Against The Odds

Himalayan Spy Mission | The Device | 1

Feb 14, 2023

47:29

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Captain Coley's Second Meeting With Director Kao

05:19

The Sherpas' Generator

01:36

Nanda Davey Climbing Season Ends

02:57

Introduction

6min

Lucille Ball, Queen of Comedy

6min

Everest Climber Sonam Wangiel

3min

Captain Coley's Second Meeting With Director Kao

5min

Who, When, Wow, Mystery Edition

2min

The Gertchauer and Bangu Ducks to the Side as the Rocks Splinter Under Their Feet

2min

Climbing at 19,010 Ft.

3min

Climbing Nunde-Davy

2min

Nanda Davey Climbing Season Ends

3min

10.

The Sherpas' Generator

2min

11.

Climbing in a Roped Team

4min

12.

The Two Americans Fall Into the Abyss

3min

13.

The Climbing of a Sherpa Camp

2min

14.

Climbing Season Ends Today

2min

15.

Coley's Decision to Abort a Climbing Mission

2min

16.

Climbing on Nanda Devi

5min

In 1965, with Cold War tensions escalating, the CIA and India’s Intelligence Bureau joined forces to spy on China’s budding nuclear program. Satellites and spy planes at the time were unreliable, so the agencies hatched an unusual plan: place a nuclear-powered spying device atop Nanda Devi, the tallest mountain located entirely within India. The world’s best climbers from both America and India must scale the treacherous peak while carrying the dangerous device up to over 23,000 feet.

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