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Skier survives freezing night in mountains of New Zealand Hawaii …

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Russ Roberts

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A 72-year-old Hawaii skier suffered two broken legs, then survived a night in the frigid mountains of New Zealand by fighting to stay awake and exercising his arms to avoid hypothermia, a New Zealand newspaper reports.

Russell Roberts‘s insight:

A tale of survival…good thing the skier kept his head and stayed awake. Aloha, Russ.

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