# 9 Days Stranded in the Nevada Wilderness; The Wrong Turn That Took a Life | E 240

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Podcast: [The CRUX: True Survival Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-crux-true-survival-stories-2136323)
Published: 2026-06-08T11:00:00+00:00
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In March 2022, Ronnie and Beverly Barker — a retired Air Force veteran and his wife from Indianapolis — followed their GPS onto a remote Nevada mountain road and didn't come back for nine days. Only one of them made it home.

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