40 MPH Winds, One Meter of Visibility: The Stranger on Ben Nevis
January 2026. A blizzard is raging on Ben Nevis, the tallest peak in the Scottish Highlands — gale-force winds, sub-zero temperatures, and visibility of about one meter—when a climber becomes separate...
3 Aug 30min
Swallowed by the Nile; The Life and Death of Hendrik Coetzee | Disaster Strikes
Hendrik "Hendri" Coetzee was one of the most decorated whitewater explorers in the history of African river kayaking — a South African who had paddled the length of the Nile, soloed some of the contin...
30 Jul 29min
Stranded in Death Valley: Six Days of Impossible Decisions
In April 2021, experienced hikers Emily Henkel and Alexander Lofgren set out to explore Death Valley National Park. They had maps, emergency gear, a backcountry plan, and years of outdoor experience. ...
27 Jul 33min
27 Years of Silence: Maine's North Pond Hermit
For decades, cabins around Maine's North Pond were burgled by someone who took food, books, and propane — and fixed the doors on his way out. Locals called him the North Pond Hermit, and plenty of the...
20 Jul 31min
Poisoned on Everest: The $20 Million Rescue Scam | Disaster Strikes
Most people think the greatest danger on Mount Everest is the mountain itself. But beginning in 2018, investigators uncovered an alleged $20 million Everest helicopter rescue fraud that exploited trek...
16 Jul 36min
Five Hours Overboard in the Pacific
Commercial diver Scott Thompson is harvesting sea urchins off the California coast when a split-second accident leaves him overboard in the Pacific Ocean. With his boat disappearing into the distance,...
13 Jul 42min
He Woke Up Naked Beside a Polar Bear
Danish explorer Peter Freuchen and his family huddled in a Greenland cave to escape a brutal blizzard in the eatly 1900's. The temperature was thirty degrees below zero. They weren't alone—a polar bea...
6 Jul 22min
The Mount Cleveland Five: 188 Days Buried on Glacier National Park's Highest Peak | Disaster Strikes
In late December 1969, five accomplished young mountaineers set out to make history on Glacier National Park's highest peak—a 4,000-foot wall of rock and ice that had never been climbed in winter. The...
2 Jul 35min
