Extreme

By BBC

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Subscribers: 52
Reviews: 1
Episodes: 13

Rebecca
 Oct 20, 2024
Excellent reporting and interviews! This is an absolutely fascinating podcast!

Description

Peak Danger is Season 2 of Extreme, the BBC podcast about those who chase the impossible... who strive for superhuman status and refuse to accept that life has any limits. Every season tells an unforgettable, action-packed story about people who’ve pushed their minds and bodies to the very edge – but at what cost?

A mountain of trouble...

In August 2008, around 30 climbers took on K2. Over 2 disastrous days, 11 of those people would lose their lives. This is the story of what really happened.

Sitting on the border between China and Pakistan, K2 is a perfect pyramid that pierces through the clouds. It looks like a kid’s drawing of a mountain…but this terrifying peak is anything but child’s play.

Newlyweds Cecilie Skog and her husband Rolf Bae loved climbing mountains almost as much as they loved one another. In the summer of 2008, they embarked on a honeymoon like no other, when they decided to climb K2. What happened next would change their lives and the lives of everyone around them…forever.

A devastating avalanche scatters high altitude climbers across K2’s steep slopes. Life and death rescue missions quickly get underway. Who can be saved… before time runs out?

Historian and podcaster Natalia Mehlman Petrzela returns with a sky-high story of human vs nature, and of survival against all the odds.

What does it really take to push yourself to the brink of human possibility? How does it feel to stand with the whole world at your feet? And is it ever worth risking death… in order to feel alive?


Episode Date
Peak Danger: 3. The Death Zone
Feb 03, 2025
Peak Danger: 2. Plan of Attack
Jan 27, 2025
Peak Danger: 1. Welcome to Base Camp
Jan 20, 2025
Introducing... Peak Danger
Jan 16, 2025
Muscle Men: 8. The Genie Is Out
Sep 16, 2024
Muscle Men: 7. French Fries or Bust
Sep 09, 2024
Muscle Men: 6. One Last Hit
Sep 02, 2024
Muscle Men: 5. The A Team
Aug 26, 2024
Muscle Men: 4. Perfect Square Pecs
Aug 19, 2024
Muscle Men: 3. Get Ripped. Quick
Aug 12, 2024
Muscle Men: 2. The Guru
Aug 05, 2024
Muscle Men: 1. All That Glitters
Jul 29, 2024
Introducing Extreme - Muscle Men
Jul 22, 2024