I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote
- Herman Melville
From The Journal...
From The Podcast...
Deep in a remote Turkish cave, American cave expert Mark Dickey was dying. The international caving community flew into action.
Rescue efforts on Nanga Parbat: Will History Repeat Itself in Search for Nardi and Ballard?
It’s been more than a week since Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard were last in touch with the outside world, from 6,300 metres on Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain in the world.
White Death
Galvanised by their 6,000-meter ascent, a party of climbers disregard the most basic safety rule. The rescue worker is well reputed, but up there, life hangs by a thread.
Rescue from the Ice: A Narrow Escape In Iceland
Two men drive a jeep off a glacier and into a crevasse in Iceland. A US Air Force PJ recounts his role in a civilian rescue mission while stationed at a naval base in the North Atlantic.
