The acting and make up in these is pretty impressive. Not at all overdone or annoying like so many channels. Fantastic narration as well.

Marnie would have NEVER gotten me up that mountain side. I have no real hiking or rock climbing experience but I watch and read a lot about it. As someone terrified of heights, I would have insisted on turning back. The most important thing about venturing into the wilderness is to KNOW YOUR LIMITS. Never count on someone to know it for you. I'm happy these women made it out alive. I've been looking for this episode!

As an avid hiker, backpacker and rock scrambler, I can't even fathom attemrping to rock scramble with heavy packs on! Also, just because it is summer, always need warm clothes in the high mountains. But the best part of the story that brought tears to my eyes, was her sister not giving up and the wonderful pilot who flew her around. How incredible! The Heart is so powerful❤

There is absolutely nothing about Marni’s decision making that would suggest she is an “experienced climber”.

Always beware of who you follow and what their motive are my friend and I had a desire to sky dive,we went to a local small airport and met a guy who was charging 150 dollars a jump using his parachutes and jumping instructions, we were chutted up waiting for the plane to take us aloft as a jump master happened by and demanded to see the condition of the parachutes.Our instructor was forced to unroll the chutes and to our bewilderment they 50 to 100 hand sewn patches on them plus advanced stage of dry rot and with little effort he put his hand right through the canopy material saying these chutes haven't been used in years, the jump master quipped I need not have to tell you what would've happened.A few years later I heard the same guy sent a man and woman pummeling to they're deaths. Remember fools rush in where wise men fear to tread.

Wow, going off the hiking trail and doing a free solo rock climb with an inexperienced friend...so many bad decisions that could easily been avoided. Stubbornness can be your own worst enemy.

Imagine how many stories like this remain untold, and how many would have been told but weren’t because, just before getting rescued 😢

Turns out Marni was far more dangerous & reckless than even this video shows. Idid a little research on her & She went missing again in this same area & was found dead in those mountains

Yes, it is Marnie’s strength that got you through it but it was also her recklessness that got you into that life-threatening situation.

Taking on a hike like that when you know a storm is coming. The insanity of some people

With a friend like that you can’t afford enemies

Pretty irresponsible and selfish to take someone with no experience on a “hike” like that!

This story was infuriating. Marnie’s ego was too big! How dare she endanger another persons life! A person who trusted her! Marnie made bad decision after bad decision right from the start! She should never have embarked on such a difficult hike when the weather was going to turn bad in a day or 2 when they were going on a 3 day hike!!!

As a life long outdoorsman, and mountaineer, this sad story reeks of inexperience and ego.

Why why why leave a trail? They are in the mountains, beauty everywhere. So take another trail on another day. It’s ok to go back. What I’ve noticed with these adventurers is that it’s not about the hike, the views, nature. It’s all about the “completion obsession”. There is no other explanation.

marnie might be a good mountain climber however she's also a crappy friend and terrible leader

humble request to producers start this show again ❤❤ love from India watched all episodes it was fantastic ❤

"I never was on hiking". Next thing you know you are on "I shouldn't be alive" 😅😂

I do not believe they did not sleep at all in 10 days

As an experienced climber, it’s important to understand that the closer to a summit, the less stable rock becomes as it’s exposed to increasingly more weather erosion. This was ALL Marnis errors. I’ve often abandoned a climb that my less experienced climbing partners are not skilled for. This was all on Marni.

I’ve never climbed in my life. And the idea of climbing with those heavy ass backpacks sounds plain stupid. These are educated people. Crazy

How Marni thought of just picking up a person and just go climb cliffs is beyond me.

I’m amazed at just how naive some people are and the fact that they have survived this many years

When she said that’s my sister I cannot hold my tears 😭. Bless their heart

I enjoy these shows from the comfort of my couch.

Who in their right mind attempts such insanity?

The scene of her sister finding her made me tear up 😢. I can imagine if me and my sister were separated like that we would never stop looking for each other. I’m so glad her sister found them! ❤

This lady is a real piece of work, you give someone the slightest little bit of ego in knowledge, and suddenly they’re trekking you up the side of a cliff face… Well, we can’t get through here because of the ice shelf, let’s just trek this cliff face… The most I go out in the woods is I park my car and I walk around in a circle and come back to my car, I don’t go too far off the beaten path…

Unfortunately Marnie went missing again recently in the same area and her body has been found. It amazes how most mountaineers end up dead.

rock climbing is hard as hell even in a persons peak condition. 10 days without sleep and their feet being in the stage that they were in, there was no way they were climbing out of there.

I find it hard to believe that they couldn't figure out a way to drink rainwater in a torrential downpour.

It's incredible how every one of these stories involving backpackers they never plan for emergencies. No special phones, flares or backup messages to people left behind. I'm really unsympathetic..

Most of these people get in trouble because they don’t prepare for unforeseen events. Marne being the experienced hiker should never have taken Sonja on such a difficult climb. If I was Sonja I would never speak to her again once I was safe. So very foolish.

Marni unfortunately lost her life in 2021here in New Zealand while mountaineering. If you google search her name you can read the news article, its a sad end to her story.

Geez - I was a nervous wreck just watching the reenactment of their climb, I can’t even imagine the amount of terror they both must’ve felt, mainly Sue! There is no way in h*ll that climb should’ve been tempted without the proper climbing gear, especially with a novice climber by your side. That being said, I completely understand the reasoning behind it. I’m just glad they both made it out alive!

I'm sorry for those who have died in this show and so thankful to those who survived...this show has taught me alot...and I would give my life to find a younger siblings thought deceased body the same way she did...hell yea boss mode way to be ur sisters keeper

I am watching this great episode, from my Warm Cosy Queen size bed in NY, with my pups beside me 💙 Hats off to these 2 strong women, 10 days without sleep?? I'm pretty sure, I would have given in, to that sweet call of sleep 🛌

Extremely bad judgment on Marni's part to take a beginner on a climb like that. Heavy packs that throw of your center of balance, no safety gear, and a climb almost straight up a rock wall. On top of that, she knew there was a storm coming. She came very close to killing both of them. I wouldn't trust her to babysit my hamster.

What is the point of checking the weather forecast if you're going to ignore it? 🙄 Then, for that lady to say she's an "experienced climber", but chooses to not bring proper gear, even ropes, there's gotta be something not right in her head🤯

As an experienced mountaineer and climber she should have known better than to have her friend climb a cliff that steep and that tall without any equipment. Not to mention the weather risk. Just bad decision after bad decision.

Lesson learned never leave the trail under any circumstances

This show truly made realize why no one likes go out in the wild with me. My brain doesn't panic when it should. Mind you, I don't really leave the rockies.

No way should Sonia have agreed to follow her up that path😅

Fast forward to 2021, Marni dies in the same mountain. 😢

It’s gotta be one hell of an emotional trip going to say goodbye and then five minutes later finding them alive

I’m confused. The narrator said it was going to be 3 long days of hiking. Then Marnie said a huge storm front was coming in in a day or so so they thought they’d beat it? That makes no sense.

Please keep uploading this incredible survival stories!! I love watching them!❤

I wouldn’t say marni is an experienced hiker at all, even on well marked trails in touristic mountains i take much more survival gear

an entire episode where first and last 10min are actually included yay

TOTAL MIRACLE YOU GUYS GOT SAVED

Ive seen so many of these and so many of them have had me in buckets of tears please lets have more of them.❤❤❤

Thank you for sharing this miraculous story of survival.

Why on earth eould a so called climber attemp this with no emergency equipment????

With them physically fighting like that its a wonder one of them didnt accidentally knock the other off the ledge.

What an amazing story. Thank you Marni and Sonia for sharing your unbelievable story. Life is worth living after all❤

Marnie actually died later on another hiking trip, she never learned

Sadly Marni went missing in the New Zealand mountains in 2020 and her remains were discovered in 2021. RIP Marni 😔

Should be a shamed of yourself for not turning around and taking this unexperienced lady back at the right time. How could you have been so stupid

I’ve learned that hiking is just not for me 😂

God bless the heli pilot who took Marni's sis around the mountains. So easy to presume people 'dead' without really knowing. Kudos to the 2 women who braved sleeplessness for 10 days,in those horrendous conditions. Thank God for prompting the heli pilot,and for God bringing them to the place where they could be spotted. Kudos to Marni's loving sis to scan for them in that bewildering vastness!

That was fantastic absolutely incredible viewing fully engaged every emotion and l came out of it alive....

Why are none of these hikers never have emergency blankets with them? It would keep them dry, warmer, more visible, can be used to catch water, scare of predators etc. and they weigh next to nothing. Climbing in these hiking shoes is mad too, not sure if it’s they actually wore these but these are not shoes to go up steep cliffs, ever.

So this Marnie decides to put both of their lives risk as a so-called experience climber without climbing gear carrying heavy ass backpacks does that really sound like the brightest idea

What a way to have to spend Christmas! I´m sure that on every holiday since then, they´ve always remembered, THIS Christmas!

43:48 "Well, boys, now that the weather has cleared and we can finally see things, let's call off the search!" Useless.

All thanks to the amazing soul! The pilot

I swear there’s never a smart person on this show who genuinely finds themself in an unlucky situation, it’s always some half wit who thinks they’re Bear Grylls and makes an impulsive decision to go off course because their ego won’t let them back down.💀

A literal list of bad decisions. Not a lick of common sense to be seen.

You couldn't get me on a rock wall with climbing gear. This was crazy! Absolutely know when to call your friend's ego/dumb idea

Even at 57 years old, I was susceptible to peer pressure like this. Did something I knew in my gut I should turn back from.

One thing I love so much about Christmas even though unfortunately I grew up in a religious environment they didn’t allow me to celebrate it which is really awful, but it is what it is when I finally started to celebrate it I absolutely adore. You could just forget all the past and just start over and appreciate the simple things which is just basic I don’t know like I don’t know what I’m talking about but I experienced only the second Christmas that I’ve ever experienced to me. It seems that people can just put aside their differences and love and I think it’s beautiful.

This is giving me a panic attack. This is INSANE. No way in hell would I do that.

It seems that these series were the results of bad judgement then worse judgement which led to troubles

Just learn people.... this is what happens when you do stupid things.

Omgoodness I’m so glad that these two friends held on to hope. Anger and then keeping each other talking and safe … just thankful everything turned out well. Hopefully no more trips like this together. 😮

11 mins in and I'm beginning to get a bit angry at the experienced climber for exposing the novice to a LIFE threatening experience so nonchalantly...(will check back in)

Sleeping conserves your energy. If you're so cold you're going to enter hypothermia your body will wake you uo via shivering as you ever the first stage, unless you're too far gone on the heat exchange equation. In which case you won't be awake pretty soon anyways . Once you're past the first stage there's nothing you can do amyways....not while stick on a mountsinside with no shelter nor supplies nor fire nor external help

Choose who to be your friend wisely 😢

This is insane. Even you love something so much you should not kill yourself for it. There are other options to enjoy nature or even heights and views. You always have to consider the safest way to enjoy it.

14:53 watch the slightest sneer on Marni’s face. She was delighted to put Sonja through that horrible death defying climb.

That was a great video

Just...wow! This story is unbelievable! Sonya's worst decision was to trust someone she hardly knew with her life. And Marni's...well, Marni made so many bad and stupid decisions in this that I lost count of them after the first few minutes into the episode.

It's quite bad when the best decisions made were keeping each other warm through body heat, talking each other's ears off, and beating each other up to stay awake. God took pity on them that day. If people don't listen and empathize with one another more often, we might all end up on a ledge, so to speak. I know the saying "we're all in this together" has been spoken to death, but I really mean it. It's not some silly, meaningless political slogan, but about being human toward one another again, seeing us for who we are, gently but firming instructing people in what ways they may be deficient, encouraging during times of strength and weakness, and Truly Loving one another. Many blessings to you.

This one really needs to made into a movie

When drinking rain water you use your palms to collect the water.

With friends like Marnie who needs enemies

When I was much younger, I did a mountain climbing course at a local Italian Alpine Club (Clup Alpino Italiano). The first things that you learn are how to be safe all the time with ropes, gears, climbing vests and so on. I was one of the very few girls who climbed and thoroughly enjoyed it. Three boys about my age, Marco, Massimo and Stefano, used to climb with me and though Marco was totally reckless, he never did that when we were climbing together. Massimo and Stefano were older than Marco and I and always very careful about our safety. All of them used to study the climbing route before actually climbing it and always had extra tools with them in case of need. However, Marco, the strongest and youngest climber, was often showing off his skills and once he went to do a Dolomite route with an inexperienced climber who fell while crossing a traverse (horizontal climbing route, the most dangerous) damaged his spine and ended up on a wheelchair. At the same time, Massimo's wife got pregnant and gradually we all lost our interest in climbing mountains. I often found myself in points that scared the shit out of me. Once I stayed frozen in a passage that involved a very technically difficult passage in a horizontal area, a crossing, for almost 45 minutes. Luckily, I managed to get out of that area skillfully though fear makes your muscles trembles and loose their strenght. Despite everything, my friends never took me to routes beyond my capacity that's why I believe that Marnie probably climbed a lot by herself but was in no way an expert climber! 💖😁😘

The Lord is merciful...what a miracle!

I don’t know about the rest of you the longest I’ve ever been physically able to stay awake. It was like a competition between me and a childhood friend. It was somewhere in the neighbourhood of I think 120 hours. And at some point you physically just you can’t do it you just cannot do it like I remember when I close my eyes, it actually physically hurt to close my eyes and then I was out and I literally woke up. I think it was like some 50 hours later, still feeling exhausted I can only imagine what these women went through

Am literally crying looking at their situation

I'm happy that I always had 'common sense' and said no to these kinds of things back in the days when I was young and inexperienced. I did some stupid/experimental things, of course, but never to a life-challenging degree.

How could you possibly not figure out how to collect water with multiple containers?

This is like teaching someone to surf at Mavericks.

When you really think about these situations that for a lack of better words are extremely stupid and could be avoided, it kind of makes us wonder what these people are running from in their lives. I don't have or have never had the desire to disappear on a middle of nowhere backwoods hike completely unprepared. I love my family and would never want them to worry about me being lost or dead. These people on this show put themselves in these life threatening situations by not being prepared and not having the right survival gear. When we go snowmobiling in the mountains, every member in our group gives a time we're departing, and when we're returning from our ride each day to our wives. We wear avalanche packs, carry a honing beacon and carry a satellite phone.

I’ve actually had a boulder smashed into the side of my car some years ago when I was driving through the mountains and let me tell you I am not ashamed to admit that I peed my pants when that happened I really thought I was going over the cliff I can only imagine what it must be like having several fall around you

I’d never do any thing like this with out a well seasoned trained guide used to making good decisions for the well fare of others .

I wonder in a situation like this, wouldn't it be better to sleep, at least during the day when it's not so cold? Is it really so dangerous to fall asleep?

It feels like there is some pretty serious shade being thrown with all of the "I completely trusted her judgement" statements in the beginning

That is so heart breaking that Marnie died, I wish I new the particulars on her death. We all need forgiveness, so we can move forward. Even for bad choices, period, if a person cannot forgive, no matter what the outcome is then you will not be forgiven. Its just the way it is.

I bet I know exactly how all this went down. Marni got her friend to break up with her boyfriend because Marni was single and jealous. Then all this nonsense happened. Happens all of the time