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Mar 2025
53m 11s

Lightning Strikes Twice: Tallest Thing o...

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What happens when millions of electrical volts strike the human body? We meet a man who knows first hand. In 2012, Andrej Orogvani and two friends head into Slovakia’s Tatra Mountains to enjoy three peaceful days of backpacking. But the weather has other plans. Stranded atop a peak with thunderclouds closing in, it’s only a matter of time before the three pals bear the full force of one of the greatest powers in nature…


A Noiser production, written by Nicole Edmunds.


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