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another such tale of survival against the odds can be told by Eric Le Marque, a hockey player who played with the French national Olympic team during the 1994 Olympics. One day in February 2004, Le Marque found himself in a life-or-death situation.while looking for a good place to snowboard, Le Marque lost his way and ended up in the wilderness at the back of the mountain. Le Marque, who had expected to just be out for a couple of hours, had no food, very few supplies, and his cell phone battery was dead. All he had was a seemingly useless MP3 player. Once he realized he was lost, he decided to keep moving. Unfortunately, he chose the wrong direction and, over the next few days, moved farther away from safety and rescue. Knowing that eating snow lowers body temperature, Le Marque ate only tree bark and pine seeds after a few days Le Marque had an idea that may have saved his life. he turned the radio on his MP3 player into a kind of compass. he noticed that whenever he pointed the player in a certain direction for a local radio station grew stronger. Using this radio reception as a guide, Le Marque switched direction and started walking towards safety and, ultimately, rescue.For day, Le Marque struggled through hunger, freezing temperatures, and 12-foot (4-meter) deep snow. by the eighth day, Le Marque was so weak and his legs were so frostbitten that he could no longer walk or even stand. He was in such bad condition that he began hallucinating that his situation was just a video game. He recalls thinking, "the game is over Let's reset it. I give up. " Le Marque was at the point of exhaustion and death when he was found by rescuers in a helicopter although he lost his legs to frostbite, Le Marque's survival experience left him with more of an appetite for life than ever before. After being fitted with artificial limbs, he vowed to go snowboarding again. Only in the future, he plans to be much better prepared.Occasionally, some owe their survival not to struggle, but to simple luck. Take the startling case of Mitsutaka Uchikoshi. One ice-cold October day in 2006, Uchikoshi had been at a party on a mountain in western japan. After wandering off into a field on his own, Uchikoshi tripped, hit his head, and was knocked unconscious. As Uchikoshi remembers, "I was in a field, and I field, and i felt very comfortable. Thats my last memory. " He remained unconscious in almost-freezing temperatures without food or water for more than three weeks.When he was found in the freezing field 24 days after his fall, he did not seem to be breathing and had no detectable pulse. His body temperature was nearly 30 degrees below normal, and his organs had nearly shut down. Doctors assumed he was dead. Yet something incredible happened while he was at K Heobe City General Hospital: He woke up! Even more incredibly, Uchikoshi, who was treated for severe hypothermia and blood loss, made a full recovery. Doctors believe that Uchikoshi's body went into a state similar to hibernation. In hibernation, the body temperature of an animal from is lowered and heart rate slow down. Hibernation reduces the need for food and protects animals from damage to the brain and other organs.Stories like these remind us that even when we are in a situation that seems impossible, we should never give up hope. After all, there is always a chance that you will succeed-against the odds!1. Who did Ashcraft beat the odds?2. What condition did Ashcraft return in?3. How did Le marque end up in such a dangerous situation?4. What were two decisions Le Marque made that helped him survive?5. How did Uchikoshi end up unconscious in an ice field?6. How was the state Uchikoshi ended up in similar to hibernation?1. Do you thing a personal attitude can help them beat the odds? Explain.2. Do you thing you could beat the odds in a survival situation like the ones you read about? Why or Why not?
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