Altitude sickness, frostbite, Ötzi the mummy, the Murder Wall, and other mountaineering deaths. Part one of two.
Music: “Marching ‘Round the Mountain” by Pete Fountain
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What a great episode to springboard off of to post “Scenic Mountaintop” as a download
The office felt a bit cooler today while listening to this episode for some reason…
Another awesome episode! Was this the Captain Kirk clip you mentioned? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU2ftCitvyQ
My favourite line from Touching the Void, “Bloody hell, I’m going to die to Boney M”.
The comic series “High Crimes” deals with mountain misadventures. You can find info here: http://www.monkeybraincomics.com/titles/high-crimes/ or on Comixology: https://www.comixology.com/High-Crimes/comics-series/9908
That Ötzi dude was one tough guy. I think I read recently they’d found that he has tattoos under his armpits!
I’m going to send these episodes to a mate of mine who’s hiking up to Base Camp next year with his son. Rather him that me!
It’s always a dream of mine to climb mountains. Now it seems I ought to prepare for it to be the last thing I do!