I Shouldn't Be Alive

Roger, his new girlfriend Shelly and her two young daughters are on a daytrip in the Arizona desert. Things go badly wrong when they get lost and are then forced to abandon their car. Over two hellish days and nights, Roger and Shelly's family, independently battle to escape soaring summer heat, dehydration, hostile terrain and prowling gangs of people smugglers.

Skipper Steve Conway, safety officer Roger Stone and four student sailors are competing in a 4 day, 600 mile yacht race from Texas to the Gulf of Mexico. But in the dead of night and just 60 miles in, their 38ft yacht capsizes. What began as a fun-trip has just turned into the men's worst nightmare. Only five of the six men survive.

50 year-old Australian mountaineer Lincoln Hall attempted to climb Everest in 1984 but didn't reach the summit. Now, 22 years later, he has a second chance. Despite his age, Lincoln fulfils his lifelong dream, but on the descent is struck by a deadly form of altitude sickness known as a cerebral oedema. Unable to climb and suffering from hypothermia, Lincoln is left for dead at 28,000ft.

In 2003, David Hunt and his 11-year-old daughter Leia, set off on a snowmobiling adventure in the Quebec backcountry. Disaster strikes when David's snowmobile hits a snow drift and crash lands into a ravine. Stranded miles from safety with a badly broken leg in sub zero temperatures; David's only chance of survival rests with his daughter Leia. It's the greatest test of her young life.

Two students are on a 3-day hike, but when their path is blocked by ice, the girls take a detour. What started as a steep slope quickly becomes a sheer cliff - with one clinging to the rock with just her finger tips. Returning to the trail is no longer an option as the girls fight to survive on a tiny rock ledge in torrential rain and wind. Will they be able to climb their way to safety?

British hiker Matt Briggs spends ten days stranded in the mountains of New Zealand's South Island following a crippling fall on a solo trek. With no sign of rescue and his supplies running low, Matt and his canine companion 'Little Dog' must fight horrendous injuries and brutal terrain to save their own lives.

Five young guys from Bozeman, Montana have got together for a back-country ski trip to celebrate New Year 2005. They're close friends and expert skiers. On the final day of their trip they accidentally trigger a huge avalanche. One of the gang is killed and another is left critically injured. Miles from safety, a dream adventure turns into a living hell.

Experienced climbers are in the Swiss Alps when they are caught up in a terrifying electrical storm. Anchored onto the mountain with their metal climbing equipment, they have become human lightning conductors. They have a heart-stopping dilemma - risk it all climbing down through the storm or spend the night on the mountain, where temperatures dip to -20.

Texan businessman and entrepreneur Dewey is on a trip of a lifetime, in sun-drenched Hawaii. One night, he decides to check out the spectacular Kilauea Volcano, driving down a secluded local road, before hiking through the dark to a viewing spot. But in the dead of night, he becomes disorientated - Dewey is faced with a five day battle to live in this arid, dry, lunar landscape.

Ken Wilson and his boss Catherine Goergens run an expedition off the Mexican island of Cozumel. On their final day, Ken sets off alone. Within an hour he's hopelessly lost. In temperatures exceeding 100 degrees and with no food or water, Ken faces a desperate fight for his life.

In 2009, Tom and Linda Bosworth set off on a short 'jeeping' adventure in New Mexico. Disaster strikes when their jeep hits a large rock causing it to roll. Stuck in the middle of nowhere, their car broken beyond repair, Tom and Linda are suddenly thrown into a desperate fight for survival.

Old friends embark on a trip to the remote wilderness of Utah. After taking a wrong turn the friends quickly find that they are in way over their heads. With no way out Ben decides to climb 60ft up and out of the canyon. As he's nearing the top disaster strikes - the rock he's holding onto snaps and he freefalls back down the canyon. Unable to move Ben's life rests in his friend's hands.

In the summer of 2010 Texan Gary Nall and his friend Dave Akers take a trip in Dave's Cessna to the Knick Glacier deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Out of the blue they hit a pocket of turbulence and crash land into the mountainside. Seriously injured and stuck in the middle of bear country the two friends face a real fight to survive.

Amateur photographer Jordan Nicurity is exploring a beautiful cove on Hornby Island in British Columbia when he falls 20ft from a cliff, shattering his pelvis and rupturing internal organs. Crippled by injury Jordan faces a life and death struggle only miles from where he lives. For 4 days his will to survive is put to the ultimate test.

In 2006, ex-Navy diver Rob Hewitt embarks on a short recreational fishing dive off the Kapiti Coast near Wellington, New Zealand. A fun day turns into a living nightmare when he gets caught in a vicious rip current and gets dragged out to sea. Coming face to face with a huge shark and suffering from the combined affect of dehydration and exposure Rob is driven to the limit of human endurance.

Dave Ruvola and his 4 man helicopter rescue crew are called upon to help save a yachtsman shipwrecked off the New Jersey coast. Their mission is thrown into turmoil by a huge once-in-a lifetime storm. Unable to refuel in mid-air they are forced to ditch into the Atlantic Ocean. Afloat in 90ft seas and 100mph winds they are in for the fight of their lives. Not all of them live to tell the tale.