A rock-climbing disaster hurtles climber Craig DeMartino 100 feet down a granite cliff. A shattered heap of broken bones, Craig clings to life. In a split second, Craig's life becomes an inspiring fight to survive.
In an isolated mountain river, Fisherman Dean Ririe becomes hopelessly trapped under a boulder in water up to his neck. In icy waters that should kill a man, Dean fights for his life miles from help.
A father and son camping trip turns into a desperate fight to survive when John Sloot is crushed under an ATV. Now his 10 year-old son, Cody must brave the wilderness alone to get help.
While hiking alone deep in Glacier National Park, Ted Porter plummets into an icy glacial crevasse. With a broken back and miles from anyone, he must fight to survive.
Hunters Adrian Knopps and Garrett Hagen venture into the remotest part of Alaska's Misty Fjord, hunting Moose and Bear. After a successful hunt Adrian finds himself trapped by a twenty foot tidal surge after Garrett fails to return with the skiff.
After a successful hunt., Adrian Knopps' hunting partner disappears taking their bear out to the boat. Now Adrian finds himself stranded on a tidal flat surround by bears and wolf packs and with massive storm bearing down on him. How will he survive?
Pastor Mike Turner is on a solo hike across the continental divide in the unforgiving Wind Rivers Range of Wyoming when he becomes hopelessly trapped under a boulder. He chronicles his grueling 11-day fight to survive in his own journal.
Deer hunter Nathan Holcomb plummets from his tree stand. Every hunters' worst nightmare becomes Nathan's reality. With a broken back and paralyzed, Nathan must crawl out on his own to find help.
In what is regarded as one of greatest survival stories of the 20th Century, sailor Steven Callahan finds himself alone and adrift in a life raft after his boat, the Napoleon Solo sinks in the mid Atlantic.
Facing starvation, dehydration and predators from the deep, sailor Steven Callahan fights to survive not only the physical hardships, but also the mental and emotional strain of being adrift and alone in a disintegrating life raft.