The CRUX: True Survival Stories

04/09/2021

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/29-1953-k2-expedition-eight-men-set-off-to-seek-adventure/id1554535518?i=1000533503549

‎Show The CRUX: True Survival Stories, Ep 29) 1953 K2 Expedition: Eight Men Set off to Seek Adventure on K2, but were Met with Difficulty - Aug 28, 2021

04/09/2021

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/brotherhood-rope-k2-expedition-1953-dr-charles-houston

This week on The CRUX Tessa and Kaycee discuss one of the first expeditions to K2 led by Charles Houston. Here is a video of Houston discussing some of his mountaineering experiences

Dr. Charles Snead Houston, an American physician, mountaineer, high-altitude investigator, inventor, author, film-maker, and former Peace Corps administrator.

05/07/2021

https://anchor.fm/kaycee-mcintosh/episodes/21-The-Evans-Family-Plane-Crash-into-a-Mountain-in-Alaska-e13ufdr

The Evans family dreamed of moving to Alaska, and were able to make this a reality when parents Donald and Rosemarie got a teaching jobs in a remote village in 2011. They were traveling from McGrath to Anvik with their family in a small plane when the weather changed, setting the stage for a crash l...

28/06/2021

Earnest Shackleton was an infamous explorer in the early 1900's. He and his crew set out on an expedition to the Antarctic in 1914. Little did they know they were about to be stuck for more than a year when their ship, the Endurance, was trapped in pack ice.

Check out the episode here:

Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/19-endurance-story-earnest-shakleton-his-crew-their/id1554535518?i=1000526235781

Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/episode/496UdKRGAHfsM9tk4hRcza?si=CRKjt7sERHqQNd93IYAUnw&dl_branch=1

Learn More:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAvbeahy80Q

26/05/2021

In June 2018 twelve boys and their football coach got trapped in the Tham Luang cave system when it flooded. The boys were trapped for two weeks in the cave.

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4XLvgYNkRRjgNk50MWzgX0?si=oG0P1QgaQ2OiCyKCxiOtiA

Apple Podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-crux-true-survival-stories/id1554535518?i=1000522903581

Sources from the episode:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44791998

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/07/09/thailand-cave-rescue-the-science-behind-thailands-unstable-caves/?sh=7de4c53a7095

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44633601

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/world/asia/thailand-cave-rescue-seals.html

11/05/2021

This week on The CRUX: the story of Paul Templer who was swallowed head first by a hippopotamus.

Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-crux-true-survival-stories/id1554535518?i=1000521095882

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5pdb7dH1lGHUTep4Qphf3Z?si=Y_5hJM2TTG6PlIKjkWOpOA

Sources from the Episode

What's Left of Me (The novel by Paul Templer)
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/i-swallowed-angry-hippo-ripped-20240464
https://www.livescience.com/27339-hippos.html
https://www.hippohaven.com/hippopotamus-teeth/
https://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/mammals/hoofedmammals/hippopotamus

03/05/2021

Ricky Megee is an Australian who was carjacked and then left for dead in the outback. He survived 71 days in desert.

Check out the episode on
Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-crux-true-survival-stories/id1554535518?i=1000519864266

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5c9MIu1tzHVBsgdM83NngN?si=PA5WhyMeRkuaCowm2Uh-jA

Sources from the episode:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Megee

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/apr/14/australia.samjones

https://www.offthegridnews.com/extreme-survival/robbed-left-to-die-he-survived-71-days-in-the-desert-on-frogs-and-leeches/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buntine_Highway

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HPVH8J2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

27/04/2021

Can't get over how attractive we are in this photo!

27/04/2021

This week on the CRUX. Join Kaycee and Tessa as they discuss Ed and Kelly Moellmer, a father/daughter duo separated on their backcountry ski trip in the Cabinet mountains.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gTkIAK2PvYpTRjz1aZjV9?si=GgIXzbsRSR-EuoU8ADXfag

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-crux-true-survival-stories/id1554535518 =454bdb47-a27a-4508-bff5-1dc0f48a37ce