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On today’s episode we are talking about the Donner Party. A group of emigrants headed to the Coast from the Midwest for a better and healthier life get stuck in the mountains all because they listened to the wrong man. Many people died and the others did what they had to do to survive.

sources

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Donner-party

https://www.history.com/articles/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-donner-party

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/donner/

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-donnerparty/

https://www.johndclare.net/EAW2.htm

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This is the story of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. In 1924 they attempted to be the first people to ever summit Mount Everest only to be lost on the mountain and left us with the biggest question in mountaineering. Did Mallory and Irvine summit Mount Everest? Making them the first people to ever summit?

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/sandy-irvine-body-found-everest?loggedin=true&rnd=1750991040782

https://jakenorton.com/noel-odells-final-view-of-mallory-irvine-june-8th1924/

https://jakenorton.com/mallory-irvine-and-the-second-step/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/lost/mystery/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/lost/search/day.html#firstaudio

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In 1982, 4 men went into the Amazon seeking an adventure. Two men never made it out while one man was left to survive alone for 3 weeks with a rotting foot and facing many of the dangers within

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1998/09/06/lost-and-found/5c406cbd-6e90-469e-a018-09d806a1bd58/

https://www.mamamia.com.au/jungle-true-story/

https://mixergy.com/interviews/lost-jungle-yossi-ghinsberg/

https://amimagazine.org/2018/03/14/lost-in-the-jungle/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/a9cx4k/karl_ruprechter_marcus_stamm/

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/the-jungle

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