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Aug 2021
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Surviving Mt. Everest’s Deadliest Blizza...

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Separated from his climbing group in a whiteout, no one thought Dr. Beck Weathers would make it back to camp. But he lived to tell his tale, and see it on the big screen with the 2015 film ‘Everest.’  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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