Ballen Studios Presents: Late Nights with Nexpo
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What is 'Late Nights with Nexpo'?
Hey, it's me, Luke LaManna. Thank you so much for listening to Redacted. Today I've got something different, but very special for you that I know you'll love. My good friends at Ballant Studios have another incredible brand new podcast for you to listen to, and it's hosted by none other than Nexpo, a creator on YouTube with millions of subscribers. Nexpo is truly an incredible storyteller, and now he's launching his own podcast with all exclusive stories you can only find on his new show. It's called Late Nights with Nexpo, and each week Nexpo will bring you a terrifying story that will absolutely shake you. From the most bizarre unsolved mysteries, to chilling true crime, to going down the creepiest rabbit holes, Nexpo will explore the true stories that keep him up at night. And if they're keeping him up, I'm pretty sure you'll want to listen with the lights on. or off, depending on how much you like to scare yourself. I'm about to play you an episode of Late Nights with Nexpo.
It's called Madness on the Mountain. In it, Nexpo dives into a terrifying mystery of death and survival, which still stumps people today. In 1993, seven hikers set out into the Camar de Bon mountains, but only one returned alive. The reason for their sudden violent deaths has never been explained. What happened on that mountain? After you finish listening, please go follow Late Nights with Nexpo wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes of Late Nights with Nexpo come out every Wednesday. Enjoy.
Siberia, August 1993. The river is freezing cold. Snow melts from the Kamar-Daban mountain range, which looms overhead. Your kayak cuts through the water. You take in the fresh mountain air and the rugged landscape. It's a long overdue escape from the city. Out here, the only signs of civilization are power lines running over the mountains, which are easy enough to ignore. But out of nowhere, something catches your eye and the peaceful atmosphere dissolves. There's someone standing on the far shore of the river, framed starkly against the trees. It's a teenage girl. She's waving her arms frantically, screaming for you to stop. From this distance, you can't quite make it out, but it looks almost like her jacket is stained with blood. You don't hesitate.
You dive into the frigid water and swim to shore. And when you reach the girl, she collapses into your arms. She's delirious, inconsolable. You can barely make out half of what she's saying through her sobs. She says she's scared, that she's all alone. You wonder why this girl is out in the wild by herself. But what she says next answers your question and makes your blood run as cold as the river. Everyone else is dead. a week earlier, August 2, 1993. Two hiking groups from Kazakhstan climb up a steep trail, away from the nearest town. They're heading into the wilds of southern Siberia's Khmar Dabon mountain range. They're a school-sponsored hiking expedition, mostly in their teens and early 20s. One group is led by a man named Konstantin Kazantsev.
The other is led by Lyudmila Korovina, an experienced hiker who has traveled these mountains before and who also happens to be the mother of one of Konstantin's student hikers. Lyudmila's group will be taking a high altitude route across the mountain range, before descending back down towards civilization. On the map, their route follows a rough arc across the mountains and back to a small lake called Lake Padovoi. They have two tents and will camp along the 40 km route. While Liudmila's group takes the summit, Konstantin will guide his group along a lower altitude valley route following the river. Despite the lower elevation, Konstantin's group's route is technically the more difficult of the two.
The difficulty of the Russian alpine routes are measured on a scale of 1 to 6, with 1 being a beginner slope and 6 being near vertical, only to be attempted by experts. Liudmila's route is rated a 3, which makes it a moderately difficult slope, around 35 to 45 degrees in icy. This requires confidence and sure footing, but it's not a grain that requires special equipment.
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