On top of the world. You’d think you’d be jubilant. But at the peak of Mount Everest there’s little energy to celebrate. You’ve got about 20 minutes to enjoy the view, to take in your enormous accomplishment - before it’s time to go. You’re dying. You’re at high risk of cerebral edema. Brain swelling. It’s a grand achievement but you must go back down. You can’t let it get to your head. Or you will die. In the Death Zone. 

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Death Valley Germans. A German couple and two children head to the United States for a vacation. The vacation included a trip through Death Valley National Park which is where their trip goes terribly wrong. 

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Sources:

https://www.otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hunt-for-the-death-valley-germans/the-original-search/

https://www.fjcruiserforums.com/threads/unsolved-missing-family-in-death-valley.61292/

The disturbing disappearance and death of the German Tourists in Death Valley — StrangeOutdoors.com 

What could be worse than becoming lost at sea?. Without a boat. Drifting with the current… What could be worse?Hanging on to half a dozen other unfortunate souls, some wailing that they can’t hang on for much longer… Sharks swimming below… no thanks. But then an island pops up. And you feel the heat of its sand beneath you by morning. What could be better? Fresh water for sure. Hey… maybe that Komodo dragon over there knows where to find some….

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Chowchilla, California. A summer school trip to the pool was meant to be a great time for 26 kids and their bus driver. And it was, until three spoiled young men tried to take a shortcut to success using some firearms and a buried moving van.

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Crater Lake, located amongst old growth forests in Southwestern Oregon, is the stuff of legend. In January of 1975, 19 year old Charles McCullar vanished while on a 60 day solo National Park touring adventure that came to an abrupt halt while traversing snowy terrain surrounding Crater Lake, in Crater Lake National Park. He was out to take photos. Instead, the area took him.

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Sources:

Ancient Origins

Crater Lake National Park: Puzzling Myths and Missing Persons | Ancient Origins

The Missing Enigma (YouTube)

Crater Lake National Park: Puzzling Myths and Missing Persons | Ancient Origins

The Girl In The Well

1987. Midland, Texas. Jessica McClure was just 18 months old when she unexpectedly fell into a water well. At the time, Midland was experiencing an oil bust and times were tough. But despite the town being down on its luck, its citizens would pull together and attempt to rescue Baby Jessica as the town, and the world, watched.

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June 18, 2023 was supposed to be a great day for Stockton Rush. He was piloting his Titan submersible down to see the wreckage of the RMS Titanic with Paul-Henri Nargeolet and three paying crewmembers aboard; Hamish Harding as well as Shahzada and Suleman Dawood. The three had paid a total of $750,000 for the opportunity. Rush wanted to get people down to the depths to feel the excitement he did whenever he went. Unfortunately, the sub was lost and after a huge search and rescue effort was launched, many wanted to know what had gone wrong...

Georgia, 1968. A college student is kidnapped from the hotel room she and her mom were staying in. Her captors place her in a fiberglass box, bury it in the ground, and demand $500,000 from her wealthy parents for her safe return. But while the crime was seemingly well planned, it wouldn't go smoothly.

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Sources: 83 Hours Till Dawn by Barbara Mackle and Gene Miller

The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash. 

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Sources:

My Version of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Crash ( I was there) (youtube.com)

Lynyrd Skynyrd: The devastating story of Street Survivors | Louder (loudersound.com)

AAR78-06.pdf (erau.edu)

Disturbing Details About The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash (grunge.com)

Lynyrd Skynyrd The Last Stop - An Emma Harrington Documentary (youtube.com)

10 Details About the Fatal Plane Crash that Was the Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd As We Knew It |

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Australian Ricky Megee became stranded in the Australian Outback for 71 days in 2006. When he walked out, he walked out as a skeleton.

Source:  Left for Dead: How I Survived 71 Days in the Outback by Ricky Megee & Greg McLean

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