Extreme

Peak Danger is Season 2 of Extreme, the BBC podcast about those who chase the impossible... who strive for superhuman status and refuse to accept that life has any limits. Every season tells an unforgettable, action-packed story about people who've pushed their minds and bodies to the very edge - but at what cost?

A mountain of trouble...

In August 2008, around 30 climbers took on K2. Over 2 disastrous days, 11 of those people would lose their lives. This is the story of what really happened.

Sitting on the border between China and Pakistan, K2 is a perfect pyramid that pierces through the clouds. It looks like a kid's drawing of a mountain...but this terrifying peak is anything but child's play.

Newlyweds Cecilie Skog and her husband Rolf Bae loved climbing mountains almost as much as they loved one another. In the summer of 2008, they embarked on a honeymoon like no other, when they decided to climb K2. What happened next would change their lives and the lives of everyone around them...forever.

A devastating avalanche scatters high altitude climbers across K2's steep slopes. Life and death rescue missions quickly get underway. Who can be saved... before time runs out?

Historian and podcaster Natalia Mehlman Petrzela returns with a sky-high story of human vs nature, and of survival against all the odds.

What does it really take to push yourself to the brink of human possibility? How does it feel to stand with the whole world at your feet? And is it ever worth risking death... in order to feel alive?

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Peak Danger: 8. Only The Mountain Knows

Peak Danger: 8. Only The Mountain Knows

In the aftermath of the tragedy that claimed 11 lives, the surviving climbers leave K2 behind. As they do, they’re walking into a worldwide media frenzy.Everyone wants to know what happened? What went...

10 Mars 202529min

Peak Danger: 7. No Man Left Behind

Peak Danger: 7. No Man Left Behind

As dawn breaks on a new day, it’s August 2nd 2008. There are nine climbers who are all either trapped, injured…or unaccounted for. Dutch climber Wlico van Rooijen finds himself lost and alone on the m...

3 Mars 202528min

Peak Danger: 6. Descent into Madness

Peak Danger: 6. Descent into Madness

What was first a tragedy now morphs into a full blown catastrophe. In the aftermath of the avalanche, stranded climbers are battling their way back to Camp.What they don’t know is that they’re searchi...

24 Feb 202529min

Peak Danger: 5. Love Is in the Air

Peak Danger: 5. Love Is in the Air

When Cecilie Skog met Rolf Bae, it was love at first sight. A whirlwind romance quickly followed, as they climbed the world’s tallest mountains, shoulder to shoulder. Now recently married, she and Rol...

17 Feb 202529min

Peak Danger: 4. Summit Fever

Peak Danger: 4. Summit Fever

In the chaos of the Death Zone, this group of climbers begins to splinter apart. Some have turned back but others have caught Summit Fever. They want to push upwards at all costs. Even if time is agai...

10 Feb 202528min

Peak Danger: 3. The Death Zone

Peak Danger: 3. The Death Zone

Once you get beyond 26,000 feet, your body can no longer acclimatise to the extreme high altitude. This is called the Death Zone. Cecilie Skog and her fellow climbers are in the Death Zone, their eyes...

3 Feb 202529min

Peak Danger: 2. Plan of Attack

Peak Danger: 2. Plan of Attack

The climbers at Base Camp come up with a plan to help everyone reach the top. Professional Adventurer Wilco van Rooijen and his team take one route. Cecilie, her husband Rolf and many of their fellow ...

27 Jan 202529min

Peak Danger: 1. Welcome to Base Camp

Peak Danger: 1. Welcome to Base Camp

It’s the summer of 2008. Cecilie Skog, her husband Rolf Bae and their teammates are aiming to become the first Norwegians to reach the summit of K2. When they arrive at Base Camp, they find it full to...

20 Jan 202529min

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