Mother Nature Will Kill You

Haley and Jillian close out the podcast with a trip down memory lane and episode superlatives.

Haley and Jillian talk about the recent fires in LA and what this means for our collective future. Then Jillian talks about the nail biting story of Alex Honnold and his historic free solo climb of El Capitan, and Haley talks about the Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frog for conservation corner.

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Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Jillian and Haley spend the beginning of the new year talking about how the first person to stand on the North Pole may have actually been an African-American man, Matthew Henson, and hope to give credit where credit is due. Haley talks about the polar bear for conservation corner.

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North Pole, Wikipedia

Polar Bear, World Wildlife Fund

Haley and Jillian get ready for the holidays with a three story episode focusing on shipwrecks that occurred around or on Christmas. Haley talks about the swamp darter for conservation corner.

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The Christmas Tree Ship, Glenn Longacre, National Archives

The Grim Fate of the Privateer "General Arnold, Patrick Browne, Historical Digression

The Wreck of the Annie C Maguire at Portland Lighthouse on Christmas Eve, Allan Wood, New England Lighthouse Stories

Swamp Darter (Etheostoma fusiforme), Maine.gov

Haley and Jillian get into another mountaineering disaster - this time we head to K2 instead for the 2008 K2 disaster. Then Haley talks about the bellybutton eyed Indus River Dolphin for conservation corner.

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Indus River Dolphin, NOAA Fisheries

Jillian and Haley wallow in newfound hell for a moment before diving into the story of the 1999 Oklahoma City F5 Tornado. Haley then talks about the Red Cockaded Woodpecker for conservation corner.

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Jillian and Haley deal with the horrors of real life by dealing with the horrors of past life with the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. Haley rounds out conservation corner with the Sumatran Rhino.

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⁠Woman wedged upside down between rocks for 7 hours after trying to retrieve her phone⁠, Hilary Whiteman, CNN

⁠Family tells of 'relief after 1924 climbers foot found on Everest,⁠ Tessa Wong and Flora Drury, BBC⁠Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004⁠, Encyclopedia Britannica

Haley, Jillian, and Corey reunite for Appalachian Trail Tales Part III for stories of survival, murder, and spooky stuff.

Please Donate for Hurricane Helene Relief:

⁠North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund⁠

⁠Food Bank of Eastern and Central Nort Carolina⁠

⁠Hurricane Helene Response Red Cross⁠

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⁠6 days in the wild: Kenneth Knight’s ordeal in the Virginia mountains⁠, C.R. Burns, Appalachian Trail Noir ⁠Missing backpacker from Ann Arbor recounts his rescue after becoming lost on the Appalachian Trail,⁠ Tom Gantert, Michigan Live ⁠Lost and Blind in the Woods⁠, Carolyn Webber, Backpacker.com

⁠List of Appalachian Trail Murders Since 1974⁠, Katie Licavoli, Greenbelly

⁠True Crime in the Great Outdoors: Murder on the Appalachian Trail, ⁠Strange Outdoors

Haley and Jillian welcome a guest on the podcast to talk about his visit to Everest base camp, and talk about all of the bodies still left on the mountain.

Hurricane Helene Donations:

Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina

North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund

North Carolina Community Foundation

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Haley and Jillian delve into the other Dyatlov Pass incident - the Khamar-Daban incident. Siberia is full of terrors. Then Haley talks about the Russian version of Bigfoot, the Mecheny.

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 "Mysterious death of climbers at the Khamar-Daban pass. Death of Buryat tourists: hypothermia or mysticism? Expedition by Lyudmila Korovina". parki-himki.ru.