“81 Days Below Zero” is the book. 4 things saved this man’s life. •pocket trash (tinder) •Scout knife •2 boxes of matches •Alaskan traditions of men provisioning men who are lost via hunting cabins. The book is top shelf survival nonfiction
Books like this are exactly why my father spent the better part of 30 years building remote hunting cabins stocked with non perishables in metal drums to deture wildlife, ontop of this he leaves writen journals inside every cabin detailing each adventure
@@alaskanoffroadadventures2545 I had to use a random cabin someone built, was more of a shack but we didn't care. Had food, shelter from the storm and a welcome sign lol. We were out bording and riding 40 miles out of kotzebue when I worked at the Nulugvik hotel back in 95. Unexpected storm came in off the ocean. Open tundra is not a good place to be. God I miss home, in Wyoming now but half my family is still in the Mat Su Valley. God Bless your father ❤
The cold is a different level of cold. I've experienced 0 degree weather and that was almost unbearable. Hard to image how difficult that survival situation is.
Crane seemed to do an excellent job by prioritizing his needs, staying calm and making good decisions. He also benefited from some good luck finding shelter and food in the middle of nowhere.
"excellent job prioritizing his needs?" He left the land site without his gloves. He left his first camp site without understanding of walking in deep snow and without water. He left the cabin the first time without a thorough check of the surrounding land. How can you make such a statement?
That log cabin must have felt like a lottery win in such perilous times. He was totally going to die without it. I'm glad he kept stable and rational throughout it all.
Wow, what a story! 3-month survival journey in the wilderness of Alaska, in deadly winter 40 degrees below and long night. Against all odds, he made it! Such luck he had, blessed man! Must live to 100 years then!
I use to be a hard core snowboarder in my late teens and early 20's. While traversing a somewhat off trail tree run I fell into a tree well. I was buried up to my chin in light powdery snow, it was almost suffocating, and I kept sinking! I could see skiers and snowboarders less than a 100 yards away from me passing me by on a groomed trail, but they could not hear my cries for help. Some how I was able to take my snowboard off and manage to get myself out of the tree well. By the time I was able to get myself back to the groomed trail... I was exhausted! One of the scariest things I've ever encountered.
His parents had the worst Christmas of their lives then got the best gift a few months later- knowing their son was alive. What a crazy survival story. Amazing that he made it.
There would have been a lot of families going through the same thing in the war. Planes often went down in enemy territory and the family would have no knowledge of whether their men had died, been caught or were making their way back.
As soon as you described how he made inventory of what materials & objects he had to secure his survivial... i knew this guys is a survivor with the right mindset. Incredible story all the more bc it is set in a really tough environment. You never Disapoint with your videos !
What an incredible story we can only imagine how cold an lonely he must have felt at the beginning but finding the first cabin must have felt like winning the lottery an most importantly warmth and he did everything right including going back to the cabin a few times after a day of trekking when he hadn't come across anything doing that played a big part in his survival because he probably would have died from hypothermia!! Awesome story 😊
I cannot believe the tenacity of this brave man although never going through anything like this I was stationed at malstrom AFB in Montana and while escorting a missile maintenance team our maintenance truck broke down. We had a wind chill of 60 degrees below 0. We were our there 6 hours before they could get to us. I've never been that cold in all my life. We were fortunate.
So many people either perish in a survival situation or enter a survival situation because they just keep going. Their survival instincts haven't been developed to where they realize they're making it worse be continuing on when they had a stable situation to begin with. Mr. Crane was like an animal stranded, his first instinct was to not leave safety when he had it available, and his further progress wasn't safe. He also was very willing to switch plans and tactics when the one he was on didn't pan out. So many professional explorers don't have this type of prudence.
I couldn't had said it better. He had the perfect mindset to survive. The ability to have the frame of mind to abandon a bad plan at the right time saved his life. He put his ego aside and adjusted accordingly. Well said!
I believe there is a "Creator"somewhere,but human effort coupled with divine guidance is an unbeatable combination.in one reply someone mentioned"greatest generation",there is no greatest generation,by what yard stick could it be measured by?.Maybe in the distance future in a galaxy faf far away we can look back then and determine what generation was the greatest.Generations are still being born.LW,The Wildchild.
Another fantastic video!! Your presentation is captivating! That's one tough guy. I wonder what they thought when he showed up at Lad! And he went back to test flying, I'm thinking that would've been it for me! Brave guy.
Amazing story of this young pilot soldier surviving all those months in the Alaska wilderness by his knowledge of what to do and finding shelter & food finnally making it to people who helped. God was watching over him glad he had a good life after all this having a family.
I’m so very, very glad he made it out and without ruining his health No frost bite, amputations, skin grafts, broken bones, months in hospital etc. Absolutely wonderful. He’s a very clever man, thinks carefully, and the amount of times he sensibility turned back makes him a hero to me. How safe I would feel married to him. A real man to be proud of. God bless him.♥️🙏♥️
Great story. What was interesting was that there were 2 or 3 times he took a decision, then after is wasn't going as well as he hoped, he turned back and replanned. Being able to make those judgments of wasting that energy and time in favor of a plan that might work out better was crucial to his survival.
I’ve lived in Alaska for the past 25 years and never heard this story. Most people would never have survived the first night let alone 84 days and nights - not in interior Alaska in winter. This man needed lots of luck, skill, strength and fortitude and then more luck. Nobody has all of that! But he did, didn’t he?
I'm as moved by Leon's humility as his courage and fortitude. What a generation. For all her flaws, America had a light once: hoping our republic survives the jack boots from within. Paz y luz 💫
I imagine he didn't want his family in distress and thinking him dead anymore....the loneliness would be debilitating for months on end and food, supplies, matches would be gone....
I am late to the game.. I have a stupid feber, I love this video it renminds me of my own mountain that I can not climb. I HATE having a fever, i promise i will be better next week, so I can give u a better rewiew?? Also glad påsk 😊❤❤🎉
Strangely enough earlier today I listened to Jack London's short story "To Build a Fire" Spoiler alert: The protagonist wasn't as lucky as the test pilot.
I'm just passed halfway into to video,so i don't know the outcome of this. But i just wish to say that no way would i ever have moved away from that cabin that had everything that he needed. I would have only attempted to leave it in the springtime. Now to watch the rest of it.
What an amazing story of survival. As much of a bad-ass I believe I am ,I don't think I would last more than a week and that's being very optimistic lol.
Probably. But I think he didn't believe he had enough to survive until the thaw. And he was desperate to let his folks know he was ok. Good question, I thought the same thing.
This is a testimony concerning how our Lord Jesus will never leave or forsake you if you believe that His grace is sufficient. I understand that all stories don't turn out like this. However we have to acknowledge that divine intervention is the cause of many survival situations. May God continue to show us that He is in control. 🙏
Wait. They have 4 engines. They feather one & lose control? It'll easily fly on three. Even two would extend the glide, reduce the descent rate & get them very near or even all the way back....and the Cap spins it? WTH? It's a non-event.
@@mortalclown3812 "Sofa Ninja?" Me? Guess you haven't read my book? Over & Back. Wild Bill Callahan. Amazon. Go in & leave me a one-star review. That'd be right up your alley mortal clown. I know what the hell I'm talking about. That's a crash that never had to happen.
My god this would have been absolutely harrowing. Also "holocaust survivors"... come on, Auschwitz had a sauna, swimming pool, camp money, camp orchestra and conditions that actually surpassed the conditions in many towns/cities at that time of Germany. Typhus due to mass migrations of Eastern Europeans fleeing Soviet terror were the reasons for the death tolls towards the latter part of the war and also the Allies were actually the main reason for the outbreaks of the logistical breakdown resulting in the flourishing of disease. Leon Crane had it WAY worse than holocaust "survivors" who happen to number in the multiple of millions.
Umm at 12.15 that footage was taken from an I survived type of program about a man who tries to climb a mountain in a European country breaking his leg and pelvis having to find people,.
“81 Days Below Zero” is the book.
4 things saved this man’s life.
•pocket trash (tinder)
•Scout knife
•2 boxes of matches
•Alaskan traditions of men provisioning men who are lost via hunting cabins.
The book is top shelf survival nonfiction
Books like this are exactly why my father spent the better part of 30 years building remote hunting cabins stocked with non perishables in metal drums to deture wildlife, ontop of this he leaves writen journals inside every cabin detailing each adventure
@@alaskanoffroadadventures2545 wow that sounds awesome... I would love to hear about some of the adventures!
I dunno .. I think sheer determination had something to do with it!
Yea let’s hear it for Phil! What a godsend
@@alaskanoffroadadventures2545 I had to use a random cabin someone built, was more of a shack but we didn't care. Had food, shelter from the storm and a welcome sign lol. We were out bording and riding 40 miles out of kotzebue when I worked at the Nulugvik hotel back in 95. Unexpected storm came in off the ocean. Open tundra is not a good place to be. God I miss home, in Wyoming now but half my family is still in the Mat Su Valley. God Bless your father ❤
What a testament to the determination of a man to survive. I can't even imagine what that must have been like.
The cold is a different level of cold. I've experienced 0 degree weather and that was almost unbearable. Hard to image how difficult that survival situation is.
He had a great survival mindset and good fortune. Amazing story.
Crane seemed to do an excellent job by prioritizing his needs, staying calm and making good decisions. He also benefited from some good luck finding shelter and food in the middle of nowhere.
He made his luck. He knew to follow the river. Then found a fully stock cabin. He's dies if not for that cabin.
He would have died without the cabin
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"excellent job prioritizing his needs?" He left the land site without his gloves. He left his first camp site without understanding of walking in deep snow and without water. He left the cabin the first time without a thorough check of the surrounding land. How can you make such a statement?
@@outdoordisastersI don't know if I told you this is one of my favorites by far!!
What a guy! Soo glad he landed where he did and found that cabin! ❤
That log cabin must have felt like a lottery win in such perilous times. He was totally going to die without it. I'm glad he kept stable and rational throughout it all.
It's like finding acorns.
Wow, what a story! 3-month survival journey in the wilderness of Alaska, in deadly winter 40 degrees below and long night. Against all odds, he made it! Such luck he had, blessed man! Must live to 100 years then!
I would have stayed in the cabin for the rest of my life ! 😀
I found the original story in Wikipidia, it is real! Crane lived over 80 and his two sons traced their father's trail with helicopter and hike.
Wow, what phenomenal script and narration! Equal to the incredible story. 💥
Wow, thank you!
Yes ! This was great ! 😀👍🇦🇺
@@outdoordisasters your a 🐐 poet and didn't even know it 🧿
A haunting and intense rendition of survival. Brilliantly told, I immersed myself in this adventure and got totally lost in it. Thanks so much.
I use to be a hard core snowboarder in my late teens and early 20's. While traversing a somewhat off trail tree run I fell into a tree well. I was buried up to my chin in light powdery snow, it was almost suffocating, and I kept sinking! I could see skiers and snowboarders less than a 100 yards away from me passing me by on a groomed trail, but they could not hear my cries for help. Some how I was able to take my snowboard off and manage to get myself out of the tree well. By the time I was able to get myself back to the groomed trail... I was exhausted! One of the scariest things I've ever encountered.
Wow, what a great story! I love these originals! Thank you for telling it!
What an amazing man! Such a well told story. Thank you ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
His parents had the worst Christmas of their lives then got the best gift a few months later- knowing their son was alive. What a crazy survival story. Amazing that he made it.
There would have been a lot of families going through the same thing in the war. Planes often went down in enemy territory and the family would have no knowledge of whether their men had died, been caught or were making their way back.
It's easy to over look the strain of the families never have ing close ure.
This is what I get reading comments before story is finished😂❤
What an epic story: tragedy, obstacles, and pure perseverance.
What a wonderful story of hope and inspiration. Im in tears Thank you for sharing.
What an amazing story. Definitely didn't want it to end. Thank you, love your channel
Appreciate you!
As soon as you described how he made inventory of what materials & objects he had to secure his survivial... i knew this guys is a survivor with the right mindset. Incredible story all the more bc it is set in a really tough environment. You never Disapoint with your videos !
Excellent narration of this heroic adventure.
What a survivor and went back to work, business as usual. Greatest generation!!!
Phil Burrell, what a legend for that cabin and supplies!
What an incredible story we can only imagine how cold an lonely he must have felt at the beginning but finding the first cabin must have felt like winning the lottery an most importantly warmth and he did everything right including going back to the cabin a few times after a day of trekking when he hadn't come across anything doing that played a big part in his survival because he probably would have died from hypothermia!!
Awesome story 😊
I cannot believe the tenacity of this brave man although never going through anything like this I was stationed at malstrom AFB in Montana and while escorting a missile maintenance team our maintenance truck broke down. We had a wind chill of 60 degrees below 0. We were our there 6 hours before they could get to us. I've never been that cold in all my life. We were fortunate.
I’ve been there twice it’s an amazing place both times in August let alone winter ! What a stud !!
So many people either perish in a survival situation or enter a survival situation because they just keep going. Their survival instincts haven't been developed to where they realize they're making it worse be continuing on when they had a stable situation to begin with.
Mr. Crane was like an animal stranded, his first instinct was to not leave safety when he had it available, and his further progress wasn't safe. He also was very willing to switch plans and tactics when the one he was on didn't pan out.
So many professional explorers don't have this type of prudence.
I couldn't had said it better. He had the perfect mindset to survive. The ability to have the frame of mind to abandon a bad plan at the right time saved his life. He put his ego aside and adjusted accordingly. Well said!
I believe there is a "Creator"somewhere,but human effort coupled with divine guidance is an unbeatable combination.in one reply someone mentioned"greatest generation",there is no greatest generation,by what yard stick could it be measured by?.Maybe in the distance future in a galaxy faf far away we can look back then and determine what generation was the greatest.Generations are still being born.LW,The Wildchild.
The Greatest Generation is a name given to ppl born in a certain era, like Gen X @@Gladhandskids
Went from horrid survival to a great cabin vacay ! Sweet !
Another fantastic video!! Your presentation is captivating! That's one tough guy. I wonder what they thought when he showed up at Lad!
And he went back to test flying, I'm thinking that would've been it for me! Brave guy.
Great story! Leon was part of the Greatest Generation - we stand on the shoulders of giants.
Well said!
This would make a great movie. What an adventure!
great story. What an escape!!!
Amazing story of this young pilot soldier surviving all those months in the Alaska wilderness by his knowledge of what to do and finding shelter & food finnally making it to people who helped. God was watching over him glad he had a good life after all this having a family.
I’m so very, very glad he made it out and without ruining his health No frost bite, amputations, skin grafts, broken bones, months in hospital etc. Absolutely wonderful. He’s a very clever man, thinks carefully, and the amount of times he sensibility turned back makes him a hero to me. How safe I would feel married to him. A real man to be proud of.
God bless him.♥️🙏♥️
Incredible story - what a survivor.....
Great story. What was interesting was that there were 2 or 3 times he took a decision, then after is wasn't going as well as he hoped, he turned back and replanned. Being able to make those judgments of wasting that energy and time in favor of a plan that might work out better was crucial to his survival.
The way he was quick to act & resourceful was very intelligent & great presence of mind - like quickly thawing out when he fell in the water.
Keeping fire going and stick pile to make it substantial larger is also key.fire is life up here
8:30 Hello to The Outdoor Boys. 😀 - Thank you for another great video! I like stories from the past.
Glad you enjoyed it
Just discovered them. Loving their videos!
I’ve lived in Alaska for the past 25 years and never heard this story. Most people would never have survived the first night let alone 84 days and nights - not in interior Alaska in winter. This man needed lots of luck, skill, strength and fortitude and then more luck. Nobody has all of that! But he did, didn’t he?
I'm as moved by Leon's humility as his courage and fortitude. What a generation.
For all her flaws, America had a light once: hoping our republic survives the jack boots from within.
Paz y luz 💫
I've watched this video twice. 24? Leons survival is incredible. An inspirational journey he never wanted.
Love the "how to be better prepared" segments at the end of the episodes
Talk about a life saver, I personally would've stayed there until summer. I could of lived in that cabin for years if need be.
I imagine he didn't want his family in distress and thinking him dead anymore....the loneliness would be debilitating for months on end and food, supplies, matches would be gone....
Subscribed because I was so impressed with your logo ghosted inside the moon - beautiful 👏
Wow, such presence of mind and determination. Fantastic story and narration, as always. ❤
Great channel. Thank you for your work. I have been intrigued by people's determination,quest for adventure and sadly mistakes/poor decision making
Thank you! Me as well. These stories are fascinating.
Same
Hi! Just now getting a chance to watch this video. (Better late than never!) 😊 Thanks soooo much!!! 🌹
Amazing story of survival. Crane is truly skilled, blessed and lucky.
Another incredible episode as always, thank you kindly 🙏
Thank you!
Excellent story. Excellent reading of the story. I'm a truck driver. I really enjoyed this. As I drove the miles away,
Thanks for listening
Well if I were to be lost, Alaska would be the best place for me. What gorgeous scenery.
"All did was walk ."
...for months ! 😮
Insane !! 😓/ 💯💪
I was correct on my guess when you posted. Good job on video.
Good call! I try to be cryptic on purpose. Can get anything past you!
Amazing survival story
I am late to the game.. I have a stupid feber, I love this video it renminds me of my own mountain that I can not climb. I HATE having a fever, i promise i will be better next week, so I can give u a better rewiew?? Also glad påsk 😊❤❤🎉
Staying in the cabin is always the best option, impatience almost always gets you killed.
GREAT story!!
I read the book years ago. Great story.
Great story and commentary.
Would love to see this as a movie and keeping to the script.
Amazing story.. they don’t make them like they used too..
What a story!
A wonderful story !!!!! Thankyou 🙏🏼
What an amazing story ❤
Amazing incredible makes a great movie
Someone posted this same documentary about 6 wks ago. Magnificent story
Strangely enough earlier today I listened to Jack London's short story "To Build a Fire"
Spoiler alert: The protagonist wasn't as lucky as the test pilot.
Love that story. What a writer. The beauty and indifference of Nature is well portrayed in it.
Great work O D love your channel❤❤
I'm just passed halfway into to video,so i don't know the outcome of this. But i just wish to say that no way would i ever have moved away from that cabin that had everything that he needed. I would have only attempted to leave it in the springtime. Now to watch the rest of it.
I used to live in Alaska Fairbanks. Fort wainwright
When he lands I thought polar bears 🇨🇦🍁😳
Black bears, brown bears, Kodiak bears, polar bears....
In Alaska, Moose kill more people than bears.....however, the cold is more imminent
Leaving a safe cabin in Alaska during the winter qualified this guy for a Darwin Award. There's a fine line between a hero and a fool.
His matches,, food and supplies would have run out....he MADE it when very fee would so, he's not stupid
And outdoor boys on here at the fire scene lol
Awesome story of survival and so lucky to have found a gold mine it’s unbelievable smh WOW dude smh 👍🙏
So glad I live in sunny and warm St. Petersburg, Fl.
I think the wilderness should get a life sentence at this point.
I just LOLed reading this. I might have use this!
I wonder if Phil had to make the same journey down river when he arrived back at his cabin to find it empty 🤔
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The story was published in the book 81 Days Below Zero.
4 hours of daylight per 24 hours. That must have been miserable.
The actual story starts at 2:45 Minute.
Phenomenal story, just incredible fortune and I believe God was watching over him.
What an amazing story of survival. As much of a bad-ass I believe I am ,I don't think I would last more than a week and that's being very optimistic lol.
What I've learned is that you never know what you're capable of until you are thrusted into a survival situation. You may be stronger than you think!
@outdoordisasters well I hope to never find out haha.
Oh hey cool it's Luke from OutdoorBoys lol
Bet he wished he had a Zippo.
Always carry a zippo hiking or hunting.
Wouldn't it have been safer for him if he had stayed at the cabin until the ice had thawed?
Probably. But I think he didn't believe he had enough to survive until the thaw. And he was desperate to let his folks know he was ok. Good question, I thought the same thing.
7:15 Scariest Pic ever
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I like to think I'm distantly related to him!
This is a testimony concerning how our Lord Jesus will never leave or forsake you if you believe that His grace is sufficient. I understand that all stories don't turn out like this. However we have to acknowledge that divine intervention is the cause of many survival situations. May God continue to show us that He is in control. 🙏
Wait. They have 4 engines. They feather one & lose control? It'll easily fly on three. Even two would extend the glide, reduce the descent rate & get them very near or even all the way back....and the Cap spins it? WTH? It's a non-event.
And yet it happened. FUBAR
Read what happened before going into sofa ninja mode.
@@mortalclown3812 "Sofa Ninja?" Me? Guess you haven't read my book? Over & Back. Wild Bill Callahan. Amazon. Go in & leave me a one-star review. That'd be right up your alley mortal clown. I know what the hell I'm talking about. That's a crash that never had to happen.
Nope if i find a cabin i hunker down for more then a day ,
My god this would have been absolutely harrowing. Also "holocaust survivors"... come on, Auschwitz had a sauna, swimming pool, camp money, camp orchestra and conditions that actually surpassed the conditions in many towns/cities at that time of Germany. Typhus due to mass migrations of Eastern Europeans fleeing Soviet terror were the reasons for the death tolls towards the latter part of the war and also the Allies were actually the main reason for the outbreaks of the logistical breakdown resulting in the flourishing of disease. Leon Crane had it WAY worse than holocaust "survivors" who happen to number in the multiple of millions.
Umm at 12.15 that footage was taken from an I survived type of program about a man who tries to climb a mountain in a European country breaking his leg and pelvis having to find people,.
They jumped with rounds in those days...
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Now I know how Ames, Iowa got it's name.
And don't eat the yellow snow. 😫
I would have stayed in that cabin waiting for thaw as long as I had food and/or ammo for the gun.
7 (seven) days without Food.........NOWAY.......