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ii I serial reality tv BY JACQUELINE CUTLER Brothers battle for lives Jeremy and Justin Harris are their brothers' keepers. The two went hiking in southwest Utah in November 2003, as they had dozens of times. This time, however, it turned into a harrowing event, depicted in "Nightmare Canyon," an episode of Discovery Channel's "I Shouldn't Be Alive Friday, Nov. 10. "After you go through a situation like that, it changes you," Justin says.

"And for the rest of our lives, we will have this experience that connects us." Dramatic re-enactmencs show their plight as they trudge along rocky terrain. Then disaster strikes. Justin falls into a shallow pool of icy water and breaks his left leg in six places. Jeremy takes off to return to their car so he can summon media. Jeremy stops to build a fire, and exhausted, he passes out.

He awakens when his clothes are on fire. Meanwhile, his brother comes close to losing consciousness and recites his wife's and four children's names and birth dates to stay conscious. When he falters, he forces himself to stand so the pain will awaken him. Eventually, Jeremy finds his way back to the car, but it wasn't until the next morning that Justin is airlifted out of the canyon. He spends months in the hospital, enduring 13 surgeries, and part of his leg is amputated.

Despite this experience, Justin recently went camping again with his family, which now includes a fifth child, Emery Faith, named after the Emery County rescuers. Justin wears a prosthesis to his job editing a publication about construction. BY JACQUELINE CUTLER BY JACQUELINE CUTLER HGTV tosses lifesaver to those in 'Over Your Head' No one, even a contractor, survives a home remodeling with his sanity and marriage completely intact. The worst cases are when someone (usually the husband) decides he can do the project. Years later, when the house chef has become adept at cooking on a hot plate, the dog's paws are shredded from tile shards and no one talks to one another, its time to call in the pros.

This misguided confidence that one can tackle intricate house problems is common enough that HGTV offers the new Saturday series "Over Your Head." How does someone know if he is in over his head? "The natural elements of fire, water, wind and rain," host Eric Stromer says. "If those pelt you or threaten the lives of your loved ones, that is too much. You really do have to know your limitations on some level." Stromer, who wears his tool belt low slung, the way gunfighters wore ammunition, comes to the resale. After appearing in "Clean Sweep" and i.Threc Wishes," he wanted a show about that was irreverent. He succeeds.

Each week, Stromer calls in subcontractors to guide die hapless homeowners. 5 The Saturday, Nov. 11, episode futures a husb.ind who dug up die backyard two years ago, -j leaving no place for the three kids to play. Stromer (and his team irk with the homeowner ro eude the soil, a new sprinkler sysrem, landscape Lnd build a new detk, (2diatherapy FOR THE UNCHALLENGED TRAVELER Ipfie biggest challenge you've tried lately is to reprn to the sofa with snacks before the show restjpes, it's time to become more adventurous and start challenging yourself. Where to start? Getting off the couch is always a good first step.

Still, there is that double-edged sword. If you have the time to linger over an exciting vacation that could broaden your oudook and present new challenges, you may not have the money. Or, if you are raking in the money, you're probably reluctant to take a break from work. The best way to shake yourself out of a rut is to find new challenges. With this in mind, we recommend the following program: "I Shouldn't Be This week, Discovery Channel's Friday series, showcases two brothers caught in an untenable situation.

They showed a can-do spirit when they hiked into a Utah canyon, and that spirit was tested after one shattered his leg and the other went to seek help. The injured brother made himself stay conscious, knowing it was the only way to survive. The brother seeking help became lost, kept falling into icy water and caught on fire while building a fire. Finally, "46 hours after breaking his leg, the injured brother was airlifted out. Yet he still seeks adventures in hiking and camping.

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