Oceanos: Rescue off the Wild Coast | Abandon Ship | 2
Against The Odds17 Jun 2025

Oceanos: Rescue off the Wild Coast | Abandon Ship | 2

As a hellish storm batters the Oceanos off the South African coast, senior crew members flee aboard a lifeboat, leaving passengers behind. With no leadership in sight, the entertainers step up, guiding women and children into the last remaining lifeboats as the ship begins to list dangerously in the churning sea. Out on the water, mothers clutch their infants as waves batter the tiny boats, tossing them mercilessly through the darkness.

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Siula Grande: Over the Edge | Making Peace With It, With Simon Yates | 4

Siula Grande: Over the Edge | Making Peace With It, With Simon Yates | 4

In 1985, high on Peru’s Siula Grande, everything went wrong, and two climbers made choices that became mountaineering lore. Simon Yates joins host Cassie De Pecol to talk about risk, survival, and bei...

23 Sep 202533min

Siula Grande: Over the Edge | Keep Moving | 3

Siula Grande: Over the Edge | Keep Moving | 3

Simon Yates begins his lonely return to base camp, convinced that his partner Joe Simpson is dead. He wrestles with guilt and grief, unsure how he’ll ever explain what happened to those back home. Mea...

16 Sep 202550min

Siula Grande: Over the Edge | Long Way Down | 2

Siula Grande: Over the Edge | Long Way Down | 2

After Joe Simpson fractures his leg, his climbing partner Simon Yates begins lowering him down the mountain, 300 feet at a time. But near the bottom, Simon unknowingly lowers Joe over the edge of a sh...

9 Sep 202541min

Siula Grande: Over the Edge | First Ascent  | 1

Siula Grande: Over the Edge | First Ascent | 1

It’s June 1985. Two young British climbers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, set out to conquer the unclimbed west face of Siula Grande, a towering 21,000-foot peak in the Peruvian Andes. But high on the ...

2 Sep 202545min

FAN FAVORITE: Trapped on Mt. Hood | Discovery | 4

FAN FAVORITE: Trapped on Mt. Hood | Discovery | 4

As the search for the missing climbers enters its second day, rescuers redouble their efforts to find the lost students and their adult guides. But the vastness of the search area presents major chall...

28 Aug 202544min

FAN FAVORITE: Teddy Roosevelt's Amazon Expedition | River's End | 4

FAN FAVORITE: Teddy Roosevelt's Amazon Expedition | River's End | 4

After weeks on the River of Doubt, Theodore Roosevelt’s expedition is on the verge of collapse. But hope emerges when they find clues that Brazilian frontiersmen may be living and working in the wilde...

26 Aug 202547min

FAN FAVORITE: Trapped on Mt. Hood | Search and Rescue | 3

FAN FAVORITE: Trapped on Mt. Hood | Search and Rescue | 3

Morning provides no relief for the Oregon Episcopal School climbers trapped without food or water high on Mount Hood. The storm that forced them to take shelter in a snow cave shows no signs of lettin...

26 Aug 202544min

FAN FAVORITE: Trapped on Mt. Hood | Considered Lost | 2

FAN FAVORITE: Trapped on Mt. Hood | Considered Lost | 2

With night falling, the student climbers and their adult chaperones must take refuge in a cramped, frigid, and hastily dug snow cave. Their leader, Father Tom Goman, begins to succumb to hypothermia. ...

21 Aug 202537min

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