They Gave Up Fighting to Survive | Desperate and Lost in Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Описание: Survival In August 1999, Dave Coughlin was embarking on a cross-country move to California to attend graduate school, and his best friend Raffi Kodikian decided to come along. Dave, recalling advice to visit Carlsbad Caverns in the Chihuahuan Desert, realized it was on their route west, proposing a detour through Phoenix on Thursday. They decided to camp in Rattlesnake Canyon for the night and continue on tomorrow to visit the caverns and on West. In the morning, they packed and headed towards the car. But as they headed to the trail back, they realized they were lost and couldn't find the cairns to navigate. Now, a simple overnight trip was now turning into a fight for survival as the friends ended up lost in the canyon with no way out. As the days went on, and hope waned, the friends lost all will to live, and the ultimate question lingered...

0:00 Introduction
0:33 The Chihuahuan Desert
2:08 The Raffi Kodikian & Dave Coughlin Story
24:41 Lost & Found
28:43 New Mexico v Raffi Kodikian
33:21 Epilogue
35:43 Conclusion


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This story was sourced from the book "Journal of the Dead: A Story of Friendship and Murder in the New Mexico Desert" by Jason Kersten

Much of the script and information was sourced from the book

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