When It Goes Wrong

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss technical rock climbing including free solo climbing such as up El Capitan in Yosemite. I then cover the story of summitting the Ogre, where peril and challenge will hit the climbers as they make their journey.

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Sources:
The Dawn Wall

Free Solo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_(climbing)

https://www.yosemite.com/alex-honnold-and-climbing-el-capitan/

https://www.climbingshoereview.com/how-many-people-have-climbed-the-dawn-wall/

https://www.advnture.com/features/el-capitan

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/witness-describes-death-plunge-of-two-yosemite-climbers/

https://www.climbing.com/people/tommy-caldwell-dominant-force-in-big-wall-free-sport-and-alpine-climbing/
The Ogre - Doug Scott

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss Cave Disasters. Starting with the Nutty Putty Cave Disaster where John Jones will get stuck in the cave and unable to be freed. I then cover the Thai Cave Rescue where 13 boys got stuck in a flooded cave and it would take a miracle to get them out alive.

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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Collins

https://nuttyputtytragedy.blogspot.com/

https://cavehaven.com/nutty-putty-cave-accident/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutty_Putty_Cave

Against all odds - Thai Cave Rescue 4 episodes

The Rescue - documentary on Disney+

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tham_Luang_cave_rescue

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/146FC/production/_102380738_thai_cave_detailed_mapv2_976-nc.png

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44791998

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-accident-cave-timeline-idUSKCN1TP1GB

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the  the 1986 Chernobyl Disaster in which the reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant suffered a full meltdown and explosion resulting in the worst nuclear disaster in history both in terms of cost and number of lives impacted. This is episode 2 of 2.

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Sources:
Scott Manley on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3d3rzFTrLg&t=5s

Chernobyl, TV series

Midnight in Chernobyl - Adam Higgenbotham

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment/2019/05/chernobyl-disaster-what-happened-and-long-term-impact

https://www.nei.org/resources/fact-sheets/chernobyl-accident-and-its-consequences

https://www.history.com/news/chernobyl-disaster-timeline#:~:text=April%2026%2C%201986%2C%201%3A23%3A40%20a.m.%3A,high%20into%20the%20night%20sky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Test_execution

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/radiation-sickness/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20377061

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-08-mn-2679-story.html

NOTE: IN THE PORTION WHERE I EXPLAIN NUCLEAR FISSION, I MIX UP NUCLEI AND NEUTRON! I realised this post editing but I think it generally makes sense, but when I explain how the nuclei is hit, I say it releases a nuclei, it actually releases a neutron, the neutron then hits the next nuclei and releases more neutrons, that is what forms the chain reaction. Thanks for accepting my mistake :)

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the  the 1986 Chernobyl Disaster in which the reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant suffered a full meltdown and explosion resulting in the worst nuclear disaster in history both in terms of cost and number of lives impacted. This is episode 1 of 2.

Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod or email me at [email protected].

Sources:
Scott Manley on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3d3rzFTrLg&t=5s

Chernobyl, TV series

Midnight in Chernobyl - Adam Higgenbotham

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment/2019/05/chernobyl-disaster-what-happened-and-long-term-impact

https://www.nei.org/resources/fact-sheets/chernobyl-accident-and-its-consequences

https://www.history.com/news/chernobyl-disaster-timeline#:~:text=April%2026%2C%201986%2C%201%3A23%3A40%20a.m.%3A,high%20into%20the%20night%20sky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Test_execution

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/radiation-sickness/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20377061

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-08-mn-2679-story.html

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the 1957 Haramosh Mountaineering Disaster in which 5 friends went to summit the mountain but were met with avalanches, falls and eventually, death. 

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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haramosh_Peak

https://explorersweb.com/on-the-meaning-of-companionship-haramosh-1957/

http://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-last-blue-mountainreviewed.html

The last blue mountain - Ralph Barker

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss The Donner Party - the group set off to hike the Oregon Trail in 1846 - this is always a hard journey, but in this case they were struck by bad luck, wrong directions, accidental deaths and eventually being stuck in the frozen mountains for 3 months awaiting rescue. This would result in the deaths of almost half the party and the choice of whether to eat the dead.

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Sources:

• Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West - Ethan Rarick
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party
• http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/donnerparty.htm
• https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-donner-party
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Donner-party
• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-donnerparty/

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the 1999 Columbine High School Massacre, I also touch on the Oklahoma City Bombing and the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. This is part 2 of 2.

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Sources:
References

Columbine - Dave Cullen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre#Eric_Harris

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/17/columbine-massacre-gun-crime-us

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/20/cult-of-columbine-how-the-high-school-shooting-motivated-a-murder-plot

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2004/04/at-last-we-know-why-the-columbine-killers-did-it.html

https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1bw1ktw.9?seq=20#metadata_info_tab_contents - Comprehending Columbine 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/20-years-columbine-changed-school-shootings-america/story?id=62248885

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/04/the-four-most-useful-lessons-of-columbine.html

r/ columbine 

https://www.npr.org/series/9608467/shooter-takes-deadly-toll-at-virginia-tech

https://abcnews.go.com/US/room-211-massacre-virginia-tech-remembered-10-years/story?id=46701034

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_shooting#Perpetrator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seung-Hui_Cho

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the 1999 Columbine High School Massacre, I also touch on the Oklahoma City Bombing and the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. This is part 1 of 2. 

Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod , on twitter at @itgoeswrongpod or email with your feedback and ideas to [email protected].

Sources:
References

Columbine - Dave Cullen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre#Eric_Harris

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/17/columbine-massacre-gun-crime-us

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/20/cult-of-columbine-how-the-high-school-shooting-motivated-a-murder-plot

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2004/04/at-last-we-know-why-the-columbine-killers-did-it.html

https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1bw1ktw.9?seq=20#metadata_info_tab_contents - Comprehending Columbine 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/20-years-columbine-changed-school-shootings-america/story?id=62248885

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/04/the-four-most-useful-lessons-of-columbine.html

r/ columbine 

https://www.npr.org/series/9608467/shooter-takes-deadly-toll-at-virginia-tech

https://abcnews.go.com/US/room-211-massacre-virginia-tech-remembered-10-years/story?id=46701034

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_shooting#Perpetrator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seung-Hui_Cho

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the 2006 climbing season on Mount Everest where 10 people would die. I focus in on the case of David Sharp, who many think could have been saved if he had been helped earlier. I then cover the rescue of Lincoln Hall who survived a night in the death zone. 

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Sources:

Dark Summit - Nick Heil

Dying for Everest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Steps

https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2021/12/13/comparing-the-routes-of-everest-2022-edition/

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151008-the-tragic-story-of-mt-everests-most-famous-dead-body

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151008-the-graveyard-in-the-clouds-everests-200-dead-bodies

https://www.alanarnette.com/everest/everest2006.php

http://www.everestnews.com/2006expeditions/everest006252006.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Hall_(climber)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sharp_(mountaineer)

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss two airplane crashes - Air France 447 where pilots failed to manage with mechanical failures, and the Lake Constance mid-air collision where two planes crashed due to a conflict between air traffic control and plane systems. I discuss how the hand off between technology and humans is becoming increasingly important with the rise of AI. 

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Sources:

• Cognition, technology and organizational limits: lessons from the Air France 447 Disaster - Nick Oliver, Thomas Calvard, Kristina Potocnik > Andrew Maclaren
• https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a3115/what-really-happened-aboard-air-france-447-6611877/
• https://hbr.org/2017/09/the-tragic-crash-of-flight-af447-shows-the-unlikely-but-catastrophic-consequences-of-automation
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57084090
• 99% invisible - children of the magenta
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447
• https://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/jul/07/theairlineindustry.observerfocus
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Kaloyev
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253226187_Identifying_the_Factors_that_Contributed_to_the_Ueberlingen_Midair_Collision
• https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/world/europe/killer-of-air-traffic-controller-barred-from-crash-memorial.html
• http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~johnson/Eurocontrol/Ueberlingen/Ueberlingen_Final_Report.PDF