رها شده برای مرگ: چگونه ۷۱ روز در اوت‌باک گم شدم و زنده ماندم

In April 2006 the news broke of an amazing feat of survival by a white man in one of the most inhospitable areas of Australia. Ricky Megee was found sheltering by a dam on a remote cattle property in the Northern Territory. After being abducted on the Buntine Highway, drugged, then left for dead, Ricky had walked for 10 days in bare feet through unforgiving terrain in blistering heat. Stumbling upon a dam, he set up camp there and survived for almost three months on leeches, grasshoppers, frogs, and plants, losing more than 130 pounds in the process. In Left for Dead, Ricky Megee tells for the first time since his extraordinary rescue the full story of his abduction and survival, vividly and with candor. A gripping tale and a fascinating read, Left for Dead is both shocking and inspiring, the tale of how one man endured a terrible ordeal and lives to tell the tale. Gripping and inspiring story of how one man endured almost three months alone in the desert living on nothing but insects and frogs. An extraordinary story of survival in the outback.'No shoes, no vehicle, no food, no water and no idea. I'd always been one of those blokes who ragged on people who found themselves lost in the desert. Now I was one of those people. It was harsh, desolate country for a man all alone in bare feet. Nevertheless, I started to walk. And walk. The more I walked, I figured, the less distance I'd have to travel to get found. It was faulty logic, but it was the best I could come up with.'In April 2006 the news broke of an amazing feat of survival by a white man in one of the most inhospitable areas of Australia. Ricky Megee was found sheltering by a dam on a remote cattle property in the Northern Territory.After being abducted on the Buntine Highway then left for dead, Ricky had walked for ten days in bare feet through unforgiving terrain in blistering heat. Stumbling upon a dam, he set up camp there and survived for almost three months on leeches, grasshoppers, frogs and plants, losing 60 kilograms in the process.In Left for Dead, Ricky Megee gives a full and frank account of his abduction, survival and extraordinary rescue. Vividly told, it's a gripping and yet inspiring story of how one man endures a terrible ordeal and lives to tell the tale. About the Author......Page 1 Title Page......Page 3 Map......Page 6 Map......Page 7 Introduction by Greg McLean......Page 9 Prologue......Page 13 1. RICKY JOHN MEGEE......Page 17 2. LOST LOVE......Page 26 3. TAKING THE BAIT......Page 39 4. HOOK, LINE AND SINKER......Page 47 5. SEARCHING FOR THE SEARCH PARTY......Page 55 6. DIVINE INTERVENTION......Page 69 7. THE BIG RED GATES......Page 83 8. GUT INSTINCT......Page 96 9. DAM IT......Page 122 10. FEAST OR FAMINE......Page 134 11. THE BIG GREEN MOUND......Page 150 12. FOOD FOR THOUGHT......Page 164 13. GOODBYE BUNG-EYE......Page 185 14. PULLING TEETH......Page 202 15. WHAT'S FOR DINNER?......Page 216 16. INTO THE FRYING PAN......Page 225 17. CSI TERRITORY......Page 232 18. FROM THE DOCTORS' MOUTHS......Page 241 19. RETURN TO BOREE ......Page 250 20. A KIND OF CLOSURE ......Page 264 RICKY MEGEE'S DESERT MENU ......Page 280 "Lost for three months in one of the most inhospitable areas of Australia, Ricky McGee was found sheltering on the bank of a dam on a remote cattle property in the Northern Territory. He'd lost 60kg on a diet that included leeches, grasshoppers and frogs. Blackly funny in parts, Ricky's tale of his ordeal is a gripping and fascinating read"--Provided by publisher.