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Thom Dharma Pollard hosts inspirational, intimate and unfiltered Stories That Inspire with guests and drawing from his own adventures around the world. The Happiness Quotient: connected, engaged, passionate people who inspire us.
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A Sherpa Went Missing on Everest. Nobody Lifted a Finger. He Crawled Into Base Camp.
NEWS CLIP: "A Nepali Sherpa has been found alive after nearly a week without food or water." The world proclaimed a miracle on Everest after Hillary Dawa Sherpa crawled into Base Camp after…
Everest 2026 Slams Shut in Race to the Top. Hillary and Tenzing's Lasting Legacy | What Comes Next?
On May 29, 1953, the first everest summit was achieved by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, marking a pivotal moment in world history. This video draws fascinating parallels between this incredible…
600+ Summits. 2 Fatalities. Reality Strikes On The Way Down STAY TUNED FOR MAJOR UPDATES | Everest 2026
On May 20, 2026, Mount Everest saw 278 summits in a single day — the busiest 24 hours in the mountain's history. From Kami Rita’s 32nd summit to Kenton Cool’s 20th, the records were falling fast. But…
SUMMITS SOON: Everest's Perfect Storm: Extreme Conditions as Summit Push Begins
Everest 2026 is a pressure cooker. The route to the summit opened May 13th. And the weather window slammed shut the same day. Wind chills of negative 68 degrees Celsius. A jet stream parked directly…
Ominous Warnings and Record Crowds on Everest: Is Disaster Looming? + Duck Rescue Update and an Everest Wedding
The 2026 Mount Everest season has officially become a "pressure cooker." With a record 492 permits issued—amounting to over $7.3 million in fees alone—the South Side is bracing for unprecedented…
Everest Has First Deadly Week: Avalanche Rescue, Fatality, and Geopolitical Drama with Drones and US Special Envoy Visiting Base Camp
Five forty-five this morning. A serac let go. And this is what it looked like. The tourism Times reported that a large serac broke off and a chunk of ice approximately 20 meters below it collapsed…
2026 Everest’s First Rescue! The Duck Without a Permit and a Full Update on the Dangerous Khumbu Icefall and the Icefall Doctors of Everest
In a truly unexpected turn of events at Everest Base Camp, a lost Eurasian Wigeon, affectionately named Pemba Tshering, found itself in a life-threatening situation after being blown off course from…
Body Discovered in the Khumbu | Everest says NO (For Now), The Khumbu Icefall Has Stopped the Icefall Doctors Cold
A body* was discovered in the Khumbu Icefall this week at the base of Mount Everest, just as the 2026 climbing season is struggling to begin. This discovery comes as over 3,000 people are gathered at…
Everest 2026 Icefall Update | Social Media Is Ruining Mount Everest
In this video we recount a tragic climbing incident in China's Sichuan province, where a hiker's selfie accident led to an accidental death after unhooking his safety rope. We also explore the story…
Everest Put Him on Oxygen Before He Climbed a Single Meter | 2026 Everest Season Begins (Horribly)
"I'm not doing too good at Everest Base Camp, " says a reclining Ryan Mitchell behind an oxygen mask covering his face. Ryan Mitchell is on oxygen at Base Camp with an SPO2 of 35. And the Icefall…
Can Anyone Save Everest? 2026 Is The Biggest Test Yet
I want to start with a number: 31,797 kilograms.That is the amount of human waste that was removed from Mount Everest in the spring of 2025. One season. One mountain. Can anyone save Everest? That…
Lighting Mount Everest From Space Is Now Possible | Plus AI Weather Forecasts, Drones and More
Everest is changing—faster than most people realize.For decades, the mountain has been quietly “dialed in.” Better forecasting, supplemental oxygen, fixed ropes, and accumulated experience have made…
The Quiet Badassery of Andrew Ushakov's Historic Four Day Ascent of Everest From New York
From New York to the top of the world in just three days, twenty-three hours, and seven minutes. That’s not a myth. That’s Andrew Ushakov. An American who quietly, stealthily went about his goal to…
Art Lives Here: What’s Missing in This Beautiful Mountain Town? (Nothing) | w/Jonathan Sarty
In this awesome episode, we speak with musician and radio host Jonathan Sarty, the creative force behind the Cold River Radio Show — a live variety show bringing music, literature, and storytelling…
The Howling Void - Making Fantasy a Reality & The Narcissist's Hostile Takeover of Other People
In this episode: Prof. Sam Vaknin explains narcissism as a disruption in early childhood self-formation, leading to a lack of boundaries, empathy, and a false self. He describes narcissists as having…
The Everest-sized Problem of Social Media and Narcissism w/Professor Sam Vaknin | Social Media are Engines of Negative Emotions
A vast number of those under the age of 35 spend between six and eight hours a day using computer simulated games, essentially in a world far from reality. And, what's worse, the vast and expanding…
The Fight Within: No Oxygen on Everest - ENOUGH, Climbing Toward a True Self on Mount Everest w/Melissa Arnot Reid
She woke in the dead of night, unsure if she’d succeed, fail… or die. Because the last person to attempt what she was doing did die. Melissa Arnot would be walking right past one of Everest’s most…
A Sick (Covid) Content Creator Speaks: This Message Will CHANGE YOU & OUR Future Depends On It
What a world it would be if we encouraged just one human being once each day, what a world it would be, if we followed the core spirit of our being.Send us Fan Mail Support the showHere are a few…
Possibly My FAVORITE Interview EVER: Troubador & Musician Seth Walker - Life On the Road Devoted to His Muse
Nothing says life on the road and all that comes along with than the life of a touring musician. It’s not Leer jets and posh hotels, sold out auditoriums. The music you hear pouring out of small bars…
George Mallory 2.0: Everest’s Most Obsessed Climber—Jost Kobusch’s Impossible Mission (FULL INTERVIEW!)
Alone on Everest*. No Oxygen. No Support. No Limits....IN WINTER!Jost Kobusch is redefining the boundaries of human endurance. In the dead of winter, with temperatures plunging to -40°F and winds…
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