27 below zero with the windchill, Natalie Dawson of Detroit, and 700 other people sit in a circus tent waiting for the temperature to rise to ten below so that the race can begin.

Explains how Craigslist helped her become an avid Subaru driver after having driven a VW her first winter in Missoula.

Barry Gordon leaves the bucket upright on the boat, 79 year old Leif, the captain, who is Norwegian and superstitious, instructs him that he cannot do this, as the boat will sink. The boat doesn’t sink, and neither does Barry when he is dragged off the boat by a sinking anchor.

Stephanie Wing instructs her rescuer to let her go as she is falling out of the boat on the Locsa River, falling back into the rapids of the river, and is sucked under the raft.

Marisa Franz struggles with the seemingly unchangeable circle of violence and poverty in Browning and communities like it as she remembers her 6 year old friend Maimie.

Nakuru Kenyan orphans, many of them with drug addictions, are fed by the faith community in Nakuru, including Brian Marsh and others from Montana, at a shelter started by Montanans designed to give them education, healthcare, and food.

Katy-Robin Garton bickers with her sister about who must empty the poop or the pee bag as they hike up Denali, 14,00 feet above where they began. They make a decision about turning back or moving on after an unexpected storm.

Aaron Roos is near death with sickness, but must travel all the way to Africa because of a job he held in reality television where he was responsible to quarantine the losers of the show.

Adrienne Elise adopts a dog, and, unexpectedly, learns that this dog is her spirit animal.

Tommy the bully confronts Don John, and Don John catches his foot in the middle of an intended fatal kick. Messed up Tommy’s bike, and Tommy learns about what a redhead's temper and rage means. The aftermath is that Don John learns a few things himself.