Show Notes
James Scott was rescued in 1992 after 43 days alone, without food, in the freezing Himalayan mountains. The medical student defied all expectations of what a human could endure, only to face media speculation about whether he’d staged a hoax.
Music credits:
Theme: Epic Adventure by BlueBirdSound
Waiting For The End Of The Quarantine by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6108-waiting-for-the-end-of-the-quarantine License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Dark Secrets (DECISION) by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/246-dark-secrets-decision- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Breaking News 5 by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5973-breaking-news-5 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Breaking News 2 by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5951-breaking-news-2 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rising Tide by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5027-rising-tide
Breaking News 1 by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5950-breaking-news-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Breaking News 3 by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5952-breaking-news-3 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Enter the Maze by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3712-enter-the-maze License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Universal by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4565-universal License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Walking Into Darkness - Myuu thedarkpiano.com
SFX Hiking in a canyon by ciccarelli - Freesound.org Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) Walking on the snow by rivernile7 - Freesound.org Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) Karate Class by Digital Gold Pictures - Freesound.org https://creativecommons.org/licenses/sampling+/1.0/
Media credits:
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