Going to Extremes with Mark Jenkins

Going to Extremes

All I wanted for Christmas. There is probably no young boy in the world who doesn't dream about getting a motorcycle. I did, and this is what happened.

Last of the first skiers in the Altai Mountains of far western China, where the snow is deep and the cold is deadly. Live a people who invented skis and still used them every day.

Hiccup on Mount Hood. The most common mistake in mountaineering is to underestimate the mountain. This is a story about doing just that.

To build a fire. Today's story is about making mistakes. We all make them. We just hope we don't have to pay too high a price.