{"id":11011,"date":"2020-06-26T14:33:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T19:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=11011"},"modified":"2020-06-26T14:33:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T19:33:25","slug":"nat-geo-presents-lost-on-everest-and-expedition-everest-on-tuesday-june-30-9pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/26\/nat-geo-presents-lost-on-everest-and-expedition-everest-on-tuesday-june-30-9pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Nat Geo Presents &#8220;Lost on Everest&#8221; and Expedition Everest on Tuesday, June 30 @ 9PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11012\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/everest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/everest.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/everest-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/everest-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/everest-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Lost on Everest<\/strong><\/em> and <strong><em>Expedition Everest<\/em><\/strong>, will premiere on Tuesday, June 30 on Nat Geo. 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