The WORST episodes of I Shouldn't Be Alive
Every episode of I Shouldn't Be Alive ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of I Shouldn't Be Alive!
I Shouldn’t Be Alive is a series that documents incredible stories of human survival through accurate re-enactments of the scenarios that took place. Each episode takes the viewers into another nightmarish scenario with the commentary of individuals who have survived through the ordeal.
#1 - Escape from Bear Mountain
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2011
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 fight to survive.
#2 - Boys Adrift
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/12/2010
Two teenagers plan on going fishing in a less than seaworthy boat when a riptide drags them into the Atlantic ocean. They face extreme dehydration, hunger, and weather for 6 days while awaiting rescue.
#3 - Fear in Freefall
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/2/2010
Three friends sky diving trip goes horribly wrong when their plane gets caught by a storm, sending them into the shark infested waters of Costa Rica.
#4 - Shattered on Impact
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/9/2010
Four men fight for their lives against the very animals they have dedicated themselves to protect.
#5 - Hike into Hell Canyon
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/19/2011
Twenty five year old nurse Linda Forney and her pet dog Cocoa Gin set off to explore one of the seven natural wonders of the world - the Grand Canyon. On route to a native Indian village she takes a wrong turn and ends up lost, alone and with no food or water. Totally disoriented Linda hikes deeper into the maze of sub-canyons that make up the Grand Canyon. With temperatures exceeding 100 degrees and surrounded by exotic and dangerous wild animals, Linda finds herself in a real fight for survival. After weeks of little water, dehydration and starvation start bring her close to death. Then she finds herself trapped in a canyon, with no way out.
#6 - Death Climb
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/26/2011
In January 1999, Jamie Andrew and his friend Jamie Fisher are trapped on a ledge in the French Alps when a surprise snowstorm blows in.
#7 - A Family's Desert Hell
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/2011
Just three months into a new relationship, Roger Sargeant, his new girlfriend Shelly and her two young daughters Tiffany (9) and Michaela (5) are on a day trip in the Arizona desert. Things go badly wrong when they get lost and are then forced to abandon their car. In a desperate bid to walk out they become separated. Over two hellish days and nights, Roger and Shelly's family, independently battle to escape soaring summer heat, dehydration, hostile terrain, rattlesnakes and prowling gangs of people smugglers.
#8 - Ocean Disaster
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2011
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, Cynthia Rose, springs a leak and capsizes. What began as a fun-trip has just turned into the men's worst nightmare. Roger and two students are trapped inside the capsized boat, whilst Steve and the other two students have been thrown overboard into freezing shark infested waters. Only five of the six men survive.
#9 - Left for Dead on Everest
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/2011
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. His survival is nothing short of a miracle.
#10 - A Father's Deadly Dilemma
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/23/2011
In 2003, David Hunt and his 11-year-old daughter Leia, set off on a snowmobiling adventure in the Quebec back country. 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 and one she can't afford to fail.
#11 - Blood on the Mountain
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/13/2011
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.
#12 - Avalanche!
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/6/2011
Five young guys from Bozeman, Montana have got together for a back-country ski trip to celebrate New Year 2005. Sam Kavanagh, Blake Morstad, Jason Thompson, Chris Maki and Matt Schuyler have grown up together. 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.
#13 - Volcano Vacation Hell
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2011
Businessman and entrepreneur Dewey Gaedcke 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, becomes disorientated - in the heart of a 330,000-acre national park, covered with deep craters, steaming volcanic vents and crusty lava fields. Dewey is faced with a five day battle to live in this arid, lunar landscape.
#14 - Chasm of Death
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2011
School teachers and old friends, Ben Gowans, Jason Cox and Clay Craig embark on a 'guy's trip' to the remote wilderness of Utah. Ben has talked his friends into canyoneering through some of the states most beautiful slot canyons. But 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. Severely injured and unable to move Ben's life rests in the hands of his friends.
#15 - Dive of Terror
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2011
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 dehydration and exposure Rob is driven to the limit of human endurance.
#16 - Crushed and Alone
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/5/2010
A man drives his quadbike in the Canadian Wilderness, loses control of it and he and the quadbike topple over and he ends up getting his legs get crushed by the quadbike and survives for 4 days.
#17 - Trapped Under a Boulder
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/10/2006
An environmentalist heads for a remote island off the coast of Queensland, he then meets a Dutch man on a deserted beach. A one ton slab of granite hits the environmentalist and pins him down to the bed of a creek. The Dutchman must find help for his new friend.
#18 - Ice Cave Survivor
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2006
US Air Force pilot Mike Couillard takes his ten-year-old son Matthew skiing in Turkey. Losing the trail in a freak snowstorm they wander blindly into the wilderness. Tired, cold and hungry, they find a cave to shelter for the night. Days pass with no sign of rescue, despite a massive search operation. Back home Mike's wife and other children wait, praying. Mike makes an agonizing decision to leave his son and seek help. Reaching some abandoned huts, he collapses. Two days later, he's discovered by passing woodcutters who he directs to the cave. They find Matthew, frostbitten but alive after his ten-day ordeal in the wilderness
#19 - Shipwrecked
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/24/2006
Two cousins go on a fishing trip when they realize they are shipwrecked on a deserted island.
#20 - Lost at Sea
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/9/2006
Two sons looking to repair their relationship with their father plan a fishing trip with their father in Mexico. An unexpected storm leaves them stranded in the middle of the Sea of Cortez.
#21 - Crash in a Volcano
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/16/2006
Three men filming a volcano in their helicopter crash after losing control and get trapped in a crater of the active volcano. Surrounded by unclimbable ridges and poisonous gases, they must send one of them to radio for help.
#22 - Lost in the African Bush
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/23/2006
Five survivors of a private plane crash must survive the dangers of the desolate African wilderness. With two severely injured, some of the group must wander off to find rescue, even though there is no civilization for hundreds of miles.
#23 - Lost in the Outback
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/16/2010
A treasure hunter gets lost in the Australian Outback and struggles to survive wild dingoes, as well as the scorching heat, until rescuers can find him.
#24 - Blizzard of Death
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/23/2010
A father and son on a hunting expedition in Kyrgyzstan are caught in a blizzard, and the rescue helicopter sent to retrieve them crashes.
#25 - Avalanche of Terror
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/30/2010
A solo hiker in the Carpathian Mountains breaks his hip and femur when he is crushed by multiple avalanches.