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Stranded Teen Uses Reality TV Skills to Survive

After losing a ski, Jake Denham was stuck on mountain for 9 hours

(Newser) - Reality shows are good for something: Namely, helping a 14-year-old boy survive while stranded in sub-zero temperatures on an Oregon mountain. Jake Denham, who lost a ski on Mount Bachelor on New Year’s Eve, followed ski trails down the mountain and built a snow cave when it got dark....

Trapped Miners Get Bad News
 Trapped Miners 
 Get Bad News 
Aug 26, 2010 1:20 AM CDT

Trapped Miners Get Bad News

Chileans learn ordeal will last for months

(Newser) - The 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground now know that it could be Christmas before they can be rescued . Chilean officials, who compare the men's situation to that of astronauts on a long mission, say they decided the miners had to be told the truth, ABC News reports. The 33...

Everest Climber Reaches Peak, Goes Blind, Dies

Peter Kinloch, 28, left near summit

(Newser) - Peter Kinloch, a seemingly healthy 28-year-old British policeman, was “elated, cheery and bubbly” when he reached the top of Mount Everest, according to one member of his expedition team. But as he began his descent, he started to stumble and then mysteriously went blind, the Daily Mail reports. He...

'Prepper' Movement Goes Mainstream

  'Prepper' Movement  
  Goes Mainstream 




end-of-the-world watch
May 23, 2010 12:30 PM CDT

'Prepper' Movement Goes Mainstream

The new survivalists are no longer just on the fringe

(Newser) - The “ preppers ”—survivalists hoarding supplies and learning essential skills in anticipation of a disastrous event—may have seemed like a fringe movement at first, but they’re growing. Don’t believe it? Just take a look at the numerous blogs, podcasts, and websites that teach everything from...

Today's Survivalists: Call Them 'Preppers'

No camouflage, but maybe stockpiles of canned food

(Newser) - They’re ready for the worst, but they’re not your old-fashioned nutjobs: you won’t likely see "preppers" building bunkers in the woods or expecting the apocalypse. Today’s post-Katrina, recession-era survivalists, their fears heightened by 24-hour news and the Internet, just want to “take some steps...

Sole Survivor of '71 Jungle Crash Recounts Ordeal

Teen girl fell 2 miles from sky, trekked 10 days out of Amazon

(Newser) - The miraculous survival of a sole passenger in the Indian Ocean plane crash this week brought back some painful memories for German librarian Juliane Koepke, CNN reports. Koepke, then 17, was the sole survivor of a 1971 crash in the Amazon rainforest. She plummeted more than two miles strapped to...

Lions Defend Turf Like Gangstas

(Newser) - Lion prides display the behavior of human gangs not to hunt more efficiently, but to defend their turf, researchers have discovered. The larger the prides, the more successfully lions keep out interlopers, reports the BBC. Scientists have long been stumped by why lions are singularly sociable among cats and what...

'Tough' Toddler Survives 2 Days in Mo. Woods

He was 4 miles from home—starved, naked, and grinning

(Newser) - By the time his bare bottom was spotted in the woods yesterday, rescue crews were doubtful they would find Joshua Childers alive. But the 3-year-old sprang up and grinned when a volunteer called out to him. He had wandered into the Missouri woods Monday morning and survived 50 hours barely...

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