Ep. 115- Catastrophe: The 1996 Mount Everest Disaster- Part I
That's So Fcked Up
Ashley Love Richards
4.5 • 541 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Michelle talks about Mount Everest, aka “the world's largest open-air graveyard”, the dangers of mountaineering and the story of the 1996 Mt. Everest disaster. Poor planning, inexperience and a massive blizzard led to one of the deadliest days in Everest history. She also touches on how famed author John Krakauer was on this adventure as well, and wrote the novel Into Thin Air about his experiences.
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| 0:00.0 | In 1996, there were over 60 aluminum ladders that they had to either lay across or vertically |
| 0:06.5 | to get you through the ice hole. So this isn't just like four or five. And you had to go through |
| 0:11.0 | those four times back and forth. At least five as you did the acclimatization process. Fuck that. |
| 0:19.1 | Fuck all of that. That is so fucked up. |
| 0:22.6 | It's fucked up. |
| 0:24.4 | So fucked up. |
| 0:26.6 | It is just so damn fucked up. |
| 0:31.6 | That's fucked up. |
| 0:37.3 | Here we are. What is this? |
| 0:39.0 | It's a show. |
| 0:40.4 | Hey everybody, welcome back to the podcast. |
| 0:42.7 | This and That's So Fucked Up, a podcast about cults, murder, mountaineering, and other generally fucked up stuff. |
| 0:50.8 | I want mountaineering to be a new entire subgroup. |
| 0:54.3 | Honestly, there are a lot of mountaineering disasters. |
| 0:57.5 | It could be, but... |
| 0:59.1 | Dangerous hobby. |
| 1:00.4 | Risky. |
| 1:01.2 | Risky bins. |
| 1:02.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:03.2 | This is why I like puzzles. |
| 1:05.5 | Can't get hurt. |
| 1:07.0 | Paper cuts. |
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