Paralyzed by a Scorpion in the Grand Canyon
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English - October 05, 2022 10:55 - 29 minutes - ★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsWilderness Sports business entrepreneur health entrepreneurship finance fitness interview leadership lifestyle nutrition Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When a rafter was stung by a scorpion, she assumed she’d be fine. Within hours she lost her ability to see or speak clearly. It was the beginning of a nightmare that nobody in her group of experienced adventurers saw coming. After all, there aren’t supposed to be deadly scorpions in the United States. But as her condition grew more frightening, they began to believe they had a serious emergency on their hands. In this episode, a collaboration with the Out Alive podcast, we investigate how an unfortunate backcountry incident turned into a medical and scientific mystery.