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March 28, 2017 08:14 am PDT
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This mountain inspired a prison break in 1943
Stuck in an East African prison camp in 1943, Italian POW Felice Benuzzi needed a challenge to regain his sense of purpose. He made a plan that seemed crazy -- to break out of the camp, climb Mount Kenya, and break back in. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll follow Benuzzi and two companions as they try to climb the second-highest mountain in Africa using homemade equipment.
We'll also consider whether mirages may have doomed the Titanic and puzzle over an ineffective oath.
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