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The true survival story of William Pike, a 22-year-old school teacher from Auckland. On 25 September 2007, while tramping on Mt Ruapehu, he was critically injured during a volcanic eruption. He was trapped inside the hut, surrounded by mud and rocks and in freezing temperatures, while his friend went for help. When the rescue team arrived he was suffering from such severe hypothermia he was not expected to survive. He spent two months in Waikato Hospital. He had his lower right leg amputated and barely kept his left leg. and facing yet more reconstruction surgery, William is philosophical about his life-altering injuries. He is determined to return to Mt Ruapehu to complete the six-day tramp that was cut short by the eruption.