That’s cause he’s a man. Then you go to the opposite end of the spectrum with chicks. They bleed for like 3 days nonstop and live. How can you trust that?
@@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha6388 wdym you get his point This man just pulled out misogony over something that people can't control and don't even want in any %
Guy literally tries to kill himself, can't bleed out because of dehydration, and somehow he's like "you know what, I'm gonna make it out alive no matter what!"
oddly, there are other survival stories out there where the survivor at one point gave up and or tried to commit suicide, failed to die, and so resolved to live (and did). Human psychology can be strange.
As a desert born person who regularly visits it I know a couple things here and there about living in the desert, and I wanna say that this man just did something I would consider almost impossible But he still made several mistakes: he walked towards mountains, which are almost always uninhabited, but he got lucky that time. He did not use that damned compass to atleast head west where everyone lives, or at the bare minimum just check to see if he is going south because that's a death sentence, but again, he got lucky. he might have not covered his face with his shirt to protect from the sand, sure, he might have a harder time breathing, but atleast he won't have sand in his lungs. (notice I said might, because I honestly believe he must have covered his face, because he survived 2 sandstorms, and breathing that in means you have tiny shards of glass in your lungs, almost always ends in relatively quick death). He didn't triangulate his position when he reached the mosque, like, bruh, had he known how mosque's are faced when they are built he would have known that the weird bump in one of the walls is to point to mecca, or south east from the sahara, and he could've headed west from there and probably found civilization. And most importantly, he ran without vision, about the equivalent of driving a car blindfolded in a crowded city. Never, NEVER move in any direction in the desert without knowing your approximate location and the direction of the nearest civilization, here in my country people do often get lost in the desert and the first advice anyone remembers when getting lost is to check where the sun rises and sets, from there, approximate the directions and head for your city if you were lost close by. Though he did well in general he did also kind of mess up badly in terms of water. Don't dry out your throat for more than a full day, what he did might have made him die of infection instead of through dehydration, due to throat injuries from sand. Why did he not look for water near plants??!! by far the easiest water supply in the desert, because desert plants tend to form groups or lines, where in the center, several meters below, you are almost guaranteed a water supply, and in the case of lines of plants, just follow them in either direction and look for the "newest" looking plants, or plants with fruit, dig there and you will always find water pour down of the soil into the hole. Also please don't eat unidentified desert fruits. My opinion might be wrong but it's just an opinion and some general common advice I know of.
I also can't understand, why he was heading south. He knew that her startet in the north and better should go back. Even without compass everyone can distinguish north and south. I'd love to have an explanation for this.
And at night, he could have searched for Polaris and, noting the night sky's rotation direction, travelled west. It's easier to navigate using the stars than using the sun.
@@patrickhackett7881 Anything really works he just had to use his brain He might have intentionally went south however, I thought about it for a while and he might have known about the fact that the south is full of villages in almost every large oasis but I really doubt that still.
@@patrickhackett7881Near the equator, Polaris is practically useless. It is on the horizon line, and incredibly hard to spot. With any sort of elevation gain in dunes, mountains, above sea level features, it would be hidden completely. In this location specifically, it would be a few notches up from the horizon line, where the sun sets, so more helpful than useless, but still likely extremely difficult to spot at night nonetheless. South of the Equator, Polaris can never be seen at any time of day, wherever you are. Thus, humans have navigated land and seas for centuries by way of more difficult calculations, using multiple stars in combination with each other, to determine direction. For exact due north, it would take 3 steps to determine, if this Italian guy knew that to begin with. I'm going to assume, everybody that lives most of their life north of the equator, either has no idea the North Star vanishes below this line, and also do not know which correct stars to use to determine direction. Remember that, Next time you're south of the line! (There's a great YT video on this)
Im Morocco . My father was one of those mens who searshed for him. its a miracle that that guy didn't die. Everyone was sure that he will not survive in the sahara. My dad still tell the story of the italian with a lot of emotion...
Lol what!! No, he made little sideways cuts like an emo 13 year old American. Dude is a European who sees himself as high-level, you really think he's gonna dig in with a pocket knife? That was a plea, not an attempt
I've actually been there. I didn't drink water, but soft drinks for a long time. I developed pneumonia & I was close to dying at age 11. The doctor couldn't draw blood from my veins and had to physically beat my arm to get it out lol.
Fun Fact: The Tuareg who are experts at travelling this dessert call the Sahara the land of fear. The ones brave enough to make the journey have a lot of respect in their culture.
I watched this video several months ago and now I decided to watch it again and CZcams welcomes me with a request to confirm an age-restriction for “Suicide & self-harm”.
Yeah, that's the cruel, ironic part: when he lost the track he kept running for 8 hours. Then he rested, woke up and ran for other 4 hours before realizing he was running into the desert. 12 hours of running while he was already lost.
runners are weird lol. I was in cross country in high school. I ran 5+ miles a day.. for fun? I finally got injured and havent run long distance ever since :'( rip
Absolutely amazing! But I am curious why he didn't go west by following the sun? Knowing that if he went east he would have went further and further into the Sahara, and if south would have also gone further into the Sahara. If he went west he would probably would have found a village of some sort earlier on. But either way this is an amazing story
Even going south or east would be better than going south-west and avoiding all the roads. One look at the map and you know that there is a lot of things north and west, but nothing in other directions. Probably worst possible navigation and it's lucky that he found these things instead of nothing.
@@sackettfamily4685 heat and also dehydration will seriously construe one’s decision making capability - there’s a reason cartoon characters hallucinate while lost in the desert.
That’s just and exaggeration.. i live in riyadh(Saudi Arabia) and sand storms is something very usual, we got bored of it.. they sometimes look dark and scary and you can’t see anything .. you feel like it’s the end of the world and sometimes look like fog but its actually dust. But it’s never a big deal unless you got asthma.
Bruh, the sands are smooth and rounded over millennia due to constant wind blowing them around and rubbing against each other abrasively. This guy somehow associates moon dust where there is no weather phenomena to wear and smooth out the dust/particles to sand on earth, well I guess clickbaits are necessary.
This is an incredible story and I was on edge watching this video. I love endurance/survival stories and this is one of the best. Thanks for the video...
This is hands down the saddest lost story. The fact that if he died and was buried under sand his wife wouldn’t know where he is and wouldn’t receive any financial help for 10 years is insane and truly sad to think about it.
Technically he has worked his body to immortality.... but due to the natural biology of the human body he had to sucomb to liquids to survive.. if he had of just ate sand and polyester from his bag then he would theoretically be immortal. Poor Mario
What an amazing story! I got genuinely exited with each detail. Please do more of these narrations. I enjoyed it very much! Just shared it with some friends that also do marathons.
Stories like this one were very common in Algeria before communication technology has developed. You can make heartbreaking movies of survival or fatal endings of these stories. When strong wind storms blow up they change the area geography and sand dunes mountains get displaced. Someone wouldn't recognize the area where he is. Also you can walk for days to end up in the same area where you started after making a circle of dozens of km in diameter. This happens because walking in the desert takes the form of a circle due to lack of landmarks to guide you and the difference between a right and left foot step length.
@@Narcan885 my reall question is why did he not just use the sun as a compass instead of looking at his compas and then being like "yea well I only see sand so idk.. lol
@@Erik3E My guess is that a compass on its own is pretty usueless if you don't have reference points. You can't just decide "ok i'lll go south-east" out of the blue. A compass doesn't find the road or the destination- it only finds the magnetic north. The rest is up to what you know of where you are in relation to your destination.
This in an incredible story. That book is probably insanely beautiful. I’m very glad that man survived, and I hope his story inspires others to learn about water availability in Africa and other places, suicide awareness, survival skills, and sheer human perseverance and courage.
Imagine having a good chance of dying, being in one of the worst situations a human can experience, but you continue because you don’t want to fall behind in a race...
@@howardbaxter2514 he can simple come back and forth to the same position in order to avoid getting buried and getting lost of race track at the same time, ya he would get behind the race, but still he would not have to experience that worst days.
@@BritneyHIAM No he's not, he's simply not letting that one horrible experience ruin his passion, and that is awesome. People like you trying to put others down for being brave are the problem. Get lost.
Being stranded in the Sahara for two weeks and making it out alive is almost as much of an achievement as making it to the Wetherspoons bogs and back and living to tell the tale 🍻🇬🇧
@JasperHD know the place in lord of the rings? Where the bodies floats around and Frodo falls in just to be saved by Gollum? That’s the place he’s talking about.
The Sahara is a fantastically beautiful place and Morocco is a wonderful, culture rich country. Don't let this video put you off, being alone in the desert is one of the most amazing feelings (although probably not being lost and dehydrated as in this case)
We have a saying by an ancient arab wise man from pre-Islamic era. It says "The dung indicates a camel and the footprint indicates a human walking" I guess that was quite literal for that poor man.
The second half of his quote is "Sky with constellations, land with vallies and seas with waves sure indicate the presence of the ever hearing and ever seeing (this phrase in arabic is poetic indiaction of God)"
In Phoenix AZ we get 115-120 degree heat. Its unbearably hot, but were able to cool off inside with AC and water. Cant imagine those heats while being stranded outside with no protection...
At work, this past Friday, a coworker reminded me of the episode of Twilight Zone: when a man wanted to be alone with his books; only to accidently break his only pair of reading glasses.
@@sinjinreed2091 While bats act as reservoirs for disease, the majority of bats don't have rabies, and ones living in such a tiny colony are unlikely to have it. The reason why bats often get diseases is partially since many species live in massive colonies.
Imagine being lost in Sahara for over a week and then suddenly discovering presence of human such as foot prints. Man that would be the most hopeful time you'll had.
Garmin InReach Mini, 100g, satellite comms, emergency SOS, weather forecast, SMS, location beacon $350. You can bet every serious extreme athlete has one or something similar.
A friend of mine went home at night and heard someone calling for help and rushed to check. He found a neighbour hanged and tried to release him. The man died but my friend told me had changed his mind. Unfortunately it was too late. Suicide is never the answer.
@@perseusarkouda not never. If you have a mortal degenarive disease and you know for sure you will become a vegetable or with a lot of pain for months I rather to speed up the process.
@@farahlajeennoural-deen4599 And that's why ladies and gentleman I don't believe in god... . btw I would not even fight in a real war, I'm not a soldier and I don't want to be I want to take my own decisions so if someone wants to decide when is the time to die, for me is fine, we didn't had the chance to choose to live is it?
I've only known one man like this in my life. These kind of amazing individuals have a special spirit. The kind that truly lives and challenges themselves daily. I am thankful he survived.
@@andrebubbles1493 I have no idea. Ed Harris and Colin Farrell were in it. I was under the impression that some or most of it was true, but had not heard about it later having been deemed false or mostly false.
@@tyharris9994 The way back is not about this. It was about a real life incident where a group of prisoners escaped Gulag prison, Siberia, then crossed Russia, Mongolia, Gobi Desert, China, Nepal and finally came to Darjeeling India. It is a true story and I know it because Darjeeling is in West bengal, India, and I come from Kolkata, the capital city of Bengal.
Take heed because his story was fabricated “Don’t listen to Mr. Prosperi, his story is a fabrication. He will have you believe he is Superman. It is physiologically impossible for a man to travel more than 200 kilometers in the desert without water. This is a supernatural act. It’s possible that he got genuinely lost for a few days. But all the rest rings false. We believe that early on he was picked up by someone. And then he decided to hide out for a while.[10] “He thought he could make a killing out of this if he prolonged his ordeal. He thought he could sell his story to the tabloids. He aspired to be the star of his own movie.” -Patrick Bauer on Men’s Journal
My Dad had a saying about this exact situation: "If you're lost in the desert and you don't know what to do, Put your fingers in your ears and sing 'arinky-dinky-doo'" Which was his light hearted way of saying "You're fucked so it doesn't matter what you do"
Elite athlete. Incredible training regimen. Excellent preparation. If anyone had a chance of survival in such a hostile environment, it would be this dude.
The length of the Sahara desert: 4800 km (according to Wikipedia) The length of a Toyota Corolla: 4.53 m (according to google) therefore The length of the Sahara desert is approximately one million Toyota Corollas.
My grand uncle, during the Korean War, had to carry the body of his dead childhood friend across the dunes of the desert (not the Sahara, but still gigantic dunes) and he had to burry himself with the body during the day, and walk the night. The whole war was so traumatic for him that when he got home in Canada, whenever he would hear dogs, planes, or helicopters he would throw himself on the ground and start crying out of fear. He eventually died of gangrene.
I'm sure his mental strength was also a major contributing factor. Aside from this law in Italy. Even though he went in completely opposite directions from where he's been supposed to go and wanted to commit suicide in the process he still made it through skill and incredible luck. But all the craftsmanship and luck in the world couldn't buy you the mind to overcome death like this.
Episode 5 Lost in the Desert, of the 2019 Netflix series Losers and National Geographic Channel's documentary Expeditions To The Edge: Sahara Nightmare
The satellite GPS infrastructure was actually only finished a year before, and you couldn't just go out get a handheld gps tracker, it was a very brand new thing.
Well probably they yet don't know this story . Maybe in future we will can watch internatioly this American very American movie.only the guy in the real story are Italian that probably never speak English ever but we know and always love accurate Hollywood movies 😂😂😂
Actually his story was one of the episodes on the Netflix series "Losers." It is an inspirational series about athletes who experienced defeat or tragedy but turned their experience into inspiration and something positive.
Back in my day, I had to hike 4000 miles through burning sand dunes just to get to the store! You kids these days and your uber eats, and your cars, and your youtube and......
I once visited a sand dunes and in about an hour I already gone dehydration, nausea and dizzy without hat and water, if I were thrown to a similar conditions, I probably die in a day. Respect to the man because his training increase his survivability.
Listen, I have anxiety being in "the middle of nowhere" which, to me, is 60 miles from a population center. I simply cannot imagine what this guy was feeling and am grateful he survived this. What a story. That feeling of success he probably felt when he found that oasis absolutely has to be unmatched.
What a man. Walked over 180 miles in the desert and ended up in completely different country. survived with sheer will and determination. Also.. Not the best with directions
In regards to directions, you can ONLY navigate using the SUN and the STARS really, as anywhere you look will look the same, but yeah, it seems he was heading south, even though he started up north. It's not that difficult to understand where the north is really, just by looking at the Sun or the stars.
But thats its name so saying Sahara Desert is correct. Just like saying panzer tanks isnt wrong. Because the german designation for most of their early tanks was panzer or more commonly known Pz.
In 1986 l hitch hiked and walked across the Sahara, it was winter time when l crossed... I was in Algeria, it took me 3 months to get across to the town of Tamaraset... It was truly the best experience of my life..... The people l had meet, the Tureg l learnt so much from how to live, catch food, find water.. It was winter, cold nights, but l would fill my water water bottle each morning having collected dew during the night using a cup and plastic.. Lived of dates, dry bread, coffee, tea.. It was truly a wonderful adventure, l remember well that l was never afraid or worried about food or water, and l meet other people, a English couple cycling the same route as l was.... That adventure was the greatest adventure of my life.. I love the Sahara, its people, the beauty..
Always bring two signal flares, one to signal and a second to make it easier to locate you for any rescue services you see responding to the first flare. His name was also prosperi, not for no reason
I love going into the desert. I’ve been in the desert in some extreme heat. The highest I’ve personally experienced is 118F. One thing that taught me is if I were ever lost in the desert I’d be completely screwed.
What desert? Ive seen some videos about people crossing the deserts on the West arabian pensulviana. And damn without those camels people wouldnt stand a chanse it feels like. ( Not thriving atleast. )
@@timmysvensson4902 You do realise that ancient arabian tribes have been living in the desert for thousands of years right ? Some tribes developed a keen sense of the desert and can pinpoint arrival of sandstorms and oasis's.
"He was so dehydrated he couldn’t bleed"
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More like saitama durability
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That’s cause he’s a man. Then you go to the opposite end of the spectrum with chicks. They bleed for like 3 days nonstop and live. How can you trust that?
@@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha6388 I get your point but watch your language
@@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha6388 wdym you get his point
This man just pulled out misogony over something that people can't control and don't even want in any %
Guy literally tries to kill himself, can't bleed out because of dehydration, and somehow he's like "you know what, I'm gonna make it out alive no matter what!"
And he did
if he believes in god, he would certainly interpret that situation as a sign
This comment has me dying because of how perfectly you worded the situation
oddly, there are other survival stories out there where the survivor at one point gave up and or tried to commit suicide, failed to die, and so resolved to live (and did). Human psychology can be strange.
@@kevin_dasilva i mean really and truly what kind of God would allow anyone to go through something this terrible
As a desert born person who regularly visits it I know a couple things here and there about living in the desert, and I wanna say that this man just did something I would consider almost impossible
But he still made several mistakes:
he walked towards mountains, which are almost always uninhabited, but he got lucky that time.
He did not use that damned compass to atleast head west where everyone lives, or at the bare minimum just check to see if he is going south because that's a death sentence, but again, he got lucky.
he might have not covered his face with his shirt to protect from the sand, sure, he might have a harder time breathing, but atleast he won't have sand in his lungs. (notice I said might, because I honestly believe he must have covered his face, because he survived 2 sandstorms, and breathing that in means you have tiny shards of glass in your lungs, almost always ends in relatively quick death).
He didn't triangulate his position when he reached the mosque, like, bruh, had he known how mosque's are faced when they are built he would have known that the weird bump in one of the walls is to point to mecca, or south east from the sahara, and he could've headed west from there and probably found civilization.
And most importantly, he ran without vision, about the equivalent of driving a car blindfolded in a crowded city.
Never, NEVER move in any direction in the desert without knowing your approximate location and the direction of the nearest civilization, here in my country people do often get lost in the desert and the first advice anyone remembers when getting lost is to check where the sun rises and sets, from there, approximate the directions and head for your city if you were lost close by.
Though he did well in general he did also kind of mess up badly in terms of water.
Don't dry out your throat for more than a full day, what he did might have made him die of infection instead of through dehydration, due to throat injuries from sand.
Why did he not look for water near plants??!!
by far the easiest water supply in the desert, because desert plants tend to form groups or lines, where in the center, several meters below, you are almost guaranteed a water supply, and in the case of lines of plants, just follow them in either direction and look for the "newest" looking plants, or plants with fruit, dig there and you will always find water pour down of the soil into the hole.
Also please don't eat unidentified desert fruits.
My opinion might be wrong but it's just an opinion and some general common advice I know of.
I also can't understand, why he was heading south. He knew that her startet in the north and better should go back. Even without compass everyone can distinguish north and south. I'd love to have an explanation for this.
@@andreast.7675 He might have thought he went _too_ far north, which was the opposite from the truth.
And at night, he could have searched for Polaris and, noting the night sky's rotation direction, travelled west. It's easier to navigate using the stars than using the sun.
@@patrickhackett7881 Anything really works he just had to use his brain
He might have intentionally went south however, I thought about it for a while and he might have known about the fact that the south is full of villages in almost every large oasis but I really doubt that still.
@@patrickhackett7881Near the equator, Polaris is practically useless. It is on the horizon line, and incredibly hard to spot. With any sort of elevation gain in dunes, mountains, above sea level features, it would be hidden completely. In this location specifically, it would be a few notches up from the horizon line, where the sun sets, so more helpful than useless, but still likely extremely difficult to spot at night nonetheless. South of the Equator, Polaris can never be seen at any time of day, wherever you are. Thus, humans have navigated land and seas for centuries by way of more difficult calculations, using multiple stars in combination with each other, to determine direction. For exact due north, it would take 3 steps to determine, if this Italian guy knew that to begin with. I'm going to assume, everybody that lives most of their life north of the equator, either has no idea the North Star vanishes below this line, and also do not know which correct stars to use to determine direction. Remember that, Next time you're south of the line!
(There's a great YT video on this)
Im Morocco . My father was one of those mens who searshed for him. its a miracle that that guy didn't die. Everyone was sure that he will not survive in the sahara. My dad still tell the story of the italian with a lot of emotion...
He was so dehydrated he couldn’t bleed
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If it bleeds, I can kill it
This guy:
he became immortal for a bit
He became a Fremen.
God be like: its not your time, go back to earth.
@@alimurtaza6318 Maybe God was playing another game with Satan trying to torture him to test his faith.
Imagine being so dehydrated to the point where your blood literally won't come out of an open wound.
Sounds like me
Blood be like: Damn, leaking out is hard, I'mma do it tomorrow
Lol what!! No, he made little sideways cuts like an emo 13 year old American. Dude is a European who sees himself as high-level, you really think he's gonna dig in with a pocket knife?
That was a plea, not an attempt
Blood was like: "nah, bruh, I'm good".
I've actually been there.
I didn't drink water, but soft drinks for a long time. I developed pneumonia & I was close to dying at age 11.
The doctor couldn't draw blood from my veins and had to physically beat my arm to get it out lol.
Fun Fact: The Tuareg who are experts at travelling this dessert call the Sahara the land of fear. The ones brave enough to make the journey have a lot of respect in their culture.
i cannot imagine the joy and relief he felt when he saw those tents in the distance
Mario Prosperi: *cuts wrists*
His body: "No."
mauro*
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also his body: fuck you
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I still can’t believe anyone ever wanted to do this race. I feel thirsty just watching this
More unbelievable was the fact that after everything that happened the freaking dude went back to it again!!! Some people really dont care
Ain’t shit else to do 🤷🏽♂️
@@Henrique.Souza0601 some people are just built different
When i watched it when it came out there was a heatwave in my area. How convenient
@@Henrique.Souza0601 his resilience inspires me and makes me proud for humanity.
My goodness, this is an incredible story. One that tests human limitations.
I watched this video several months ago and now I decided to watch it again and CZcams welcomes me with a request to confirm an age-restriction for “Suicide & self-harm”.
same.
not only did he survive for 9 days, he survived after running multiple marathons.
Yeah, that's the cruel, ironic part: when he lost the track he kept running for 8 hours. Then he rested, woke up and ran for other 4 hours before realizing he was running into the desert. 12 hours of running while he was already lost.
Um it's called preparing before hand and that's not really surviving. Surviving is getting lost and the. Surviving.
@@danh4435 did you not watch the video? Dude got so lost he ended up in a whole other country.
@@flashlife8256 lol video of him getting lost?😂 show me
@@danh4435 oh, so your point is that you don't believe the story. Lol ok good luck with that.
Dude was basically tortured for 10 days of extreme conditions, then says "I'll do it again" after he recovered. Legend.
runners are weird lol. I was in cross country in high school. I ran 5+ miles a day.. for fun? I finally got injured and havent run long distance ever since :'( rip
Or a first class idiot IMO
@@gegwen7440 its called facing your fear. He did the equivalent of teabagging the Sahara desert
He probably wouldn't have been lost if he used Skillshare.
@@ZainAhmed-ns2di do you have a fear of getting shot in the head? I suggest you conquer your fear too.
Absolutely amazing! But I am curious why he didn't go west by following the sun? Knowing that if he went east he would have went further and further into the Sahara, and if south would have also gone further into the Sahara. If he went west he would probably would have found a village of some sort earlier on. But either way this is an amazing story
Its not as easy as that. To the west is pretty baron and to add to it its close to the Morocco western sahara border which is contentious
the sun barely ever rises and sets dead east and dead west
Even going south or east would be better than going south-west and avoiding all the roads. One look at the map and you know that there is a lot of things north and west, but nothing in other directions. Probably worst possible navigation and it's lucky that he found these things instead of nothing.
heat messes with decision making and probably had a big influence on that
@@sackettfamily4685 heat and also dehydration will seriously construe one’s decision making capability - there’s a reason cartoon characters hallucinate while lost in the desert.
this nearly made me cry. just imagining that desperation is impossible unless you’ve been in that situation.
Sahara: *has regular sand storms that cut you up like razors inside and out*
Man: ok who's up for a race here
All might dies in the manga
That’s just and exaggeration.. i live in riyadh(Saudi Arabia) and sand storms is something very usual, we got bored of it.. they sometimes look dark and scary and you can’t see anything .. you feel like it’s the end of the world and sometimes look like fog but its actually dust. But it’s never a big deal unless you got asthma.
@@judegd7004 The Sahara is different
Bruh, the sands are smooth and rounded over millennia due to constant wind blowing them around and rubbing against each other abrasively. This guy somehow associates moon dust where there is no weather phenomena to wear and smooth out the dust/particles to sand on earth, well I guess clickbaits are necessary.
@@marksnow8838 well if you’ve already clicked on the video, there’s no need for click bait
Imagine his wife's reaction when he said he was going to try again.
Yes, he mentions that he wants to try again. Next day local news: Wife breaks husband's legs permanently.
In her mind she probably went, "you better die for good this time. need that insurance money"
They divorced. No joke. Also there r people that say mauro prosecco staged the whole thing. Sorry guys.
@@xstongames4778 Wikipedia
@@karuzo4116 and about that statement that this is made up?
This is an incredible story and I was on edge watching this video. I love endurance/survival stories and this is one of the best. Thanks for the video...
This is hands down the saddest lost story. The fact that if he died and was buried under sand his wife wouldn’t know where he is and wouldn’t receive any financial help for 10 years is insane and truly sad to think about it.
"He was so dehydrated he couldn’t bleed"
Going by the rules of "if it can bleed, you can kill it" he is immortal.
Also qualifies under the, "drinking bats blood when thirsty," rules.
Woah underrated.
Technically he has worked his body to immortality.... but due to the natural biology of the human body he had to sucomb to liquids to survive.. if he had of just ate sand and polyester from his bag then he would theoretically be immortal.
Poor Mario
You don't know the cooking skills of my Mother in Law. She can kill anything and anyone she cooks or cook for...
like the Buddhist monks +who only ate pine needles and slowly became mummies. Some claim they lived for hundreds of years!
Wendover prod be like: The insane logistics of escaping from the Sahara desert
Polymatter be like : how China is trying to control sahara desert
@@DyslexicMitochondria Hey bro I watch ur videos. Love your channeI
First: find plane
Second: fly plane out of desert
Third: talk about economics of flying planes in deserts
So true!
Almost as crazy as him being that guy from half as interesting
What an amazing story! I got genuinely exited with each detail. Please do more of these narrations. I enjoyed it very much! Just shared it with some friends that also do marathons.
That is one of the greatest survival stories I’ve ever heard.
Surviving in the Sahara would be extremely hard alone;
Thankfully, you can learn how to be a more sufficient survivalist than ever with skillshare.
lmaooooo
They always catch us off guard with them ads .
lolololol
Meanwhile millions of Africans live in and transverse the Sahara.
What about being stranded alone in the middle of the Great Amazon rainforest
Not only did this man survive the Sahara, but he came back for more. Fucking legend.
@@mduis9532 Absolutly
He is a beast
It can’t get much worse then last time
@@mduis9532 How about watching the video first before comment?
@@PeterPing Seriously...ikr.
This was very well narrated, thanks!
Stories like this one were very common in Algeria before communication technology has developed. You can make heartbreaking movies of survival or fatal endings of these stories. When strong wind storms blow up they change the area geography and sand dunes mountains get displaced. Someone wouldn't recognize the area where he is. Also you can walk for days to end up in the same area where you started after making a circle of dozens of km in diameter. This happens because walking in the desert takes the form of a circle due to lack of landmarks to guide you and the difference between a right and left foot step length.
I can't imagine the immense feelings of relief and joy when he found that oasis
I don't understand why he didn't stay there. Granted the Bedouins were close, but he couldn't know that.
@@Narcan885 my reall question is why did he not just use the sun as a compass instead of looking at his compas and then being like "yea well I only see sand so idk.. lol
@@Erik3E My guess is that a compass on its own is pretty usueless if you don't have reference points. You can't just decide "ok i'lll go south-east" out of the blue. A compass doesn't find the road or the destination- it only finds the magnetic north. The rest is up to what you know of where you are in relation to your destination.
@@Narcan885 sun rises in the east and sets in the west so should have just headed to where the sun was setting instead of south
@@alexrichardson1226 Why? It doesn't make sense. Leading east would have lead him further into the sahara desert.
Him: "Writes SOS and burns his bag to survive"
Nature: No
Him: **cuts wrists to die**
Nature: Also no
Nature: "you're here to suffer" maybe we are living in hell after all..
Shrine goddess: You have spilled blood on holy soil I will deny you the mercy of death.
Him: Finds human being and runs after her
Little Girl: No
Nature :its too easy you think life is a joke...
This in an incredible story. That book is probably insanely beautiful. I’m very glad that man survived, and I hope his story inspires others to learn about water availability in Africa and other places, suicide awareness, survival skills, and sheer human perseverance and courage.
This guy: badass surviving 10 days alone in the Sahara
me: can't even stand being outside in 100° weather for 5 minutes
But you are already Super HOT
Prosperi: Attempts to commit suicide
Death: NO! You have a race to finish.
It must be like experiencing a miracle... resurrection from the dead.
*race will not allow cheating*
Plot Twist: Death bet money on Prosperi.
Why did i get emotional over this
The living are not done with you yet
Imagine having a good chance of dying, being in one of the worst situations a human can experience, but you continue because you don’t want to fall behind in a race...
Human civilization in a nutshell
@@DigGil3 and that’s why today you can hold a phone in your hands.
To be fair, he may have been buried alive by the sandstorm had he stopped.
@@howardbaxter2514 he can simple come back and forth to the same position in order to avoid getting buried and getting lost of race track at the same time, ya he would get behind the race, but still he would not have to experience that worst days.
Rajvir Sangha how can you know where you left off after 8 hours of a major sandstorm though
This is the most amazing story I've ever heard. Told so well. Incredible. Talk about inspirational!!!!
My man I love this please keep making more videos
Dear Anakin Skywalker: THIS is a valid reason to hate sand...
Considering he's from a desert planet with two suns I'm pretty sure this is exactly what he was talking about.
😂😂😂, at least the sand people were more hospitable that 1 time
yep, agreed.
Hello Courier
It's corse and cold, and it gets everywhere
The fact that he didn't let that terrifying, near death experience stop him from continuing his passion, he's a strong, admirable legend of a man.
no he's just stupid
At this point it is less like heroism and more like crippling addiction. Alcoholics too have "near death experiences" and too fail to learn from them.
@@stretopovermind9680 he isn't an alcoholic though, how did he won an olympic gold then?
@@BritneyHIAM No he's not, he's simply not letting that one horrible experience ruin his passion, and that is awesome. People like you trying to put others down for being brave are the problem. Get lost.
@@noobpatata3082 Do you understand the meaning of the word "analogy"?
Being stranded in the Sahara for two weeks and making it out alive is almost as much of an achievement as making it to the Wetherspoons bogs and back and living to tell the tale 🍻🇬🇧
Wtf British
as a british person, wtf does this mean😭
@JasperHD know the place in lord of the rings? Where the bodies floats around and Frodo falls in just to be saved by Gollum? That’s the place he’s talking about.
The Sahara is a fantastically beautiful place and Morocco is a wonderful, culture rich country. Don't let this video put you off, being alone in the desert is one of the most amazing feelings (although probably not being lost and dehydrated as in this case)
It would be great they said, the shimmering brightness of stars at night and the passing breezy wind dancing by the day...🥴
'He finally stumbled upon a miracle'
Fresh goat droppings.
We have a saying by an ancient arab wise man from pre-Islamic era. It says "The dung indicates a camel and the footprint indicates a human walking" I guess that was quite literal for that poor man.
The second half of his quote is "Sky with constellations, land with vallies and seas with waves sure indicate the presence of the ever hearing and ever seeing (this phrase in arabic is poetic indiaction of God)"
When u get stuck in such a situation, anything which is part of life will surely be considered a miracle my friend...
Delicious and nutritious
@@cocomunga 🐐 💩 😋
Being an Olympic athlete was definitely an advantage for him lol
Being an Olympic athlete is always an advantage
Having an advantage definitely made him an Olympic athlete.
@@jakinchan3432 Ahh!! I see what you did there.
@@jakinchan3432 Having a defininetly Olympic athlete made him a advantage
@@jakinchan3432 This is the real perspective many don't realize.
In Phoenix AZ we get 115-120 degree heat. Its unbearably hot, but were able to cool off inside with AC and water. Cant imagine those heats while being stranded outside with no protection...
0:49
me who lives in phoenix:
*those are rookie numbers*
😭😭.
The part of finding the Oasis and not being able to drink it must have been one of the worst tortures you could feel.
The torment of Tantalus.
@@Postoronniy tantalising
At work, this past Friday,
a coworker reminded me of the episode of Twilight Zone: when a man wanted to be alone with his books;
only to accidently break his only pair of reading glasses.
@@solascripturaPR1517 omg I remember that one! it was so sad. He was the last one on the planet, only with his books... then his glasses dropped.
@@solascripturaPR1517 I remember watching that in class. Poor guy even made dates for when he’d read each book.
This video is a massive spoiler for the future Hollywood movie.
If you think about it, it being made into a Hollywood movie is a massive spoiler.
They had 37 years to make it.
Life of Pi 2: Stranded in the Sahara
Hopefully they won't make it lol
If you have ever played Uncharted 3, this is a great reason why that game's story becomes too far fetched.
This is a good location for shooting dystopian movies like “DUNE”
This is phenomenal.
Drinking the bats’ blood must be the greatest uno reverse card towards vampires ever.
I’m surprised he didn’t get rabies from doing that.
@@sinjinreed2091 While bats act as reservoirs for disease, the majority of bats don't have rabies, and ones living in such a tiny colony are unlikely to have it. The reason why bats often get diseases is partially since many species live in massive colonies.
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Imagine being lost in Sahara for over a week and then suddenly discovering presence of human such as foot prints. Man that would be the most hopeful time you'll had.
And then the first human you find runs away from you lol
Cant run away when she leaves foot prints behind
I’d imagine he would have cried from happiness if he wasn’t so dehydrated
These days you would just take a location beacon and/or satellite phone with you. They are quite cheap, widely used by extreme adventurers.
Garmin InReach Mini, 100g, satellite comms, emergency SOS, weather forecast, SMS, location beacon $350. You can bet every serious extreme athlete has one or something similar.
This reminds me when SpongeBob tried to deliver the KrustyKrab pizza.
RLL: Prosperi
the subtitles: prosperity
Nobody:
Someone in 1986:
"You know what this huge ass desert need?"
"What?"
"A f*cking marathon race track!! That's what!"
Genius!
damn I'm died 😴
I laughed at this harder than I should
That's brilliant.
It is always white boys that come up with ish like this.
Brown boys like me just want to go watch a movie and eat in a restaurant.
When he tryied to kill himself and failed he was like:
Dying sucks lets live
Dad??
A friend of mine went home at night and heard someone calling for help and rushed to check. He found a neighbour hanged and tried to release him. The man died but my friend told me had changed his mind. Unfortunately it was too late. Suicide is never the answer.
@@perseusarkouda not never. If you have a mortal degenarive disease and you know for sure you will become a vegetable or with a lot of pain for months I rather to speed up the process.
@@farahlajeennoural-deen4599 And that's why ladies and gentleman I don't believe in god... . btw I would not even fight in a real war, I'm not a soldier and I don't want to be I want to take my own decisions so if someone wants to decide when is the time to die, for me is fine, we didn't had the chance to choose to live is it?
@Adolf Hitler AHH..... Hello plz don't start ww3
“One of the worst places to get stranded in”
Antarctica: Am I a joke to you?
At least you have plenty of water
what's wrong?? He said "ONE" of the worst...
@@rosieroti4063 mhm, i dont see the problem. He didn’t say it was the worst
I've only known one man like this in my life. These kind of amazing individuals have a special spirit. The kind that truly lives and challenges themselves daily. I am thankful he survived.
they should honestly make a movie about this
Check out " The Way Back."
@@tyharris9994 isn't that based on an autobiographical novel, and later people found out the author made most of it up?
@@andrebubbles1493 I have no idea. Ed Harris and Colin Farrell were in it. I was under the impression that some or most of it was true, but had not heard about it later having been deemed false or mostly false.
ikr
@@tyharris9994 The way back is not about this. It was about a real life incident where a group of prisoners escaped Gulag prison, Siberia, then crossed Russia, Mongolia, Gobi Desert, China, Nepal and finally came to Darjeeling India. It is a true story and I know it because Darjeeling is in West bengal, India, and I come from Kolkata, the capital city of Bengal.
Just imagine how lucky he was to find that shrine. If it were not for that bat colony, he would have died of dehydration or starvation!
Take heed because his story was fabricated
“Don’t listen to Mr. Prosperi, his story is a fabrication. He will have you believe he is Superman. It is physiologically impossible for a man to travel more than 200 kilometers in the desert without water. This is a supernatural act. It’s possible that he got genuinely lost for a few days. But all the rest rings false. We believe that early on he was picked up by someone. And then he decided to hide out for a while.[10] “He thought he could make a killing out of this if he prolonged his ordeal. He thought he could sell his story to the tabloids. He aspired to be the star of his own movie.”
-Patrick Bauer on Men’s Journal
@@jhameer7889 how would he have found out where he got lost anyway?
He ate a bat and didnt get corona
@@jhameer7889 lol
@@jhameer7889 It's very fishy.
Well that was traumatic to watch. Can't imagine how it had to be to live.
Thanks for sharing!
Death wanted him to complete the race so bad he literally refused to take Prosperi's life and ignore his work.
what a fan amirite?
The slacker.
He was like "I'll race you and if I win" and Death was like "nope, I'm out, no chance!"
*Prosperi eats a bat*
Covid-19: I allow you to live. My time has not yet come.
Imagine an alternate reality where he was Patient Zero
Surviving the Sahara only to start a global pandemic
Imagine alternate reality where Covid actually came from a bat
The worst you can get is Ebola.
@@soonlytaing1708 and maybe hiv
@@kostam.1113
That was a good one
True though
Came across this video randomly. So glad I watched it because this story was incredible
This deserves way more views!
Damn… Italy’s 10 year missing person declaration law really saved his life.
that shows how much he would go for his wife
Italiens after this video:
*Mission successful once again after Euro2021*
I'd say it's quite the opposite. It made him attempt suicide.
"Pee pee poo poo"
@@KnitterX Exactly
My Dad had a saying about this exact situation:
"If you're lost in the desert and you don't know what to do,
Put your fingers in your ears and sing 'arinky-dinky-doo'"
Which was his light hearted way of saying "You're fucked so it doesn't matter what you do"
They had us in the first half ngl
well you can go for the mountains
eh, when did he said that? afyer he drop you at the desert or at home before you're leaving to the desert?
Give up hope. Great advice....
@@jimmyshrimbe9361 Ever heard of a joke?
Elite athlete. Incredible training regimen. Excellent preparation. If anyone had a chance of survival in such a hostile environment, it would be this dude.
Bats: transform into vampires and drink human blood
Prosperi: reverse uno card
“ He killed the bats to drink there blood” how the turntables
Their
isn't it how the tables have turned?
@Jordie Jordan what
@@MrSilverMo reference to the office
How the tables turn
Not
How the turntables
"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere."
Should be top comment.
Prosperi: I know right
I see, youre a man of culture.
I know this is probably Skywalker because of another comment
@@noel6454 I am merely a beast, devoid of such divine knowledge. Please, culture me kind sir.
"Ali Abdul"
Me: **glances to Squid Game**
Hey can we friends ? On Instagram
I love this kind of stories! I really want more
"For the record, the Sahara desert is larger than 25 Toyota Corollas!"
@Tara Dactyle More like 250,000,000
@Tara Dactyle More like... this isn't funny anymore
@@frankleanez8829 More like... this was never supposed to be funny
@@isyraqfirdaus5322 More like... i found this funny anyway
The length of the Sahara desert: 4800 km (according to Wikipedia)
The length of a Toyota Corolla: 4.53 m (according to google)
therefore
The length of the Sahara desert is approximately one million Toyota Corollas.
Dude that's crazy..
*Opens up another bag of Cheetos*
Munch
Bunch
Crunch
Punch
Lunch
My grand uncle, during the Korean War, had to carry the body of his dead childhood friend across the dunes of the desert (not the Sahara, but still gigantic dunes) and he had to burry himself with the body during the day, and walk the night. The whole war was so traumatic for him that when he got home in Canada, whenever he would hear dogs, planes, or helicopters he would throw himself on the ground and start crying out of fear. He eventually died of gangrene.
The unimaginable rage he must have felt when the sandstorm hit the minute he was about to be rescued, and not even going out on your own terms worked
He only survived because he was a fit person capable of such endurance. Being fit always helps. He was an amazing runner
I have nothing to be afraid of so. Im unfit thus wont get myself into such ordeal lol
I'm sure his mental strength was also a major contributing factor. Aside from this law in Italy.
Even though he went in completely opposite directions from where he's been supposed to go and wanted to commit suicide in the process he still made it through skill and incredible luck. But all the craftsmanship and luck in the world couldn't buy you the mind to overcome death like this.
@@xy6845 well his stupidity to not stay put in a sandstorm, in which I am sure they were told what to do, caused all this.
@@PakaBubi you'll just have to be very appreciative of your bubble while you have it then
if he wasn't a fit person capable of such endurance, he would've never been in the race in the first place
A movie should be made about this event just to highlight the bravery and willingness of this man to survive all those near death situations.
Is it bravery though?
I don't think it's bravery, it's just pure determination
Unintended reference to Undertale
@@call_Arapy undertale moment
Episode 5 Lost in the Desert, of the 2019 Netflix series Losers and National Geographic Channel's documentary Expeditions To The Edge: Sahara Nightmare
Sort of a desert verison of the Robert Redford movie All Is Lost (cheery power of positive thinking title, isn't it?)
Your videos are the best
Amazed that the organizer did not provide more flares for runners in the first place. And I'm sure GPS tracker was already exist back then.
The satellite GPS infrastructure was actually only finished a year before, and you couldn't just go out get a handheld gps tracker, it was a very brand new thing.
Hollywood producers: "Write that down, write that down!"
@Low Tier God who ?
Well probably they yet don't know this story . Maybe in future we will can watch internatioly this American very American movie.only the guy in the real story are Italian that probably never speak English ever but we know and always love accurate Hollywood movies 😂😂😂
It's a book. No need to write down anything 😸
Actually his story was one of the episodes on the Netflix series "Losers." It is an inspirational series about athletes who experienced defeat or tragedy but turned their experience into inspiration and something positive.
Grandpas be like: back in the day that was my way to school
Grandpa's grandpa be like:
@@-R.E.D.A.C.T.E.D- Asian dad be like:
Tuaregs be like .. yeah nice story
Back in my day, I had to hike 4000 miles through burning sand dunes just to get to the store! You kids these days and your uber eats, and your cars, and your youtube and......
🤣🤣
I once visited a sand dunes and in about an hour I already gone dehydration, nausea and dizzy without hat and water, if I were thrown to a similar conditions, I probably die in a day. Respect to the man because his training increase his survivability.
Listen, I have anxiety being in "the middle of nowhere" which, to me, is 60 miles from a population center. I simply cannot imagine what this guy was feeling and am grateful he survived this. What a story. That feeling of success he probably felt when he found that oasis absolutely has to be unmatched.
Brain: Just let me bleed out.
Body: I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move.
That happened because of skillshare :D
What a man. Walked over 180 miles in the desert and ended up in completely different country. survived with sheer will and determination. Also.. Not the best with directions
In regards to directions, you can ONLY navigate using the SUN and the STARS really, as anywhere you look will look the same, but yeah, it seems he was heading south, even though he started up north. It's not that difficult to understand where the north is really, just by looking at the Sun or the stars.
@@itftcomputers bruh. He had a compass
@@danchen8647 It was broken because of the sandstorm... so pretty much useless then.
I bet you get lost in your own house
@@masterofpuppets5072 lmao
Thank you for your graet content!
Wow listening to this is heartbreaking, glad he was able to make it out alive. 🙏🏼
Did you know that Sahara means in Arabic Desert , when you say Sahara desert it's like saying " Desert Desert " - thanks RealLifelore
It is the ultimate desert, considering its vastness at least.
This is the case for MANY deserts, forests, rivers, mountains, and other natural features
Just like saying Timor Leste as 'East East'
But thats its name so saying Sahara Desert is correct. Just like saying panzer tanks isnt wrong. Because the german designation for most of their early tanks was panzer or more commonly known Pz.
Interesting.
When he said "He stumbled upon a miracle" I thought he was gonna say he found a Toyota Corolla in the Sahara and got home
A supra*
@@cana0 no a toyota corolla
@@Mark-Wilson nono, the supre is the best light tank in the world, search Supra Warthunder
@@cana0 no, a Toyota Corolla is an inside joke on this channel, you don't get it
@@alexanderm.635 Supra is an inside joke of a lot of games so i suppose everyone gets what he gets
What an amazing story. Thank you.
For some reason, I absolutely love this video.
This is a story that shows how durable the human body and spirit truely is
A very well trained and prepared body tho
and only if you _TRULY_ want to succeed. I would have 100% died o the first day. this man is infinitely stronger than I could ever be
that's just life in general
Ya
@@pvic6959 No. You have it in you. We all do.
So this is what our parents had to do to get through school 👀
@Low Tier God wha- what? Who? Why?
@Low Tier God ?
Id say, leave the jokes for later, let's give this man respect rn
Why doesn't Elon Musk want to terraform these deserts into habitable zones? It's like a huge waste of Earth's available land don't you think?
@@Waterbug1591 No it isn't. Without the Sahara there would be no Amazon rainforest.
In 1986 l hitch hiked and walked across the Sahara, it was winter time when l crossed...
I was in Algeria, it took me 3 months to get across to the town of Tamaraset...
It was truly the best experience of my life.....
The people l had meet, the Tureg l learnt so much from how to live, catch food, find water.. It was winter, cold nights, but l would fill my water water bottle each morning having collected dew during the night using a cup and plastic.. Lived of dates, dry bread, coffee, tea.. It was truly a wonderful adventure, l remember well that l was never afraid or worried about food or water, and l meet other people, a English couple cycling the same route as l was....
That adventure was the greatest adventure of my life.. I love the Sahara, its people, the beauty..
You don’t have to spend much time in the desert to decide that it’s not the kind of place you want to go for a jog.
The fact that he went back to compete and finish the race is so amazing
It's insane. After such an ordeal man would need some intense therapy let alone go on with what they were doing before.
@@boooster101 ichihbh
take that ratio
@@z.b.8168 eat this counter ratio
Not amazing but it's fucking stupid
Why do people even do stuff like this
Old saying back in Ancient Rome. "follow the trail of bones, when you lose that trailer, you are truly lost."
Terrible quote, I got lost trying to do that and almost got chewed on by the nile crocodile.
Following the trail of bones is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard,what if it leads you to a lions den
@@jammyjam123 if you're hunting a lion then that's a dumb lion....
Always bring two signal flares, one to signal and a second to make it easier to locate you for any rescue services you see responding to the first flare.
His name was also prosperi, not for no reason
I love going into the desert. I’ve been in the desert in some extreme heat. The highest I’ve personally experienced is 118F. One thing that taught me is if I were ever lost in the desert I’d be completely screwed.
What desert? Ive seen some videos about people crossing the deserts on the West arabian pensulviana. And damn without those camels people wouldnt stand a chanse it feels like. ( Not thriving atleast. )
@@timmysvensson4902 You do realise that ancient arabian tribes have been living in the desert for thousands of years right ? Some tribes developed a keen sense of the desert and can pinpoint arrival of sandstorms and oasis's.
@@KingRycon re read what i wrote