Shark’s Fin: The Impossible Climb

A mine collapse left 33 miners trapped a half-mile below the surface in an underground shelter. It would take an international team of rescuers 69 days to save them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Doctors said Fauja Singh may never walk. So they’d be pretty surprised to learn that he became the first 100-year-old to run a marathon, and the oldest known person to run a marathon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

In 1985, two climbers set off to reach the top of an extremely dangerous mountain that no one else had ever managed to climb before. What resulted would end up as perhaps one of the greatest survival stories in history… My name is Andy Jiang and I do vigorous, detailed dives into ...  Show more

In 2002, climbing partners Charlie Sassara and Jack Tackle set out to achieve a first ascent of the north face of Mt. Augusta - a remote 14,500ft peak on the border of Canada and the United States. Things did not go to plan...  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more gr ...  Show more

In May 1996, two expert mountaineers and their clients set off to climb the world’s tallest peak — Mount Everest. Many of the clients have no high altitude experience and have paid upwards of $65,000 to be guided up the mountain by competing companies: Adventure Consultants and M ...  Show more

In the summer of 2008, mountaineers from eight different countries gather at the foot of the world’s second tallest mountain, K2. All of them have a single goal: reach the summit. But to do that they will need to undertake one most difficult, and dangerous, climbs on earth. Sunny ...  Show more