80 Feet: A Via Ferrata Tragedy in Colorado | Disaster Strikes E 230
On September 20th, 2025, 26-year-old Colorado guide Olivia Copeland fell 80 feet to her death while demonstrating a rappel to tourists. The cause: an improperly threaded belay device—one strand instea...
23 Apr 31min
3 Nights Trapped in a Canyon With a Broken Pelvis | E229
In December 2006, elite endurance athlete Danelle Ballengee slipped on black ice near Moab, Utah, fell 60 feet, and shattered her pelvis while unknowingly bleeding internally. With only eight ounces o...
20 Apr 33min
Sucked into the Sky at 33,000 Feet: The Ewa Wiśnierska Story | E228
On February 14, 2007, elite paraglider Ewa Wiśnierska launched from an Australian mountain for a routine training flight. Within minutes, she was sucked into a massive cumulonimbus cloud and carried t...
13 Apr 34min
The Orange Tent Guy, Balin Miller's Fatal Fall from Yosemite's El Capitan | Disaster Strikes E 227
On October 1st, 2025, 23-year-old Balin Miller stood near the summit of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park — glitter on his cheeks, orange tent packed, having just completed one of the most psycholo...
9 Apr 26min
43 Days Lost in the Himalayan Winter: Trapped Without Food or Fire | E226
On December 22nd, 1991, a 22-year-old medical student from Brisbane crawled under a rock overhang in the Nepalese Himalayas and waited for help. He had a sleeping bag, two chocolate bars, four books, ...
6 Apr 34min
Nineteen Days in the Idaho Wilderness: They Did What They Had to Do | E 225
On the morning of May 5th, 1979, four residents of Estevan, Saskatchewan boarded a small Cessna bound for Boise, Idaho on what was supposed to be a day trip. By that afternoon, the plane was down in a...
30 Mar 31min
The Body Recovery: Fatal Cave Dive at Bushman's Hole | Disaster Strikes E 224
In this episode of the Crux podcast's Disaster Strikes segment, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen delve into the harrowing story of Dave Shaw, a technical diver who tragically perished while ...
26 Mar 40min
Trapped in Quicksand: 2 Hours vs. 6 Days | E223
Quicksand isn't a movie prop. It's real, it looks completely normal, and it happened to two men in the past three months — one in a frozen Utah canyon, one in a Florida mud pit. Austin Dirks is an exp...
23 Mar 43min
