Two decades ago Richard Stiles escaped an avalanche in New Zealand, but friend Steve Robinson wasn’t so lucky. Now the mountain has given up some of its secrets. Features editor Lucy Clark introduces this unexpected tale about a moment that was captured on film and buried for more than 20 years before resurfacing
Jan 2024
The Sunday Read: ‘Ghosts on the Glacier’
Fifty years ago, eight Americans set off for South America to climb Aconcagua, one of the world’s mightiest mountains. Things quickly went wrong. Two climbers died. Their bodies were left behind.Here is what was certain: A woman from Denver, maybe the most accomplished climber in ... Show More
1h 16m
Dec 2023
Michael Schumacher: 10 ans de secrets après son accident dramatique
Aujourd'hui dans le Titre à la une, je reviens sur un triste anniversaire. Celui des dix ans de l'accident de ski dont a été victime Michael Schumacher. C'était le dimanche 19 décembre 2013, à la station de ski de Méribel, dans les Alpes. Les proches de l'ancien champion de Form ... Show More
20m 26s
May 2022
The Sunday Read: ‘It Was Just a Kayaking Trip. Until It Upended Our Lives.’
It was meant to mark the start of their lives out of college, but the adventure quickly turned into a nightmare. Beginning with what seemed to be a lucky whale sighting, three friends set out on a sea-kayaking trip through Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska, watching out for bea ... Show More
1 h
Jul 2022
Murder at Yellowstone City
In the small city of Yellowstone, in the old west, the mine has shut and the town is slowly dying.
Then, one day, a wild local strikes gold. But hopes for a revival are quickly dashed when the man is murdered on his way home from celebrating.
A recently arrived outsider makes for ... Show More
20m 22s
Mar 2022
Mountains took my family - but I love them
Scot Kate Ballard is the daughter of world-famous mountaineer Alison Hargreaves. In 1995, when Kate was just four, Alison was caught in a storm on K2 in the Himalayas and died. Despite the tragedy, Kate and her brother Tom were raised by their dad to love the slopes and it soon b ... Show More
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