# 43 Days Lost in the Himalayan Winter: Trapped Without Food or Fire | E226

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Podcast: [The CRUX: True Survival Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-crux-true-survival-stories-2136323)
Published: 2026-04-06T11:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2065

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On December 22nd, 1991, a 22-year-old medical student from Brisbane crawled under a rock overhang in the Nepalese Himalayas. The record for survival at that elevation in Himalayan winter was ten days. James Scott lasted forty-three. Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen tell the story — what went wrong on the Gosainkunda trail, what it cost him, and the two people who refused to stop looking long after everyone else had given up.

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