreams up

The thru-hiking community knew that "Sovereign" was bad news. Why wasn't anyone able to stop him?

Of all the risks of hiking a long trail, running into a dangerous person is one of the least likely. But as our next story shows, you never know exactly what–or who–is coming down the trail.

An unexpected rescue leads to many unanswered questions in the latest episode of Out Alive.

After a fall while climbing a remote Alaskan peak, Malcolm Daly found himself gravely injured and miles from help.

A misstep in Zion traps a hiker in the mud in the season 2 premiere of Out Alive.

Are we wired to get out of dangerous situations alive? We talked to the experts.

When a boulder snaps his leg on a California mountain, Gregg Hein finds himself in a fight for his life.

What if you were bitten by a venomous snake far from help? For Scott Vuncannon, an encounter with a rattler in the North Carolina backcountry was the beginning of a struggle for survival.

Your chances of being attacked by a bear are around one in two million. Todd Orr was mauled by one twice in a single day. Listen to his story in the latest episode of our podcast.

A fatal accident is the beginning of a six-day-long wilderness ordeal in the second episode of BACKPACKER's Out Alive podcast.