Episode

Lost Behind Enemy Lines for 2 Weeks: After Taking 30 Meth Pills | E238

Podcast: The CRUX: True Survival Stories
Published: Jun 1, 2026
Duration seconds: 2690
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Summary

Finnish corporal Aimo Koivunen swallowed 90 mg of methamphetamine to stay awake during a 1944 ski patrol in Soviet Lapland. Psychosis followed. He skied 100 km on autopilot, stumbled through a Soviet camp, burned down a cabin, and spent two and a half weeks surviving on pine buds and landmine wounds before rescue. He weighed 43 kg with a 200 bpm heart rate—his toes never recovered. A case study in how war drives armies to chemical desperation.