Into the Woods

“Over 18 hours, he walked an estimated 14 to 20 miles out of the mountains and into the sparsely populated Wallowa Valley. During that journey he fell into a river, climbed a tree to escape two terrifying coyotes, and hid from a passing car because—as he recalls it—his reptile brain had taken over. He was cold and exhausted, and he developed acute tendonitis in his ankles that put him on crutches for a week. But he saved himself.” Outside: How a 6-Year-Old Survived Being Lost in the Woods. (My kids would be hard-pressed to survive for a few hours without WiFi…)