Summary
It’s 2011 and Nicola Shaughnessy is on her way to an academic conference when she stops to buy herself some lunch. As she reaches for a sandwich she suddenly hears a familiar voice from her childhood. That moment and that voice lead to years of psychiatric care and upheaval but ultimately to answers and a better understanding of herself. Now a university professor, she tells her story to Dr Sian Williams.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Eleven climbers appeared to have died on the world's second highest mountain K2. |
| 0:06.0 | It was one of the deadliest days in mountaineering history. |
| 0:10.0 | Rock falls, avalanches. |
| 0:11.0 | Huge pieces of ice. All are big enough to kill you. |
| 0:14.0 | He just flew out into Devoid and he was gone. |
| 0:17.0 | How did it all go so wrong? |
| 0:19.0 | And is it really worth risking death to feel alive? |
| 0:22.3 | Why would somebody pay to go to a place called the death cell on a vacation? |
| 0:27.4 | Extreme. |
| 0:28.3 | Peak Danger. |
| 0:29.3 | With me, Natalia Melman Petrazella. |
| 0:31.8 | Listen to the full series now. |
| 0:33.4 | First on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.1 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:40.4 | Hello and welcome. |
| 0:42.0 | Now, you'll know that this series is all about moments and experiences that make people question their lives, perhaps transform them. |
| 0:49.3 | And for this week's guest, Nicola Shawnessy, it happened in the most unlikely of places. |
| 0:55.9 | Ebb's Fleet International Train Station, to be precise, while she was buying a meal deal. |
| 1:01.7 | I'll let Nicola or Nikki tell the story because she's here. |
| 1:04.5 | Hello. |
| 1:05.1 | Hello. |
| 1:05.9 | Good to see you. |
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