Tales from the Explorers Club Highest Highs, Lowest Lows (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary

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Tales from the Explorers Club

Highest Highs, Lowest Lows (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary

Josh Gates recounts the death-defying exploits of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, who summit Mount Everest; two submariners plunge seven miles under the Pacific; a pilot skydives from the edge of space.

Director

Lee Farber

Producer

Denise Poon

Cinematographers

David Klassen | Daniel Zagayer

Editors

Rod Chew | Wesley Post

Production Designer

Anton Tremblay

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Edit Released

Updated Aug 31, 2022

Release date

Aug 31, 2022 (United States)

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29 cast members

Name	Known for
Josh Gates Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Expedition Unknown (2015)
Joe Rohde Self - Former Disney Imagineer Self - Former Disney Imagineer See fewer	Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission (2021)
Richard Garriott Self - President, Explorers Club Self - President, Explorers Club See fewer	Akalabeth (1979)
Michael Massimino Self - Former NASA Astronaut Self - Former NASA Astronaut See fewer	The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Lacey Flint Self - Archivist & Curator of Research Collections Self - Archivist & Curator of Research Collections See fewer	Tales from the Explorers Club (2022)
Jed Alexander John Hunt John Hunt See fewer	Martha (III) (2024)
Felix Baumgartner Self - Extreme Skydiver (archive footage) Self - Extreme Skydiver (archive footage) See fewer	Extreme Ops (2002)
Tom Bourdillon Self - Everest Explorer (archive footage) Self - Everest Explorer (archive footage) See fewer	The Conquest of Everest (1953)
James Cameron Self - Filmmaker / Deep Ocean Explorer (archive footage) Self - Filmmaker / Deep Ocean Explorer (archive footage) See fewer	Avatar (2009)
Charles Evans Self - Everest Explorer (archive footage) Self - Everest Explorer (archive footage) See fewer	The Conquest of Everest (1953)
Aaron Feder Charles Evans Charles Evans See fewer	Infatuated with the CEO (2024)
Edmund Hillary Self - Everest Explorer (archive footage) Self - Everest Explorer (archive footage) See fewer	The Conquest of Everest (1953)
John Hunt Self - Everest Expedition Leader (archive footage) Self - Everest Expedition Leader (archive footage) See fewer	In Search of... (1976)
Andrew Irvine Self - Everest Explorer (archive footage) (as Sandy Irvine) Self - Everest Explorer (archive footage) (as Sandy Irvine) See fewer	The Epic of Everest (1924)
Joseph William Kittinger Self - Test Pilot, Project Excelsior (archive footage) (as Joe Kittinger) Self - Test Pilot, Project Excelsior (archive footage) (as Joe Kittinger) See fewer	Explorers: Adventures of the Century (2013)
George Mallory Self - Everest Explorer (archive footage) Self - Everest Explorer (archive footage) See fewer	The Epic of Everest (1924)
Archer McKnight Lieutenant Don Walsh Lieutenant Don Walsh See fewer	Lone Star Enigma
Tenzing Norgay Self - Everest Explorer (archive footage) Self - Everest Explorer (archive footage) See fewer	Drame à la Nanda Devi (1951)
Jay Parikh Tenzing Norgay Tenzing Norgay See fewer	The Sentinel (I) (2015)
Auguste Piccard Self - Deep Ocean Explorer (archive footage) Self - Deep Ocean Explorer (archive footage) See fewer	Personnalités suisses (1958)
Jacques Piccard Self - Deep Ocean Explorer (archive footage) Self - Deep Ocean Explorer (archive footage) See fewer	I've Got a Secret (1952)
Matthew Reis Joe Kittinger Joe Kittinger See fewer	The Art of Getting By (2011)
Kancha Sherpa Self - Everest Explorer (archive footage) Self - Everest Explorer (archive footage) See fewer	Kancha Sherpa: Last of the First from the 1953 Conquest of Mt Everest
John Paul Stapp Self - Head of Project Excelsior (archive footage) (as Dr. John Stapp) Self - Head of Project Excelsior (archive footage) (as Dr. John Stapp) See fewer	Science All-Stars (1964)
Kathryn D. Sullivan Self - Astronaut (archive footage) (as Kathy Sullivan) Self - Astronaut (archive footage) (as Kathy Sullivan) See fewer	Sally (I) (2025)
Victor Vescovo Self - Deep Ocean Explorer (archive footage) Self - Deep Ocean Explorer (archive footage) See fewer	The UnXplained (2019)
Don Walsh Self - Deep Ocean Explorer (archive footage) (as Lt. Don Walsh) Self - Deep Ocean Explorer (archive footage) (as Lt. Don Walsh) See fewer	Raise the Titanic (1980)
Kelly Walsh Self - Son of Don Walsh (archive footage) Self - Son of Don Walsh (archive footage) See fewer
Alan Duncan John Stapp (uncredited) John Stapp (uncredited) See fewer	Civic Duty (2006)