Welcome to The Other Marthas: the show where a drama student and a film graduate try to make sense of things we wish we were qualified in instead. In this episode, we embark on the first part of a trilogy on the perils of Earth's highest peak: Mount Everest. Today, we focus on the deadly blizzard of May 10th-11th 1996, one of the mountain's greatest recorded disasters to this day. Tune in to follow the heroic and too often tragic stories of 1996 climbers including Rob Hall and Scott Fisher, as well as one man's miraculous return from the dead... THREE TIMES.
Please note, this episode (and its two subsequent parts) centre around the extreme dangers of climbing Everest, including altitude-related illnesses, hypothermia, frostbite, and deadly falls. There is description throughout of extreme mental and physical hardship, high risk, and death (sometimes involving controversial culpability) - not for the easily disturbed!
LIABLE LIVESTOCK | Animals on Trial | The Other Marthas Podcast Ep 022
AMAZING AVIATION | Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart | The Other Marthas Podcast Ep 021
BRAVE BOWSER | The Epic Espionage of Mary Bowser | The Other Marthas Podcast 020
CUNNING CLEOPATRA | Life and Feminist Analysis | The Other Marthas Podcast 019
ANTARCTIC ADVENTURES | Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917 | The Other Marthas Podcast 018
NAUGHTY NOVELISTS | Mary Shelley's Life Story | The Other Marthas Podcast Ep 017
LIGHTHOUSE LUNACY | Flannan Isles Mystery | The Other Marthas Podcast Ep 016
GAY GALLIVANTS | The Life of Julie D'Aubigny | The Other Marthas Podcast Ep 015
HIGHSEAS HIJINKS | Blackbeard | The Other Marthas Podcast Ep 014
FREAKY FRIDAY | The History of Friday the Thirteenth | The Other Marthas Podcast Ep 013
EXPLORING ESPIONAGE | Operation Mincemeat | The Other Marthas Podcast Ep 012
PIED PIPER PONDERINGS | The Other Marthas Podcast Ep 011
WACKY WHALING | The True Story of Moby Dick | The Other Marthas Podcast Ep 010
GHASTLY GHOSTIES | The Other Marthas Podcast Ep 009
CLIMBING CATASTROPHES | Everest Final Discussion | The Other Marthas Podcast 008 (Part 3)
CLIMBING CATASTROPHES | Everest 2006 | The Other Marthas Podcast 008 (Part 2)
MYSTIFYING MURDER | Isidor Fink Mystery | The Other Marthas Podcast 007
MORBID MOUNTAIN MYSTERY | The Dyatlov Pass | The Other Marthas Podcast 006
AMATEUR AUTOBIOGRAPHIES | Reading Our Childhood Writing | The Other Marthas Podcast 005
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