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22) Takeyasu Minamiura and the 1990 Great Epic of Trango Tower: Paraglide Gone Wrong
Episode 21
Takeyasu was 33 in 1990 when he summited the sheer rock face of Trango Tower In Pakistan, also called the Nameless Tower. Instead of belaying down th…
4 years, 11 months ago
21) The Evans Family: Plane Crash into a Mountain in Alaska
Episode 20
The Evans family dreamed of moving to Alaska, and were able to make this a reality when parents Donald and Rosemarie got a teaching jobs in a remote …
4 years, 11 months ago
20) Deborah Scaling Kiley: Sharks in the Water!! A Skilled Sailor Attempts to Transport a Ship To Florida From Maine, but Meets a Large Storm on the Way.
Episode 19
Deborah was a talented young sailer with a lot of experience who was hired to transport a yacht from Maine to Florida in the fall of 1981. Things wer…
4 years, 11 months ago
19) The Endurance: The Story of Earnest Shakleton, His Crew, and Their Survival on the Icy Waters of the Antarctic Ocean
Episode 18
Earnest Shackleton was a well known explorer in the early 1900's. In 1914 he embarked on a mission to Antarctica with a crew of 28 men. Little did th…
5 years ago
18) Yossi Ghinsberg: Survived 3 Weeks in the Amazon Alone
Episode 17
Yossi Ghinsberg was just 21 when he set off to experience the Amazon in December of 1981. While traveling in Bolivia, a strange and enticing man tou…
5 years ago
17) Nicholas Alkemade: Jumped From an Airplane Without a Parachute
Episode 16
Nicholas Alkemade was part of the RAF when he had to face a terrible decision; to go down with a flaming aircraft or to jump to his certain death bel…
5 years ago
16) Joe Simpson & Simon Yates; The Mountain Survival Story that Inspired the Book, Touching the Void
Episode 15
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were two ambitious young climbers with aptitude and passion who pursued a first ascent of the West face of Siula Grande, …
5 years ago
15) The Wild Boars Football Team: Rescue from Tham Luang Cave
Episode 14
The Wild Boars football team went into the Tham Luang cave to do a little exploring on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The team, a group of 12 boys ages 11-…
5 years, 1 month ago
14) Tyson Steele: Alone and Resourceful in the Alaskan Winter After a House Fire
Episode 14
Tyson Steele was homesteading in the Alaskan wilderness, snowed in.. really… miles from his closest neighbor… the closest road 45 miles away, without…
5 years, 1 month ago
13) Paul Templer: Attacked by a Rogue Hippo
Episode 12
Paul Templer was an experienced military man, who once discharged from the military was a guide on the Zambezi river in Zimbabwe. He was taking a gro…
5 years, 1 month ago