I am so glad they both survived and that only one leg was lost, not both. I think they did everything right, it was such an unpredictable event, and they were both very brave in their survival. It is good to have such wonderful friendship ☺️
Mt. Ruapehu is such a beautiful mountain, worthy of its sacred status. William and James approached it with all the respect it deserved. Luck was not on their side, however, and the volcano did what volcanoes do. It was only through William's stubbornness to survive, James' heroic journey to get help for his friend and the dedication and skill of all the rescue personnel and medical teams that allowed William to go on to live a life strengthened by his ordeal. I hope for many, many years of happiness for him and his family.
Thank God they survived and the cabin was there to rest ,what if they camped outside in a tent ,so let's give praise for the cabin,,his body going through a lost and he managed with the doctors and life saving knowledge. His mom was able to greet him alive, William life went on with a wife love and having kids ,also a teachers job and motivation speaker ,wow a determined person not to let himself drop out of not excepting his out come,,and James still a best friend to be by his side always and forever ,,continue on for the both of them cause this adventure could have taken a worsen turn. May God continue on with your life ,and never anything for granted ❤❤
Has this channel ever featured two guys who were more bad ass and stayed strong through an insane event? These guys survived a volcanic eruption! They can top any bar story any day.
No longer is grabbing a cup of coffee to watch your latest video enough. Cup of coffee and a box of tissue, lol. Wow, what a story. My first tear came as I watched the rescuers get there so fast, with no thought to another eruption and their safety. James. What a friend. In the dark, unprepared...I'm still crying. The speed from when James left the hut to the final destination at the last hospital is just amazing. No luck in involved. The determination and dedication of every person involved in the rescue. Amazing story telling!! Thank you!
@@outdoordisasters He is smiling. I choose to believe everything happens for a reason. He's not just a survivor he is an inspiration. I am sorry he went through what he went through. Please don't misunderstand. I don't like the stories with loss of life. And I hate crying, well, tearing up. The actions of the rescuers and James. Beautiful.
Wow, incredible story, one I've never heard before!! Huge kudos to James for a reliable and tough battle buddy and getting the help William desperately needed, well told JD! Awesome to see William get married & have kids, the ultimate legacy! I especially loved your commentary at the final 30 seconds, very well spoken and a good mindset to have when your doing outdoor adventures 🤙
There you go again.....such an amazing video!!! I am a retired OR nurse having worked trauma at small hospitals and Level 1 trauma centers over my career. I have held those bones you mention in this video in my hand, but your narration MADE MY GROIN TINGLE! What an amazing story and life of William and James. And as always, your narration took me right there with these boys! I am exhausted, but can't wait for next week's video!!!!
Dang! My heart is still racing! This is an amazing story of courage, the will to survive and the strong bond of friendship. God was definitely at work to save his life. ❤🙏❤🙏
Good morning JR, Stellar content as always! This was a riveting story of survival, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time! I'm so relieved that William made it through his ordeal on the Volcano and it was a hell of an ordeal, he's a fighter and I'm glad that he has overcome every challenge that came his way found love and started his own beautiful family! James was so courageous by getting down the volcano to save his friend so I'm pleased they recognized him for it! I guess we were on the same wave length as I was hoping you'd do a volcano survival story so Thank you! I really appreciate you and all that you do from Narrating, editing, research etc! You are an amazing person with a caring heart! I look forward to seeing your next video! Have a blessed day! 😊
Each video is so well done JR, you capture the emotions so well and articulate the individual experience so respectfully! I cried for these two and can not believe the outcome, what a strength of spirit they each have. Incredible video my friend!
This one brought a tear to my eye, an incredible story on so many levels; friendship, courage, resilience, faith, physical and emotional toughness, so many factors that led to his rescue and survival. These stories fill me with inspiration and a sense of hopefulness. As always, your videos are top notch, thanks for all your hard work and dedication!
......My *GOD* you make really beautiful videos. Positive, professional, articulate, that golden radio voice, you take your time enunciating with clarity. There's no end to the praise. I'm unbelievably inspired for so many layers of reasons, and I love it!
Wow J.R.!! Fantastic story!! Thanks so much, as always!!! 🙂 I'm so happy at how it ended!! 😊 Hope you are doing well! Have a good week and thanks again!!! 🌹⛄
This narrator must have graduated from The Jack Webb School of Broadcasting! ☺️ William is a very strong man, and his youth certainly helped him with such a remarkably quick, albeit difficult, recovery. And James is a real hero, and well deserves any and all accolades. Congrats to both for making it through this terrifying ordeal. As for this 75 year old woman…well, my idea of the great outdoors is driving with the windows down and the sun roof open! And even then, with plenty of SPF!
He is SO lucky he only lost his leg below the knee! He is able to get a prosthesis that will let him do everything he wants to do. Boy he is one of the luckiest people!
I lived about an hour and 15 minutes away from Mt Ruapehū (Roo-ah-peh-hoo) when it erupted. Every morning we’d wake up and there would be about 6 inches of volcanic dust on all our towns surfaces. It was a crazy time.
Auckland, New Zealands largest city, is built on a volcanic field. There are about 50 volcanic cones around the city. The last one (Rangitoto Island) came up 600 years ago. Lake Taupo, in the centre of the north island, is about the same size as Singapore. It's also a caldera from the biggest volcanic eruption on the planet, in the last 20,000 years. It's still active.
Besides the excellent narration, I love the beautiful scenic videos. Keeps my eye on the screen instead of multitasking, like playing solitaire as is my usual habit.
@ ID Discovery throws in a mix match of scenery into their crime stories not caring that these scenes may not belong in the story. Desert crime scenes always show the Saguaro Cactus 🌵 from Texas to Utah. That beauty only grows between Tucson and Phoenix in AZ. One episode showed a mountain range in Mn. 😆 This is why it’s so easy to put on the headphones and play Solitaire with RUclips running in the background.
So good. I didn't see this one either. There was another photographer guy who was on a volcano when it erupted. Not sure if it was the same one. He couldn't escape. They recovered his camera.
@@BlackSheep_216 are you referring to the Photographer who died when Mt. St. Helens erupted? The only other one I can think of is that guy in Japan who died taking pictures at Mt. Ontake
@timberdaniels7317 Yeah I was going to put it in my comment but I forgot if it was St Helen or in Japan so I just left it out. Its one or the other though.
@BlackSheep_216 no worries. I'm not sure of the name of the guy who died when Mt. Ontake erupted but the name of the guy who died when Mt St Helens erupted was named Robert Landsburg and he had parked near Sheep Canyon and unfortunately was found in his car which was destroyed by Mt St Helens but he had put his camera film in a container inside his backpack and it was preserved so the pics he took were used in National Geographic.
4:48 NZ Army basic training is in Waiouru not far from the national park. Whilst there in 1995 Ruapehu erupted. I remember we were standing outside the mess when there was a massive boom and we could see a huge cloud coming from the volcano. Training was adjusted but we didn't have to evacuate. I still remember the ash falling. One of the recruits was the younger brother of a soldier who had died earlier during a training course on the mountain. They were trapped in a sudden snowstorm and despite digging a snowcave several passed away. A few years later I was posted to Waiouru and my army house kitchen window had a view of the mountains that would be worth millions if it wasn't on an army base. Not far from the base is a train bridge that was washed away in a lahar from the Ruapehu crater lake in the 1950s. 151 people died when the train fell into the river. There is a memorial next to the river which looks so normal but can rise rapidly if the natural dam holding in the crater lake is breached. It's a very beautiful area, the volcanic soils are great for growing vegetables but it can also turn deadly very quickly.
I will never get used to just how exceptional your narration skills are. I'll never get used to it. Your command of language, your use of imagery...man! You have a loyal fan in Johannesburg, South Africa 🇿🇦
I'm not too ashamed to admit that I'm not climbing a mountain that could double as Mordor, in the same way that I wouldn't go caving in something like...the devil's asshole or something like that .
The thoughts were crushing.. but that's why we need to understand the purpose behind why humanity came into existence, a purpose and with it mission to ensure the dominance of the way of life reveled by our Maker this universe. Otherwise people will drift from one fleeting purpose to the next, with their mental state deteriorating, and if they ever reach old age, will resemble a mass of confusion with fear gripping them.
We took our 3 kids under 8 to play in the in the snow while it was still billowing ash , we played in the white snow just a few hundred mts from a well defined blackened snow from the ash . Thought it was a " nuts " idea to be there , it was a erie screen. I doughty there would be any " coastal breeze " there ,it would be our most farthest mountain from the coast .
@@outdoordisasters For all Te Reo (Māori), just say every vowel. Generally say them long, its safer than saying them short. Māori = Ma - o - ree. Te Reo = Tay - Ray - Oh.
@outdoordisasters Don't worry I only know how to pronounce Ruapehu because I live there. I only know this because I was born in (New Zealand) Aotearoa, and Mt Ruapahu (or Mt Egmont as the European people call it), is a place I go to fairly often, it always seems to have snow up top, despite it being 29°C or 84° F in summer (which it is now).
Our Creator God has the final say about when you die and how long you live. We are totally dependent on Him. If one fail to recognize this He will show you Who He is. Honor Him.
Please learn how to say foreign names to you properly. Each time you said it, it was wrong except for once or twice. Yes these guys were so lucky to survive, she went off with very little warning for everyone. So many underestimate my country & its so wrong to do so because you never know what will never happen.
I am so glad they both survived and that only one leg was lost, not both. I think they did everything right, it was such an unpredictable event, and they were both very brave in their survival. It is good to have such wonderful friendship ☺️
Mt. Ruapehu is such a beautiful mountain, worthy of its sacred status. William and James approached it with all the respect it deserved. Luck was not on their side, however, and the volcano did what volcanoes do. It was only through William's stubbornness to survive, James' heroic journey to get help for his friend and the dedication and skill of all the rescue personnel and medical teams that allowed William to go on to live a life strengthened by his ordeal. I hope for many, many years of happiness for him and his family.
You take the words out of my mouth yet again jeep!
Thank God they survived and the cabin was there to rest ,what if they camped outside in a tent ,so let's give praise for the cabin,,his body going through a lost and he managed with the doctors and life saving knowledge. His mom was able to greet him alive, William life went on with a wife love and having kids ,also a teachers job and motivation speaker ,wow a determined person not to let himself drop out of not excepting his out come,,and James still a best friend to be by his side always and forever ,,continue on for the both of them cause this adventure could have taken a worsen turn. May God continue on with your life ,and never anything for granted ❤❤
@@heatherlangford2749 I prefer not to have a mythical sky fairy be invoked on my behalf. Thanks and have a good day.
Has this channel ever featured two guys who were more bad ass and stayed strong through an insane event? These guys survived a volcanic eruption! They can top any bar story any day.
Tell me about it!
Okay- who else cried at the photo of him and his beautiful wife and children. There is light after the darkness, but we have to fight for it.
Yeah, I’m there
I teared up.
...and this ancient bear !
Not me
No longer is grabbing a cup of coffee to watch your latest video enough. Cup of coffee and a box of tissue, lol. Wow, what a story. My first tear came as I watched the rescuers get there so fast, with no thought to another eruption and their safety. James. What a friend. In the dark, unprepared...I'm still crying. The speed from when James left the hut to the final destination at the last hospital is just amazing. No luck in involved. The determination and dedication of every person involved in the rescue. Amazing story telling!! Thank you!
Idk if that's a good thing sf lol. But I emotions is good I guess! Thank you again. Your kind words are always appreciated.
@@outdoordisasters He is smiling. I choose to believe everything happens for a reason. He's not just a survivor he is an inspiration. I am sorry he went through what he went through. Please don't misunderstand. I don't like the stories with loss of life. And I hate crying, well, tearing up. The actions of the rescuers and James. Beautiful.
Even when a person does everything right, nature will always win. Bless their hearts.
Two amazingly positive friends. Lucky they had each other that night
Most definitely. A friend for eternity.
Wow, incredible story, one I've never heard before!! Huge kudos to James for a reliable and tough battle buddy and getting the help William desperately needed, well told JD! Awesome to see William get married & have kids, the ultimate legacy! I especially loved your commentary at the final 30 seconds, very well spoken and a good mindset to have when your doing outdoor adventures 🤙
This was so exciting! It's moving, it's amazing, and I can't believe it doesn't have a lot more views!! What an incredible story. Thank you.
Your rock! Allison! Thank you!
This episode should be a Master Class for the WGA
There you go again.....such an amazing video!!! I am a retired OR nurse having worked trauma at small hospitals and Level 1 trauma centers over my career. I have held those bones you mention in this video in my hand, but your narration MADE MY GROIN TINGLE! What an amazing story and life of William and James. And as always, your narration took me right there with these boys! I am exhausted, but can't wait for next week's video!!!!
Thank you so much Melody! You nurses are so amazing. Working on a story about a nurse at the moment. Stay tuned...
Made your groin tingle? Never heard of that before. Sure that isn't an std?
And You are an Angel ❤ on Earth. Thank you for Your service. Without People like You People like Me would be long gone 🤠
Dang! My heart is still racing! This is an amazing story of courage, the will to survive and the strong bond of friendship. God was definitely at work to save his life. ❤🙏❤🙏
Good morning JR,
Stellar content as always! This was a riveting story of survival, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time! I'm so relieved that William made it through his ordeal on the Volcano and it was a hell of an ordeal, he's a fighter and I'm glad that he has overcome every challenge that came his way found love and started his own beautiful family! James was so courageous by getting down the volcano to save his friend so I'm pleased they recognized him for it! I guess we were on the same wave length as I was hoping you'd do a volcano survival story so Thank you! I really appreciate you and all that you do from Narrating, editing, research etc! You are an amazing person with a caring heart! I look forward to seeing your next video! Have a blessed day! 😊
Thanks you Timber! I couldn't had said it better. Your kind words are always appreciated!
@outdoordisasters you're welcome JR! Have a blessed evening, and start of a good week! 😊
Each video is so well done JR, you capture the emotions so well and articulate the individual experience so respectfully! I cried for these two and can not believe the outcome, what a strength of spirit they each have. Incredible video my friend!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This one brought a tear to my eye, an incredible story on so many levels; friendship, courage, resilience, faith, physical and emotional toughness, so many factors that led to his rescue and survival. These stories fill me with inspiration and a sense of hopefulness. As always, your videos are top notch, thanks for all your hard work and dedication!
Thank you so much! These stories I hope inspire and people as they do for me.
Smiling through tears and clapping! Wow. 👏👏👏👏💕💕💕✌️✌️✌️💪💪💪💪
......My *GOD* you make really beautiful videos. Positive, professional, articulate, that golden radio voice, you take your time enunciating with clarity. There's no end to the praise. I'm unbelievably inspired for so many layers of reasons, and I love it!
Wow, thank you!
Wow J.R.!! Fantastic story!! Thanks so much, as always!!! 🙂 I'm so happy at how it ended!! 😊 Hope you are doing well! Have a good week and thanks again!!! 🌹⛄
Thank you! You too!
What an amazing story!
Excellent story Sir. Thank you. Bless Our First Responders ❤
For sure.
What another beautiful resilient story . What a guy ! 😊
Yes indeed!
This was a really good one.
This narrator must have graduated from The Jack Webb School of Broadcasting! ☺️ William is a very strong man, and his youth certainly helped him with such a remarkably quick, albeit difficult, recovery. And James is a real hero, and well deserves any and all accolades. Congrats to both for making it through this terrifying ordeal. As for this 75 year old woman…well, my idea of the great outdoors is driving with the windows down and the sun roof open! And even then, with plenty of SPF!
Best episode yet!!
He is SO lucky he only lost his leg below the knee! He is able to get a prosthesis that will let him do everything he wants to do. Boy he is one of the luckiest people!
Im in awe and have scary thoughts of any of these 3 volcanoes erupting every time i drive through that area.
I lived about an hour and 15 minutes away from Mt Ruapehū (Roo-ah-peh-hoo) when it erupted.
Every morning we’d wake up and there would be about 6 inches of volcanic dust on all our towns surfaces. It was a crazy time.
OMG- totally cutting onions here..... 🥲
🇵🇭 Happy they Survived. This mountain is Worse than Mt. Everest
I love the "Survival is Earned, Not given" words...
Excellent content as usual. I live for your uploads!
I appreciate that! I know your time is precious so I want to make sure this content is worth it.
best one yet!!! absolutely love your content. you should write a book if you haven't already.
🤔
Mountains have no mercy period. His strength and mental strength is who he is.
I always look forward to your videos! 🙂
You're the best!
I've never heard Mount Ruapehu pronounced like that before!
Oh my God, what a gripping story!!! I love the music and your narration. I got choked up and shed a few tears as I listened.
Geez, I didn't even know there was a volcano on the north island, I assumed it was just flat or rolling hills 😂 You learn something new everyday 😅
Auckland, New Zealands largest city, is built on a volcanic field. There are about 50 volcanic cones around the city. The last one (Rangitoto Island) came up 600 years ago.
Lake Taupo, in the centre of the north island, is about the same size as Singapore. It's also a caldera from the biggest volcanic eruption on the planet, in the last 20,000 years. It's still active.
Besides the excellent narration, I love the beautiful scenic videos. Keeps my eye on the screen instead of multitasking, like playing solitaire as is my usual habit.
That's exactly my aim! I search far and wide for the right footage to go with the story/narration.
@ ID Discovery throws in a mix match of scenery into their crime stories not caring that these scenes may not belong in the story. Desert crime scenes always show the Saguaro Cactus 🌵 from Texas to Utah. That beauty only grows between Tucson and Phoenix in AZ. One episode showed a mountain range in Mn. 😆 This is why it’s so easy to put on the headphones and play Solitaire with RUclips running in the background.
For once, a story about two men who did absolutely nothing wrong. They were just unlucky. I'm very glad that they both survived, and even thrived.
QUESTA VOCE FINTA E VELOCE É VERAMENTE INSOPPORTABILE , mette l’ ansia e ti spinge a spegnere immediatamente il video .
wow, this is powerful. unexpectedly soulful. 🔥
So good. I didn't see this one either. There was another photographer guy who was on a volcano when it erupted. Not sure if it was the same one. He couldn't escape. They recovered his camera.
@@BlackSheep_216 are you referring to the Photographer who died when Mt. St. Helens erupted? The only other one I can think of is that guy in Japan who died taking pictures at Mt. Ontake
@timberdaniels7317 Yeah I was going to put it in my comment but I forgot if it was St Helen or in Japan so I just left it out. Its one or the other though.
@BlackSheep_216 no worries. I'm not sure of the name of the guy who died when Mt. Ontake erupted but the name of the guy who died when Mt St Helens erupted was named Robert Landsburg and he had parked near Sheep Canyon and unfortunately was found in his car which was destroyed by Mt St Helens but he had put his camera film in a container inside his backpack and it was preserved so the pics he took were used in National Geographic.
Excellent content……..amazing story
Many many thanks
Amazing for all involved. heroics!
4:48 NZ Army basic training is in Waiouru not far from the national park. Whilst there in 1995 Ruapehu erupted. I remember we were standing outside the mess when there was a massive boom and we could see a huge cloud coming from the volcano. Training was adjusted but we didn't have to evacuate. I still remember the ash falling. One of the recruits was the younger brother of a soldier who had died earlier during a training course on the mountain. They were trapped in a sudden snowstorm and despite digging a snowcave several passed away.
A few years later I was posted to Waiouru and my army house kitchen window had a view of the mountains that would be worth millions if it wasn't on an army base.
Not far from the base is a train bridge that was washed away in a lahar from the Ruapehu crater lake in the 1950s. 151 people died when the train fell into the river. There is a memorial next to the river which looks so normal but can rise rapidly if the natural dam holding in the crater lake is breached. It's a very beautiful area, the volcanic soils are great for growing vegetables but it can also turn deadly very quickly.
The Tangiwai disaster, Christmas Eve 1953.😢
Pictures can't even do this area of New Zealand justice.
Awesome never give up. I have learned
🤜
I will never get used to just how exceptional your narration skills are. I'll never get used to it. Your command of language, your use of imagery...man! You have a loyal fan in Johannesburg, South Africa 🇿🇦
You're kind words are so appreciated! Thank you!
Is it common to climb active volcanos like it's a good idea?
I'm not too ashamed to admit that I'm not climbing a mountain that could double as Mordor, in the same way that I wouldn't go caving in something like...the devil's asshole or something like that .
Wow Williams Paid it Back ❤
I want to ask them both if they enjoyed themselves. On there, special journey. In the land of unicorns and rainbows as they had perceived
Great story
The thoughts were crushing.. but that's why we need to understand the purpose behind why humanity came into existence, a purpose and with it mission to ensure the dominance of the way of life reveled by our Maker this universe. Otherwise people will drift from one fleeting purpose to the next, with their mental state deteriorating, and if they ever reach old age, will resemble a mass of confusion with fear gripping them.
I don't think I've ever heard Ruapehu mangled that badly before!
Oops, he managed to do even worse with Ngauruhoe.
William ❤ James 👨🏻🤝👨🏼
They respect the mountain, but the mountain does not respect a fool.
We took our 3 kids under 8 to play in the in the snow while it was still billowing ash , we played in the white snow just a few hundred mts from a well defined blackened snow from the ash . Thought it was a " nuts " idea to be there , it was a erie screen.
I doughty there would be any " coastal breeze " there ,it would be our most farthest mountain from the coast .
Ru- a-pay- hu is how you say the name RUAPEHU
This name for some reason was difficult for me. I tried.
@outdoordisasters It's "peh" rather than "pay" your effort wasn't perfect but appreciated more than the erroneous correction.
@@outdoordisasters For all Te Reo (Māori), just say every vowel. Generally say them long, its safer than saying them short.
Māori = Ma - o - ree. Te Reo = Tay - Ray - Oh.
⭐️
0:52 ROO -AH -PAY-WHO (not Roo-a-parr-hoo)
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@outdoordisasters Don't worry I only know how to pronounce Ruapehu because I live there.
I only know this because I was born in (New Zealand) Aotearoa, and Mt Ruapahu (or Mt Egmont as the European people call it), is a place I go to fairly often, it always seems to have snow up top, despite it being 29°C or 84° F in summer (which it is now).
@@outdoordisastersLove your video I am watching it AGAIN!!
Will share out at the end of the day, when everybody has gotten home.
@@Stoic_Horoyeah, nah bruh.
Ruapehu is in central north Island,
Taranaki/Egmont is on the west coast. Definitely NOT the same... try again.
Blessings
Our Creator God has the final say about when you die and how long you live.
We are totally dependent on Him.
If one fail to recognize this He will show you Who He is.
Honor Him.
We won’t know when we die.
Pity he could not learn the correct pronunciation of Ruapehu! He actually got it right once, lol, maybe he was not sure so tried a variety, lol!
And wen dud you think thus happened.
beech and ceder forests this is new zealand mate not the US.
One does not simply walk into Mordor…
LOL
Ol mate butcherd the name of the place 😅
You Kiwis are letting me have it lol
😅 so we should haha @@outdoordisasters
Please learn how to say foreign names to you properly. Each time you said it, it was wrong except for once or twice. Yes these guys were so lucky to survive, she went off with very little warning for everyone. So many underestimate my country & its so wrong to do so because you never know what will never happen.
I can make your thumbnails more eye catching which definitely increase your CTR
Examples? What's your website?
I had a tough time with this thumb for sure. More than any I can remember. Might have to give it another go.
@@aarrodri whenever I am sharing, it's deleted automatically. I do not know why
@@outdoordisasters Good you have made it amazing but there is always a room for making better and better.
I can help you in that.
Not too difficult to get guidance on how to pronounce Maori language.
Annoying. Too draw out and turn down the bloody music.