17 Dec 2021

Solo hiking in the California desert - a cautionary tale

From Nine To Noon, 10:05 am on 17 December 2021

Claire Nelson has had long road to recovery after a near fatal hiking accident in the Joshua Tree National Park.

The New Zealander set off on a day long expedition and ended up surviving four days alone in blistering heat in the California desert. 

She has written about her 2018 ordeal in a new book  Things I Learned From Falling.

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