According to the documentary "Couples Surviving in the Wild", Ruth's life was in danger because of an accident, but Mike saved Ruth regardless of his own safety, so Ruth didn't die.

Husband and wife surviving in the wild is a relatively unpopular foreign program in China. It tells the story of Mike, a former special forces soldier, walking hand in hand with Ruth, the wife of a TV reporter, and accepting the most severe survival challenge in the wild all over the world. They were airdropped to different places, went to the wild as a team and survived without any living conditions.