Snowmobile Excursion: Olympic Athlete vs Nature

02/13/25 • 56 min

1 Listener

Rulon Gardner is no stranger to adversity. At the 2000 Olympic Games he won gold in Greco-Roman wrestling, against all the odds. But in 2002, he finds himself in a different kind of fight - a monumental clash of man versus nature in the mountains of Wyoming. A series of wrong turns sees an afternoon of snowmobiling veer off the rails. With the daylight disappearing, Rulon will need every last drop of willpower if he’s to make it out of the wilderness...

A Noiser production, written by Nicole Edmunds.

For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions

If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Noiser production, written by Nicole Edmunds.

For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions

If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Previous Episode

Race Against Time: Deep in Loch Ness

A diver explores the depths of Loch Ness - on the lookout for a submerged World War Two plane. But suddenly, Hugh Williams finds himself trapped underwater. Something grabs him from below... and whatever it is, it’s not letting go. With his air supply running down, Hugh must make a series of pivotal choices. One wrong move could spell the end...

A Noiser production, written by Anne-Marie Bullock.

For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions

If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Next Episode

Trapped Under the Sunken Titanic

Dik Barton has an amazing job. His 9 to 5 is spent recovering artefacts from the world’s most iconic shipwreck. In August 1994, Dik leads a dive to the bottom of the Atlantic - to explore an uncharted section of RMS Titanic. The mission is going off without a hitch, until their sub is knocked off course by a freak ocean current. Trapped within the wreckage, with dwindling oxygen supplies, Dik must think fast. Otherwise he too will suffer a tragic fate, 82 years after Titanic met hers...

A Noiser production, written by Joe Viner.

If you enjoy this episode and want to learn more about the Titanic, then we have just the podcast for you. Titanic: Ship of Dreams. Coming soon from the Noiser Podcast Network.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices