One day in February 2004, Le Marque set out for a day of snowboarding in Californis's Sierra Nevada mountains, But by the end of the day, Le Marque found himself in a life-or-death situation.
while looking for a good place to snow, Le Marque lost his way and ended up in the wilderness at the back of the mountain. Le Marque, who had expected to just be out for a couple of hours, had no food, very few supplies, and his cell phone battery was dead. All he had was a seemingly useless MP3 player. Once he realized he was lost, he decided to keep moving. Unfortunately, he chose the wrong direction and, over the next few days, moved farther and farther away from safety and rescue. Knowing that eating snow lowers body temperature, Le Marque ate only tree bark and pine seeds. After a few days Le Marque had an idea that may have saved his life. He turned the radio on his MP3 player into a kind of compass.