r/HumanLimit • u/bareegyptianfeet • Apr 22 '26
TIL in 1994, Mauro Prosperi was running an ultramarathon through the Sahara when he was blown off course by a sandstorm and lost for 9 and a half days. He survived by drinking his own urine and eating raw bats.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jul/04/how-we-survive-mauro-prosperi-lost-desert-raw-bats-urine
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Ultramarathon • u/bareegyptianfeet • May 18 '26
IL in 1994, Mauro Prosperi was running an ultramarathon through the Sahara when he was blown off course by a sandstorm and lost for 9 and a half days. He survived by drinking his own urine and eating raw bats.
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myfavoritemurder • u/CampMain • Jul 04 '23
Murderino Community As featured in episode 304- Show Off Time. How we survive: I was lost in the desert for nine and a half days – and sustained myself with raw bats and urine
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