One Great Moment.com

The audio introduction to OneGreatMoment.com, a home for everybody's greatest stories.

A strange quest for airborne (mis)adventure. Toting a hang glider down the length of South America in search of fame, thrills, and something vaguely how-you-say?... spiritual.

Wide-eyed innocents on an Andean mountaineering expedition encounter reclusive natives, big unclimbed walls, disappearing diplomats, and the US marines.

A "virtually" clear day in the Alaska Range gives us the opportunity to fly completely around Mt. McKinley, taking in the magnificent glaciers, the stunning North Face of the mountain, the breathtaking Ruth Gorge, and the grand snowy peaks of Denali National Park. Lots of climbing history and geology. (Verging on the educational, but hey, can't there be great informational moments?)

In 1964 The largest earthquake in North American history rocked Alaska, changing many things, including the Richardson family, forever. It was the day they moved to Anchorage -- and a day that shook many solid foundations.

During the summer of 1975 a budding musician tries his hand at commercial fishing, with good and bad results. Somehow the music survives. Story and music by Guy Greider.