Annapurna was the first 8,000-meter peak ever climbed, three years before Everest. It should have been a triumph. Instead, the climbers who made history lost every finger and toe getting back down.

75 years later, Annapurna is still taking lives. But now it's not just elite alpinists on the mountain, it's commercial clients, guided expeditions, and climbers who've never been above 8,000 meters.

This is the story of the world's deadliest mountain, the people who keep climbing it, and what it costs the Sherpas who make those climbs possible.

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Were 1,000 climbers really trapped on Mount Everest? Recently, the internet went wild with dramatic headlines, but the real story is very different.

In this podcast, we dig into what actually happened on Everest in the recent storm, who was really at risk, and how the truth got twisted.

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In the freezing darkness off Iceland’s coast, a lone fisherman finds himself in the water after his boat sinks, with no life jacket, no survival suit, and miles from shore.

What happens next defies science, survival training, and common sense.

This is the unbelievable true story of Guðlaugur Friðþórsson, the man who turned a deadly night at sea into one of the most extraordinary rescues in history.

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