Behind the Pod: The Saucy Side of Everest

This week’s Behind the Pod somehow takes our Everest obsession even further off the rails. After recording our main episode on the 1996 Everest disaster, we spiral into conversations about frozen bodies being used as trail markers, why climbing Everest seems like the world’s most expensive bad decision, and whether we’d rather die in space or get tossed into a crevasse. We also get into the absolutely horrifying reality of the trash problem on Everest, climbers hauling espresso machines up the mountain, “making sauce” at base camp (yes… unfortunately), and the chaotic socialite drama surrounding Sandy Pittman. Plus: Kiki questions every life choice that leads someone to Everest, Jessie explains decomposition science like the public health nerd she is, and we both decide Texans might actually be built different. Also in this episode: Green Boots & the bodies left on Everest Space vs Everest survival debates Why Everest is basically a frozen landfill Espresso on the mountain?? The craziest stories we DIDN’T fit into the main episode Why this entire conversation made us physically cold Basically, this bonus episode proves that the deeper you go into Everest lore, the more you realize absolutely none of us should be climbing mountains.