Lost in the Rainforest | Man of Action | 3

Against The Odds

Wondery

Cassie De Pecol, History, Society & Culture, Dolby, Mike Corey, Dolby Atmos, Atmos

4.7 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Gale desperately tries to organize a search party for Yossi Ghinsberg, who is still lost in the Bolivian rainforest. As days turn to weeks, Kevin worries he'll never see his friend alive again. Meanwhile, malnourished and injured, Yossi is growing increasingly disoriented as he treks through the forbidding jungle. He begins to lose all hope of ever being rescued.

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0:00.0	A listener note,
0:01.3	against the odds uses dramatizations that are based on true events.
0:05.7	Some elements, including dialogue, may be invented,
0:08.9	but everything is based on historical research. Yaseh Ginsburg peers down a narrow path deep within the Bolidian jungle.
0:18.0	Rain patters. down a narrow path deep within the Bolidian jungle.
0:24.0	Rain patters on his poncho.
0:26.6	It's December 12, 1981, and he's been alone, lost, and hungry
0:31.9	for almost two weeks. But today he's feeling optimistic. The
0:37.1	source of his optimism is this path which is well marked by macheti cuts on the
0:42.0	tree trunks.
0:43.4	The path should lead to a village called San Jose,
0:46.4	about a four-day hike from here.
0:48.6	At least, that's according to Carl,
0:50.6	the jungle guide Yossi parted with two weeks ago.
0:54.0	Yossi hums an Israeli pop song as he walks.
0:57.6	He'd been praying to be saved, but today he's confident
1:01.3	he can save himself.
1:03.0	Once he reaches San Jose, he'll arrange transportation back to La Paz.
1:08.0	He just hopes his friend Kevin Gale is okay.
1:12.0	He and Kevin got separated when their raft entered a rough
1:15.4	stretch of whitewater 12 days ago. But who knows? Maybe Kevin will be waiting for
1:20.4	him in San Jose. Yossi quickens his pace.
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