Alaska Adventure: Cut off in a Frozen Wilderness

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Three friends venture into the depths of Alaska. Tackling some of the most extreme weather on Earth, they’re attempting to reach North America’s highest peak. Nigel, Steve and Anthony are experienced and well-prepared. But a series of unexpected twists will plunge them into a gruelling battle against howling tempests and debilitating frostbite - all at 20,000 feet. An act of incredible individual bravery may be their only hope… A Noiser production, written by Chris McDonald. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.7	It's May the 16th, 1999. Mount Denali, Alaska. 20,000 feet. A dark veil of cloud in Gulf's North America's highest summit. A swirling snowstorm shrouds the upper slopes. Vicious 70 mile per hour gusts roar across the mountain.
0:48.0	On an exposed snow-covered plateau, three British climbers are caught in the storm's freezing grip.
0:55.0	Two of them, Nigel Vardy and Anthony Hollinshead, wield axes.
1:00.0	They are desperately chipping away at a narrow crack in the ice trying to widen it.
1:07.0	Their friend, an expedition leader, Steve Ball, stands behind them, swaying unsteadily, shaking violently.
1:17.0	Snow flurries around them.
1:19.0	Their goggles are fogged. They can barely see.
1:22.0	But they keep it their task.
1:25.0	Nigel glances back at Steve. They must get him out of the tempest.
1:30.0	It became very apparent very, very quickly that Steve was started to get really cold, really cold.
1:36.0	And here comes a time of taking very life-changing decisions in a very short time.
1:45.0	Ordinarily Steve would be helping, but he simply cannot move.
1:50.0	I can feel myself becoming hyper-mic early stages you know my teeth were
1:55.4	chattering I was shivering and I knew I needed to get out of the cold and into the
2:01.4	ice before this became a serious problem.
2:07.0	Each strike of the axe sprays them with jagged chips of ice.
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