55: Michael survived an avalanche

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 3 July 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Katmandu, the capital city of Nepal. April 25, 2015. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck without warning. In the end, nearly 9,000 people lost their lives, and close to 22,000 were injured. Entire villages were destroyed, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. And not far from the epicenter was Mt Everest. There were a lot of people on the mountain that day, and 19 climbers were killed. Michael Churton is an adventure filmmaker based out of New York City. He’s done work for National Geographic, NBC, ABC, Discovery, and the Science Channel. He’s been doing this for more than 20 years. Michael was at Mt Everest Base Camp when the earthquake happened. And he was right in the path of the deadly avalanche that was triggered immediately after. And even though he survived, not all of his teammates came back. Michael was on the mountain to document an adventure. But what happened that morning has turned that project into a documentary that he’s currently working on, to tell what happened on Mt Everest’s deadliest day on record. This film is called Bound To Everest, and you can see the trailer on his website. And if you want to support this podcast, and get exclusive access to bonus episodes, you can do that at WhatWasThatLike.com/support. Website – https://BoundToEverest.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/michael.churton Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/michaelchurton/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/churtz Email - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glass Fox Media Podcast.
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0:14.4	show out there called Crawl Space on Crawl Space we dive deep into a number of
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0:24.1	tell stories of people impacted by crime. And we are constantly striving to inform
0:28.9	our listeners about topics and events that they may not realize have an effect on their lives.
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0:44.3	We like to say crawl space is the place where crime meets culture.
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0:55.0	What was that like contains adult language and content and is not intended for all audiences.
1:01.0	Listener discretion is advised.
1:04.0	Welcome to what was that like.
1:11.0	Welcome to what was that like. I'm your host Scott Johnson. This is a show where we
1:17.4	talk to regular people, people just like you or just like me, who have found
1:22.0	themselves in an extremely unusual situation.
1:25.4	We'll hear their stories and get inside their head because we all want to know
1:30.6	what was that like?
1:34.0	More information about each episode at what was that like.com.
1:38.9	Here we go. Catman do,
1:46.2	Do, the capital city of Nepal, April 25, 2015.
1:53.4	A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck without warning.
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