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Mini Episodes

You sometimes don't like hearing us chit chat. We heard you and we get it. WBS Mini Episodes are short and straight to the point without all the chit chat or ads. Join us for these short 10-15 minute stories of those who faced the unforgiving outdoors and discovered just how high the stakes can be. Lace up, keep your eyes open, and stay on the trail as we hike the outdoors to uncover what it truly costs to be in the wilderness. 


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Wilderness Bonescapes Podcast Mini episodes

Episode 3 : Plummeting Over 30,000 Feet

 What if I told you… that a single mistake—just one name, one moment, one step onto the wrong plane—could send someone plummeting from over 30,000 feet… and somehow, against every law of nature, they would survive? This is not fiction. This is not legend. This is the story of Vesna Vulović—a young flight attendant who boarded a routine flight in 1972… never knowing it would explode midair above the frozen mountains of Europe. In an instant, the sky became chaos. A bomb tore through the aircraft. The plane disintegrated. Twenty-seven people lost their lives as the wreckage fell from the clouds. But one woman didn’t. Thrown from the sky, trapped in the shattered tail of a falling plane, Vesna plunged into a snow-covered mountainside—no parachute, no control, no chance. And yet… she lived. Rescued from the wreckage. Broken beyond recognition. With injuries that should have ended her life. And with no memory of the moment that changed everything. How does someone survive the unsurvivable? Was it luck? Fate? Or something we still can’t explain? Tonight, we unravel one of the most astonishing survival stories ever recorded—a story of tragedy, mystery, resilience… and a fall that should have been the end. But wasn’t 

Episode 2:  Surviving 20 Days in the Sierra Mountains

The wilderness doesn’t care who you are. It doesn’t care how prepared you think you are… And it only takes one wrong turn to vanish without a trace. In the mountains of California, a 65-year-old hunter sets out for a trip that should last just a few hours. But when the sun begins to fall…He’s no longer on the right road. His truck breaks down. A storm rolls in. And within hours, the world around him is buried in snow. No signal. No way out. And almost no food. What follows is not just a story of survival… It’s a test of endurance, faith, and the will to live when everything says you shouldn’t. For nearly 20 days, Ron Dailey is alone in the Sierra wilderness—rationing scraps of food, melting snow for water, and fighting to stay alive as hope begins to slip away. Search teams scour miles of rugged terrain… But the mountains keep their secrets. And as the days drag on, one question grows louder: Will anyone find him… before it’s too late? 

Episode 1: Surviving the Edge of the World

She was an experienced hiker and a seasoned camper. She took one short walk… that should have lasted minutes. At a place locals call the Edge of the World. One wrong step lead to four hundred feet of darkness. Fortunately, she didn’t hit the bottom. The forest caught her. Unfortunately, this left her hanging between life and death. Trapped on a cliff. Invisible from above. Unable to climb out. For two and a half days. She endured scorching heat, freezing nights, and absolute darkness— while her family searched, and slowly began preparing for the worst. Rescuers searched the canyon. Nothing. Until someone looked… where no one thought to look. A true story of survival, fear, and the mistake that almost ended everything.


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