This is at least a few years old, I remember reading it when the family was stuck in the snow in the southern Oregon mountains.
Rule #1. Don't ever leave the car and setoff overland.
Rule #1. Don't ever leave the car and setoff overland.
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random045/2001037553.ht...
https://lccn.loc.gov/2001037553
I remember reading it a few years ago as well, so perhaps it's been republished multiple times since then.
It's an absolutely great bit of writing, and a good warning to anybody who lives in places that can get excessively cold.
(In my case, it serves as literary tourism: I live in central Scotland, which hasn't seen more than a few inches of snow a year since 2013.)
James Kim. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kim#Snowbound
Rule #1 applies equally to desert conditions as well. Shade, potential water and source of things to burn to signal for help.
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Maybe they made the audio form of the story?