A US journalist who was rescued after falling down an icy mountain and going without water for six days has opened up about how he survived.

Alec Luhn, 38, embarked on a solo four-day hike in Folgefonna National Park in Norway on July 31, that took a disastrous turn.

His boot broke and he slid down a steep slope, hit a rock and broke his left femur and fractured his pelvis and several spinal vertebrae.

To make matters worse, he lost his water bottle, food and phone amid the impact. Luhn, an award-winning reporter who has worked for The New York Times, The Guardian and The Atlantic, knew that he had to make it through at least four days in order for his loved ones to realize he was missing and set off a search for him.

‘The one thing that gave me the hope and will to survive was my fami

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