Piper Alpha: Oil Rig Disaster | Inferno | 2
After an explosion rocks the Piper Alpha oil rig, a huge, smoky fire begins to spread, taking down the rig’s power supply and communications equipment. Workers hurry to their evacuation stations, and ...
20 Aug 202439min
Piper Alpha: Oil Rig Disaster | The Leak | 1
On July 6th, 1988, workers clock in to a typical night shift aboard Piper Alpha, the world’s largest offshore oil rig, in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. Then, around 10 p.m., a series of mis...
13 Aug 202443min
In Their Own Words: Bitten by a Rattlesnake | 1
On a warm day in April 2017, Outside Magazine writer Kyle Dickman was hiking near Yosemite National Park with his family and infant son. But in an instant, the idyllic day turned south. Kyle felt a qu...
6 Aug 202438min
Everest '96: Trapped in the Death Zone | Big Business | 5
When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited Mount Everest in 1953, high-altitude climbing was only done by the most elite mountaineers. But that changed in the early 1990s, when veteran climbers b...
30 Juli 202436min
Everest '96: Trapped in the Death Zone | Frozen | 4
After a severe blizzard engulfs Mount Everest on May 10th, fifteen people are left stranded on the mountain, unable to find their way back to camp, or too weak to even try. In the early hours of May 1...
23 Juli 202450min
Everest '96: Trapped in the Death Zone | Descent Into Darkness | 3
As the climbers descend from the summit, it becomes a race against time to get back to camp before dark. But a severe blizzard slows their progress to a crawl, and altitude sickness starts to take hol...
16 Juli 202440min
Everest '96: Trapped in the Death Zone | Top of the World | 2
As the climbers make their final push for the summit, time is of the essence. They must make it to the top before 2 p.m. to ensure they get back to camp before dark. But due to delays, most of them do...
9 Juli 202443min
