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Stuart diver survived a landslide that killed everyone else involved. Eighteen others, including diver s wife, sally, died in the wreckage. Stuart diver was the sole survivor of the thredbo landslide. Stuart diver survival stuart diver by simon bouda stuart diver born 14th january 1970, geelong, victoria. Stuart diver, whose young wife sally died beside him in the first moments of the slide, had clung to life buried beneath a concrete slab for 65 freezing hours. How stuart diver ensures his daughter will always remember. Survival stuart diver book you will not regret if check price. In the peak of winter new south wales snowy mountains in 1997, a landslide in thredbo swallowed two buildings with 3500 tones of rock and mud. Recounts how he found the mental and physical strength to survive being trapped beneath a concrete slab for 65 hours. Simon bouda survival story of stuart diver at thredbo. Survival, stuart diver shop online for books in the.
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