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2026 Everest’s First Rescue! The Duck Without a Permit and a Full Update on the Dangerous Khumbu Icefall and the Icefall Doctors of Everest
May 1, 2026
14m 49s
Body Discovered in the Khumbu | Everest says NO (For Now), The Khumbu Icefall Has Stopped the Icefall Doctors Cold
Apr 28, 2026
18m 06s
Everest 2026 Icefall Update | Social Media Is Ruining Mount Everest
Apr 26, 2026
15m 04s
Everest Put Him on Oxygen Before He Climbed a Single Meter | 2026 Everest Season Begins (Horribly)
Apr 16, 2026
12m 52s
Can Anyone Save Everest? 2026 Is The Biggest Test Yet
Apr 14, 2026
21m 13s
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| 5/1/26 |  2026 Everest’s First Rescue! The Duck Without a Permit and a Full Update on the Dangerous Khumbu Icefall and the Icefall Doctors of Everest | In a truly unexpected turn of events at Everest Base Camp, a lost Eurasian Wigeon, affectionately named Pemba Tshering, found itself in a life-threatening situation after being blown off course from its home in the Gokyo Lakes. This remarkable animal rescue highlights the fragility of wildlife in extreme environments, but is an apt beginning to an Everest season that almost didn't happen. The Icefall Doctors of Everest have finally found a passage through the notorious Khumbu Icefall and upwa... | 14m 49s | ||||||
| 4/28/26 | Body Discovered in the Khumbu | Everest says NO (For Now), The Khumbu Icefall Has Stopped the Icefall Doctors Cold | A body* was discovered in the Khumbu Icefall this week at the base of Mount Everest, just as the 2026 climbing season is struggling to begin. This discovery comes as over 3,000 people are gathered at Everest Base Camp, waiting to ascend the icefall. This tragic event adds to the ongoing discussions about the dangers of mountaineering in the Himalaya, especially with the increasing number of everest bodies being found. * As of the time of this video being posted there is very, very little inf... | 18m 06s | ||||||
| 4/26/26 | Everest 2026 Icefall Update | Social Media Is Ruining Mount Everest | In this video we recount a tragic climbing incident in China's Sichuan province, where a hiker's selfie accident led to an accidental death after unhooking his safety rope. We also explore the story of the "bikini climber" GiGi Wu, highlighting how some seemingly innocent actions can go wrong in extreme environments, often due to the carelessness of people. This horror story serves as a stark reminder of critical safety precautions needed during any adventure, focusing on the circus that we s... | 15m 04s | ||||||
| 4/16/26 | Everest Put Him on Oxygen Before He Climbed a Single Meter | 2026 Everest Season Begins (Horribly) | "I'm not doing too good at Everest Base Camp, " says a reclining Ryan Mitchell behind an oxygen mask covering his face. Ryan Mitchell is on oxygen at Base Camp with an SPO2 of 35. And the Icefall Doctors have stopped cold in their tracks. A serac the size of a building is blocking the only route up the mountain. And 3,500 people are waiting at the foot of Everest with nowhere to go. The 2026 Everest season hasn't really started yet — but Tyler Andrews and Karl Egloff — gunning for the... | 12m 52s | ||||||
| 4/14/26 | Can Anyone Save Everest? 2026 Is The Biggest Test Yet | I want to start with a number: 31,797 kilograms. That is the amount of human waste that was removed from Mount Everest in the spring of 2025. One season. One mountain. Can anyone save Everest? That question has never felt more urgent than right now. With the Tibet side closed, record numbers of climbers heading for the summit, and a waste crisis decades in the making — 2026 is the year that puts everything to the test. Here's what's really at stake. **THANK YOU TO OUR CAMP FOUR SPONSO... | 21m 13s | ||||||
| 4/7/26 | Lighting Mount Everest From Space Is Now Possible | Plus AI Weather Forecasts, Drones and More | Everest is changing—faster than most people realize. For decades, the mountain has been quietly “dialed in.” Better forecasting, supplemental oxygen, fixed ropes, and accumulated experience have made it safer—even as more people attempt it than ever before. Now, a new wave of technology is accelerating that change. Drones, AI systems. and the possibility—real, not theoretical—of lighting Everest from space. **THANK YOU TO OUR CAMP FOUR SPONSORS HERE AND ON PATREON**: Barbedwire Henri... | 25m 54s | ||||||
| 5/27/25 |  The Quiet Badassery of Andrew Ushakov's Historic Four Day Ascent of Everest From New York | From New York to the top of the world in just three days, twenty-three hours, and seven minutes. That’s not a myth. That’s Andrew Ushakov. An American who quietly, stealthily went about his goal to climb Everest in a matter of days and has shocked the world with his historic ascent. Mountaineering news was focused on a team of four special forces elite from England - the Mission:Everest team - who’d made news with their splashy PR effort, a line of clothing for men and women, and ... | 41m 16s | ||||||
| 5/13/25 |  Art Lives Here: What’s Missing in This Beautiful Mountain Town? (Nothing) | w/Jonathan Sarty | In this awesome episode, we speak with musician and radio host Jonathan Sarty, the creative force behind the Cold River Radio Show — a live variety show bringing music, literature, and storytelling to life in a remote mountain tourist town where culture can feel hard to come by. We talk about the need for artistic connection in small places, and our new collaborative segment: Within the Zone. Whether you’re a longtime listener or hearing about Cold River for the first time, this episode is ... | 18m 48s | ||||||
| 4/23/25 |  The Howling Void - Making Fantasy a Reality & The Narcissist's Hostile Takeover of Other People | In this episode: Prof. Sam Vaknin explains narcissism as a disruption in early childhood self-formation, leading to a lack of boundaries, empathy, and a false self. He describes narcissists as having an "empty schizoid core" that feeds on others to maintain a fantasy of grandiosity. Vaknin highlights the narcissist's ability to manipulate others through shared fantasies, exploiting their vulnerabilities. He contrasts narcissism with other mental illnesses, noting its unique blend of emotional... | 51m 22s | ||||||
| 4/18/25 |  The Everest-sized Problem of Social Media and Narcissism w/Professor Sam Vaknin | Social Media are Engines of Negative Emotions | A vast number of those under the age of 35 spend between six and eight hours a day using computer simulated games, essentially in a world far from reality. And, what's worse, the vast and expanding realm of social media are designed to bring out and leverage the worst in their users, all negative affects such as anger and malicious envy. It is a toxic environment. The core philosophy of social media is asocial. They want you divorced or with no friends. They want your eyeballs on the screen a... | 40m 30s | ||||||
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| 4/6/25 |  The Fight Within: No Oxygen on Everest - ENOUGH, Climbing Toward a True Self on Mount Everest w/Melissa Arnot Reid | She woke in the dead of night, unsure if she’d succeed, fail… or die. Because the last person to attempt what she was doing did die. Melissa Arnot would be walking right past one of Everest’s most infamous bodies—Sleeping Beauty on her sixth, but most perilous climb, of Mount Everest. She was climbing without bottled oxygen, a feat only a handful of women have ever accomplished. In this inspiring interview with Melissa Arnot Reid, she discusses her beautiful memoir - Enough: Climbing Toward ... | 1h 12m 38s | ||||||
| 3/15/25 |  A Sick (Covid) Content Creator Speaks: This Message Will CHANGE YOU & OUR Future Depends On It | What a world it would be if we encouraged just one human being once each day, what a world it would be, if we followed the core spirit of our being. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Here are a few ways you can help support us: Patreon for access to exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/everestmystery EVEREST MYSTERY Membership for access to perks and exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEk3e_XGyNnqwK2ZlxH7fEA/join Tip Jar for anyone who would like to help support us: ... | 12m 24s | ||||||
| 3/9/25 |  Possibly My FAVORITE Interview EVER: Troubador & Musician Seth Walker - Life On the Road Devoted to His Muse | Nothing says life on the road and all that comes along with than the life of a touring musician. It’s not Leer jets and posh hotels, sold out auditoriums. The music you hear pouring out of small bars and music houses, cafes come from people like you and me, passionate, driven, inspired…..they drive 8 hours from gig to gig, sleep in modest hotels - or behind the bar after it closes. They set up their own kits and amplifiers, collect their hard-earned cash after the gigs, get up the next mornin... | 37m 46s | ||||||
| 3/3/25 | George Mallory 2.0: Everest’s Most Obsessed Climber—Jost Kobusch’s Impossible Mission (FULL INTERVIEW!) | Alone on Everest*. No Oxygen. No Support. No Limits....IN WINTER! Jost Kobusch is redefining the boundaries of human endurance. In the dead of winter, with temperatures plunging to -40°F and winds howling through Everest’s infamous West Ridge, he set out on a nearly impossible mission: to climb Everest solo, without supplemental oxygen, on one of the most dangerous routes in history. Doubted by the world’s top climbers—some giving him just a 0.1% chance of success—Jost pushed higher than an... | 43m 52s | ||||||
| 2/18/25 | GUT WRENCHING: If They Only Knew This Was Their LAST Climb Together | Tragedy on Everest, K2 & Manaslu | Love. Adventure. Tragedy. Some couples chase dreams together, but for these three, their love stories ended high in the mountains—where eternity and ice became their final resting place. In this special video, we explore three heartbreaking mountaineering love stories: 💔 Francys & Sergei Arsentiev (Everest) – She became known as Sleeping Beauty after being left behind near the summit. He gave everything to save her. 💔 Liliane & Maurice Barrard (K2) – She was the second woman in hist... | 20m 52s | ||||||
| 2/4/25 | Why More Sherpas than EVER are DYING on Everest in Recent Years | The cost of climbing Everest just went up—A LOT! But, at what cost? Nepal has raised permit fees to $15,000 per climber, yet none of that money is going toward improving Sherpa safety. In this video, we expose how Everest has become a business where money talks, and ethics disappear. Featuring an exclusive interview with Angela Benevides of ExplorersWeb, we uncover the heartbreaking story of Nawang Sherpa, who had no prior Everest experience but was assigned to assist a climber attempting a ... | 22m 49s | ||||||
| 12/29/24 | They Knew It All Along: New Evidence Supports Irvine’s 'Removal' from Everest in 1975 by a Chinese Team | For 100 years the fate of Sandy Irvine has been shrouded in speculation and mystery, even mis-direction. Now, new evidence is emerging that could re-write what we thought we knew. In this episode, we’ll update you on the groundbreaking DNA testing currently underway, share what we know about the discovery of Sandy Irvine's boot in October of this year, explore what might come next. We’ll also hear from Everest historian Tom Holzel, and Mark Synnott and Jamie McGuinness. Here is the video ve... | 20m 47s | ||||||
| 11/4/24 | Contemplating Kindness in a Brutally Cold World - White Mountains, Mount Field | Well, we packed too lightly for such a chilly hike. But, we nabbed a 4000-footer before high-tailing back to the warmth of a smaller peak that offered us a sunny vantage point. Today, the topic of Metta, or Lovingkindness. Come along on our lovely hike in the White Mountains. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Here are a few ways you can help support us: Patreon for access to exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/everestmystery EVEREST MYSTERY Membership for access to perks and exclusi... | 17m 41s | ||||||
| 10/25/24 | Sandy Irvine's Family STUNNED by Discovery of His Remains on Everest after 100 Years with Biographer Julie Summers | Just imagine the surprise and shock you would get if when your telephone rings one morning and it's a call from Kathmandu, Nepal and on the end is a world famous mountaineer, that his team has found the partial remains of your long lost great uncle, who disappeared 100 years ago. That happened to today's guest, Julie Summers, the great niece of Sandy Irvine, who disappeared alongside his climbing partner George Mallory on June 8, 1924 endeavoring to become the first to stand on top of the wor... | 34m 28s | ||||||
| 10/11/24 | BREAKING NEWS: SANDY IRVINE'S Remains Have Been DISCOVERED! With Historian Jochen Hemmleb | BREAKING NEWS: SOME OF THE REMAINS OF legendary mountaineer Sandy Irvine have been discovered on the Rongbuk Glacier of Mount Everest in Tibet by a National Geographic team that had been endeavoring to do a ski descent of the Hornbein Couloir. World's foremost authority on all things Mystery of Mallory and Irvine Jochen Hemmleb is interviewed here only hours after he learned of the momentous discovery. Here is the interview with Jamie McGuinness mentioned in the interview, Sandy Irvine's Bo... | 17m 00s | ||||||
| 10/4/24 | STRANGEST Things About Mount Everest (NOT what you expect) | Eight Huge Myths Debunked | Mount Everest—legendary, dangerous, and shrouded in myths. But how much of what you've heard is actually true? Are climbers really lining up like rush hour traffic at 29,000 feet? Is the mountain littered with bodies and trash? Let's peel back the layers of Everest’s most shocking myths and separating fact from fiction. You’re NOT going to want to miss the last one because it’s a doozie! Videos referenced in this video: Ryan Mitchell: https://youtu.be/w1mJsdeE81Q Green Boots: https:... | 19m 17s | ||||||
| 9/23/24 | Everest's Haunting MYSTERY: Did GEORGE MALLORY Contact Psychic Medium Geraldine Cummins After Disappearing on Mount Everest in 1924? | Under the glow of séance candles a psychic medium sits trancelike at a table, in front of her is a blank notebook. She begins to write the words of a spirit claiming to be George Mallory - the mountaineer who disappeared with his partner Sandy Irvine high upon the north face of Everest only months previously: “I am Mallory” the words appear from her pen “I can remember still the struggle for breath….and the awful cold.” Today we’re going to explore something truly otherworldly, the au... | 30m 28s | ||||||
| 9/7/24 | When The Strong Fall: The 1996 Everest Disaster - CONCLUSION | They say that gong to the summit is only halfway. And nowhere was that more true than on May 10, 1996 on Mount Everest. On that day Everest became the stage for one of the most harrowing disasters in mountaineering history. Eight climbers perished in a brutal storm, and as the world tried to make sense of the tragedy, a chilling truth emerged: success on Everest isn't just about reaching the summit—it's about surviving the descent. In Part 2 of our deep dive into the '96 Everest disaster, we ... | 35m 20s | ||||||
| 8/27/24 |  SPECIAL SEGMENT | Shhh! Members Only Episode (for FREE!): How to Inflict Change by Pushing the Boundaries | Today we hiked two lovely mountains in the Sandwich Wilderness of the White Mountains in New Hampshire....each offered limited views at the summit. MOST IMPORTANTLY, the hike revealed some insights on personal transformation and how one might bring that about. Here is the video about our try at this same hike a few days previously: https://www.patreon.com/posts/best-made-plans-109860264?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_conten... | 15m 51s | ||||||
| 8/26/24 | STORM Over Everest | The 1996 Disaster - What Happened and Who is To Blame? | Famed mountain climber and guide Rob Hall once said that if you’re stuck near the summit of Mount Everest you might as well be on the moon. Little did he know that his words would one day come true. This is PART 1 of a two part series on the 1996 Everest disaster that claimed eight lives on May 10 and 11 of that year. We'll look into some of the key decisions that may have had an impact on the outcome of the storm. Key figures we'll be talking about include: Rob Hall Scott Fischer Jon Krakau... | 28m 24s | ||||||
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