Goran Kropp: The Most Hardcore Everest Attempt Ever?

Goran Kropp: The Most Hardcore Everest Attempt Ever?

In 1995, Swedish climber Göran Kropp loaded 200 pounds of gear into a bike trailer and started pedalling from Sweden toward Nepal. His plan was to ride to Everest, climb it alone without bottled oxygen, and ride home. He arrived in the spring of 1996, the deadliest season in Everest's history. This is the story of Göran Kropp: the bike ride, the climb, the disaster, and the decision that defined everything. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Support the channel: Patreon: Get behind-the-scenes...

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Keyhole Canyon: The Easiest Route in Zion Became a Death Trap

Keyhole Canyon: The Easiest Route in Zion Became a Death Trap

In 2015, seven friends entered Keyhole Canyon in Zion National Park during unstable weather. Another group was only minutes ahead of them, and that small gap would make all the difference. This is the...

10 Sep 25min

John Chau and his Obsession with the World's Most Isolated Tribe

John Chau and his Obsession with the World's Most Isolated Tribe

In 2018, 26-year-old American missionary John Allen Chau illegally travelled to North Sentinel Island, determined to make contact with one of the world’s most isolated peoples. But the story didn’t b...

20 Aug 52min

The 2026 Maldives Cave Diving Disaster

The 2026 Maldives Cave Diving Disaster

In May 2026, five experienced divers entered a deep underwater cave system in the Maldives. None of them came out alive. This is the story of the Maldives cave diving tragedy, the rescue operation th...

31 Jul 26min

Three Deadly Volcanoes and the People Who Went Anyway

Three Deadly Volcanoes and the People Who Went Anyway

In 1991, a volcanologist said he didn't care if he died tomorrow. He meant it. This video is about three volcanoes and the scientists, researchers, and one very stubborn old man who knew exactly how d...

6 Jul 25min

Andrée's 1897 Arctic Balloon Expedition

Andrée's 1897 Arctic Balloon Expedition

In 1897, a Swedish engineer convinced a king, a Nobel Prize winner, and an entire nation to fund the most ambitious plan in exploration history, flying a hydrogen balloon to the North Pole. He had nev...

7 Mai 1h 31min

Murder Wall: The 1936 Eiger Tragedy

Murder Wall: The 1936 Eiger Tragedy

The north face of the Eiger had a reputation so bad it got a nickname. Mordwand. The Murder Wall. By 1936, it had already killed several climbers, and nobody had ever made it to the top. Four young c...

17 Mar 30min

Mount Logan 1987: The Ridge That's Only Been Climbed Once

Mount Logan 1987: The Ridge That's Only Been Climbed Once

In May 1987, two of the world's best climbers - Dave Cheesmond and Catherine Freer - attempted the Hummingbird Ridge on Mount Logan, Canada's highest mountain. Between them, they'd climbed Everest, K2...

12 Mar 19min

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