We gather and share intriguing stories from intrepid adventurers.
Chris Jensen Burke is based in Sydney Australia and is the first Australasian woman to reach the summit of K2, Lhotse, Makalu, Annapurna and Gasherbrum 1. She shares her stories of Everest, K2 and th…
Zac Zaharias is a deeply experienced high altitude mountaineer from Australia. He has summited six of the world’s fourteen 8000m peaks. He was part of the 1st Australian ascent of Broad Peak and Dhau…
Cathy O'Dowd is a South African rock climber, mountaineer, author and motivational speaker. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest from both the north and south sides. She has t…
In 1984, Tim Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer were the first Australians to reach the summit of Mount Everest. They climbed the mountain by a new route on its the Northern face without supplemental …
This episode is a short summary of high altitude medicine, focusing on altitude sickness and pulmonary and cerebral oedema. It’s a brief look at the effects of altitude on the body. We’ll have a look…
Mount Baker is a beast of a mountain. It’s one of the chain of volcanoes in the Cascade Volcanic Arc that runs north-south through Washington State in the gorgeous american pacific northwest. Its si…