Lost in the Wild

Danger and Survival in the North Woods

By: Cary J. Griffith

Narrated by: Roger Wayne

In the wilderness, one false step can make the difference between a delightful respite and a brush with death.

On a beautiful summer afternoon in 1998, Dan Stephens, a 22-year-old canoeist, was leading a trip deep into Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park. He stepped into a gap among cedar trees to look for the next portage - and did not return. More than four hours later, Dan awakened from a fall with a lump on his head and stumbled deeper into the woods, confused.

Three years later, Jason Rasmussen, a third-year medical student who loved the forest's solitude, walked alone into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on a crisp fall day. After a two-day trek into a remote area of the woods, he stepped away from his campsite and made a series of seemingly trivial mistakes that left him separated from his supplies, wet, and lost, as cold darkness fell.

Enduring days without food or shelter, these men faced the full harsh force of wilderness, the place that they had sought out for tranquil refuge from city life. Lost in the Wild takes listeners with them as they enter realms of pain, fear, and courage, as they suffer dizzying confusion and unending frustration, and as they overcome seemingly insurmountable hurdles in a race to survive.

©2006 Cary J. Griffith (P)2018 Tantor

A must for anyone who spends time in the wilderness

Absolutely remarkable survival stories by these two young men. A very good listen, anyone who spends time in the wilderness should listen to their ordeals.

definitely a must read if you love the back countr

this is an incredible book about 2 people with different lives getting lost in the wilderness and the inner strength they had while seemingly hopelessly lost. and the incredible search and rescue teams that go looking for them! amazing!! read it!!

just not great.

unsympathetic characters that is probably better with local knowledge. the story drags and then ends without a wrap-up.

Painful, but in a good way.

Difficult to listen to so many poor choices being made but overall great stories of survival.

Confused...

While I enjoyed the story, at times it was confusing because it jumps around from one lost person to someone else that's also lost.
The author also gives too much information on subordinate characters.
I almost didnt finish the book because of these reasons.