High Adventure Podcast

In this episode of Mark Hummel's Harmonica Party, Mark sits down with legendary drummer Wes Starr to talk about his career that started in Rome, Georgia and has taken him worldwide. Wes' resume includes playing with: Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Buffet, Delbert McClinton, Hal Ketchum, Blaze Foley, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Bob Dylan, Kim Wilson, Joe Ely, Omar and the Howlers, Asleep At The Wheel, Anson Funderburgh Jimmy Vaughn our own Mark Hummel and TINY TIM ! Mark Hummel's Website Produced by Accidental Productions For a video version please visit  Mark Hummel's Harmonica Party on YouTube Please check out our sponsors and affiliates. Seydel Harmonicas Electro Fi Records Mountain Top Productions & Records  

Mark talks about life on the road for blues musicians, and his book Big Road Blues: 12 Bars on I-80 and plays music from his new CD The Wayback Machine with Deep Basement Shakers Contact Mark and check out his website Contact Jeff and check out his website Please check out our sponsors and affiliates. Seydel Harmonicas Electro Fi Records Mountain Top Productions & Records Accidental Productions

In this episode we review Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast and Hello From The Magic Tavern and our Wildcard video picks: Adult Swim's Joe Pera Talks To You and the Netflix series Working Moms Enjoy more shows from  Accidental Productions Sponsored by: NX Empire use the Code "High Adventure" at check out and receive 15% off your order. Start your own podcast with Bluburry Podcasting Get the best in outdoor footwear at LaSportiva

Glenn finds a mentor who he's sure will help him reach his potential as a criminal. He gets medical attention from a mob Doctor, robs another bank and goes back to Wenatchee and immediately starts a check forgery business.  Escaping with Police on his heels he heads for the Georgia where he's picked up for vagrancy and sentenced to 30 days on a chain gang.  Is Glenn ready to change his ways as his mother has asked?  No chance.  This is just the beginning. Produced by Accidental Productions Sponsored by: NX Empire use the Code "High Adventure" at check out and receive 15% off your order. Start your own podcast with Bluburry Podcasting Get the best in outdoor footwear at LaSportiva

BingeCast is a podcast and media reviews show.  You don’t  have to sift through the vast wasteland of “entertainment.” to find binge-worthy shows. We've surveyed the media landscape,  done all the work and will tell you what's worth your time. In this episode we review Radio Lab and Monster Talk and our Wildcard Movie and TV pick. Produced by Accidental Productions Sponsored by: NX Empire use the Code "High Adventure" at check out and receive 15% off your order. Start your own podcast with Bluburry Podcasting Get the best in outdoor footwear at LaSportiva

Glenn meets a mentor in the Washington State Reformatory and finds that education and boxing might be his way out.  After release and having done time with adult criminals, Glenn's skillset has broadened.  Stealing a gun, robbing a cafe, a bank, and kidnapping a local man, Glenn's back on track to becoming a career criminal. Running to Minneapolis, Glenn meets a man who will become his partner in crime, but will this guy lead Glenn to the dark places he could have never imagined? Produced by Accidental Productions Sponsored by: NX Empire use the Code "High Adventure" at check out and receive 15% off your order. Start your own podcast with Bluburry Podcasting Get the best in outdoor footwear at LaSportiva

Glenn is sent to the Washington State Training School where he's beaten by both inmates and guards. After escape, he continues to pursue a career in crime. Kidnapping, armed robbery, extortion, stealing horses and a Police car all add up to being sentenced to 3-5 years in the State Reformatory an adult institution at Monroe Washington, Glenn was 14 year old and more than ever committed to becoming a career criminal. Produced by Accidental Productions Sponsored by: NX Empire use the Code "High Adventure" at check out and receive 15% off your order. Start your own podcast with Bluburry Podcasting Get the best in outdoor footwear at LaSportiva

Nathan Glenn William grew up like every other kid in the 1920's except his hero's were Americas enemies. Glenn began a life of serious crime at age 11 by 12 he was in a reformatory and at 23 sentenced to life in prison for being a habitual criminal.  After early release he was back to his life of crime that eventualy led him to a 25 year sentence on Alcatraz where he befriended some of the notorious criminal he idolized as a kid. Produced by Accidental Productions Sponsored by: NX Empire use the Code "High Adventure" at check out and receive 15% off your order. Start your own podcast with Bluburry Podcasting Get the best in outdoor footwear at LaSportiva

Season 4 of High Adventure Podcast takes you on a journey following a career bank robber Nathan Glenn Williams. Literally using planes, trains, and automobiles to commit his crimes Glenn Williams goes from reformatories to state prisons and chain gangs to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Produced by Accidental Productions Sponsored by: NX Empire use the Code "High Adventure" at check out and receive 15% off your order. Start your own podcast with Bluburry Podcasting The best footwear for all your outdoor activities LaSportiva

Sam and Lennie go deep into the cave system in search of answers but the cave provide more questions than answers. Earthquakes, flash floods, collapsing exits, Jet Ski's and unreasonable  of people make this the worst place imaginable. Produced by Accidental Productions Sponsored by: NX Empire use the Code "High Adventure" at check out and receive 15% off your order. Start your own podcast with Bluburry Podcasting  

Trip Reports can take many forms. Timelines of trips or short stories form the journey both fall into the TR category. In Volume 3 we go with Beryl Rawles who's lost in the wilderness and trying to find a warm dry place to spend the night.  What he finds is a couple that are MORE lost than he is. Everest Alone audiobook Produce by Accidental Productions Sponsored by: NX Empire use the Code High Adventure at check out and receive 15% off your order. Start your own podcast with Bluburry Podcasting  

Sam and Lennie travel to Mexico in search of Diablo Grande. In a small village they find Diego,  a Curandero and something far stranger than anything they could have imagined.  Raineer and Carlo try to find common ground and do in the form of Commerce Secretary Walston. Produced by Accidental Productions Sponsored by: NX Empire use the Code "High Adventure" at check out and receive 15% off your order. Start your own podcast with Bluburry Podcasting  

After Travis is killed, and at the insistence of Carlo, Sam hires a plane piloted by Lennie, a badass female pilot. Flying off a dirt runway behind the Gris Gris Lounge in a hail of bullets, Sam and Lennie fly into the darkness and into Mexico. Things are about to get strange. Devil's Domain is an original screenplay presented in multiple parts. Check out our audiobook Everest Alone: Maurice Wilson's 1934 Journey to be the first stand on the summit. BUY NOW only $5 bucks for over 5 hours. Check out our website High Adventure Podcast is produced by Accidental Productions The finest CBD products available NX Empire Get 15% off all Products with the promo code High Adventure Start your own podcast, it begins with Blubrry

Climbing superstar Pete Whittaker's Trip Report of his free climb of El Capitan's Secret Passage rated 5.13d. Get your digital copy of Everest Alone today for only $5.  5 hours of entertainment for the price of a cup of Coffee. Buy Now Pete Whittaker's Website Instagram Crack Climbing  Book Pete's rope solo climb of El Capitan Blubrry Podcast Hosting Accidental Productions

Samuel Candle is on a rope dropping into the darkness of a cave in the Mexican jungle. He's dropping into a finite place in the infinite darkness.   This is not a pleasure trip of unpleasurable obstacles, Sam is working.  He’s traveled the world of high and steep mountains and of deep and dark caves, but this trip feels different. People, friends,  have already died.  Devil's Domain is an original screenplay presented in multiple parts. Check out our audiobook Everest Alone: Maurice Wilson's 1934 Journey to be the first stand on the summit. Buy Now  High Adventure Podcast is produced by Accidental Productions

Sean Warren is a UK based big wall climber.  Sean's Trip Report of his solo climb of Native Son combines details and the casual nature this big wall master's humble approach to challenging himself. Get your digital copy of Everest Alone today for only $5.  5 hours of entertainment for the price of a cup of Coffee.  BUY NOW Accidental Productions

We are writing and producing as fast as we can in our studio. Season 3 will have some surprises including a podcast within a podcast called Trip Reports.  We have also just launched and audiobook titled Everest Alone: Maurice Wilson's 1934 Journey to be the First to stand on the Summit  

Maurice Wilson is leaving the Rongbuk Monastery and heading for the slopes and the summit of Mount Everest.  Will he finally be able to fulfill his destiny, prove his critics wrong and be the first person the stand on the summit on the highest place on earth? Take a look at our film Assault on El Capitan available on streaming services everywhere.  

Maurice forms a plan to sneak into Nepal with the help of 3 trusted Sherpas.  Disguised as a Tibetan Priest, Maurice walks 300 miles by night to get to the base of Mt. Everest. Assault on El Capitan https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00STUXTGA/ref=atv_dp_share_r_em_47482272553c4 Ammon McNeely and Kait Barber make the second ascent of Wings of Steel, the most controversial climb in Yosemite history.    

Ultra distance runner Dave Chamberlain sits down with Tom Ristimaki who holds a PHD in Possibilities.  Tom and Dave discuss inspiration, and the motivation to do things that are hard. Dave Chamberlain has run the length of Argentina, across the Namibian desert, and was fort first person to run across Canada unassisted.  Dave also ran … Continue reading S2 E7: Special Episode-Possible vs Probable →

Maurice navigates the Ever Wrest across the North Africa, the Middle East and into India. The British government attempts to stop him at every turn.  Maurice is forced too makes decisions that alter his plans and could end his life.

In this special episode we interview Anna Smith an internationally known mountaineer. Anna explains the attraction of mountaineering in remote regions and explains what it takes too mentally and physically take on the worlds biggest and hardest mountains.

Maurice takes off on his journey but crashes on day one of the trip. He’s unhurt but is this a preview of things to come?

Maurice Wilson emerges after 30 days of fasting and weeks in there Black Forest. After a long night of celebrating and conversation with friends,  Maurice tells his horrified companions that he knows exactly what he needs to do to test his own faith and inspire the world. He will climb Mount Everest, alone.     … Continue reading S2 E3: Because It’s There →

Maurice climbs out of the darkness to find his reason to live, and or die trying. Maurice Wilson struggled to find his place in the world. He emigrated from England to New York, San Francisco, New Zealand and then back to London. In London, He met Leonard and Enid Evans a vivacious couple that befriended … Continue reading S2 E2: Dark Passage →

Maurice Wilson was from Yorkshire, England. He was a decorated but damaged WWI veteran.  In 1933 he became obsessed with Mount Everest and becoming the first man to stand upon its’ summit.  His plan seemed reasonable. Fly a plane from England to Everest, land somewhere on the mountain and walk or climb to the summit. … Continue reading S2 E1: The Mad Yorkshireman →

Maurice Wilson was from Yorkshire, England. He was a decorated but damaged WWI veteran.  In 1933 he became obsessed with Mount Everest and becoming the first man to stand upon its’ summit.  His plan seemed reasonable. Fly a plane from England to Everest, land somewhere on the mountain and walk or climb to the summit. … Continue reading S2 Preview →

The situation at the lake and in the Valley is getting strange. Cocaine replaces weed as the drug of choice. The Feds decide to reclaim the lake area with a military style raid. Houses and cars purchased and companies started, all with money from weed sales? The bodies are found but the family refuses to … Continue reading S1 E6: Big Wednesday →

The black book has always been the center piece of this curious story. What as it?  Who had it?  Who wanted it?  What was in it?!  In this episode we look into the black book mystery and the the people who lived and died after having possessed it. The mystery deepens.  We also talk with … Continue reading S1 E5: The Black Book →

A storm forced law enforcement to abandon the crash site until the Spring thaw.  But that was not going to stop an ambitious group of climbers and valley locals from taking their turn at salvaging this valuable cargo.  Thus began a caravan of salvage teams, but were they walking into trap?  One set by the … Continue reading S1 E4: Looking Over Both Shoulders →

If no one reports a plane missing, is it really missing? The 1976-77 Winter was unusually dry in Yosemite.  Finding a plane crash site in the backcountry should have been easy.  Mrs. Glisky knew her husband was in trouble, he’d missed his check in phone call and was long overdue.  Should she call the authorities? … Continue reading S1 E3: The Search and Discovery →

Flying over the Sierra Nevada Mountains has always been dangerous. Join us for a little history of flight and crashes in the park and how a Howard 500 aircraft with 3 tons of marijuana ended up submerged in Lower Merced Pass Lake. See our film Assault on El Captan for FREE on Amazon Prime https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00STUZ11Q/ref=atv_dl_rdr?autoplay=1 … Continue reading S1 E2 Flying and Crashing in Yosemite →

In season 1 of High Adventure Podcast we will explore the reality, legend and myth of the 1977 Yosemite Pot Plane crash.  In 1977 a crashed plane carrying two pilots and 6000 pounds of Marijuana was found in a remote region of Yosemite National Park. After the Government was notified and then abandoned the crash … Continue reading S1 E 1: The 70’s and The Crash →

In season 1 of High Adventure Podcast we will explore the reality, legend and myth of the 1977 Yosemite Pot Plane crash.  In 1977 a crashed plane carrying two pilots and 6000 pounds of Marijuana was found in a remote region of Yosemite National Park. After the Government was notified and then abandoned the crash … Continue reading High Adventure Podcast →