{"id":1060,"date":"2023-04-22T16:46:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T15:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=256974"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:03:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:03:56","slug":"parker-schnabels-illness-threatens-to-bring-gold-rush-trip-to-a-halt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2023\/04\/22\/parker-schnabels-illness-threatens-to-bring-gold-rush-trip-to-a-halt\/","title":{"rendered":"Parker Schnabel&#8217;s illness threatens to bring Gold Rush trip to a halt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Parker Schnabel is a Gold Rush OG who stars in another series of his spin-off Parker&#8217;s Trail in 2023. Fans ask if Parker has an illness during the show.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After seven years of the original <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/gold-rush\">Gold Rush<\/a> series, Parker starred in the first season of his spin-off show in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, Parker&#8217;s Trail is back in 2023 and this time he&#8217;s in South America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While there appears to be a huge opportunity for Parker to find gold on his trip, he comes up against mother nature in more ways than one during season 6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Parker Schnabel Finds Fresh Gold On Old Ground | Gold Rush\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hi1eVto1Pwc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-was-parker-schnabel-s-illness\">What was Parker Schnabel&#8217;s illness?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During Gold Rush: Parker&#8217;s Trail season 6, <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/parker-schnabel\">Parker Schnabel<\/a> gets seriously ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He suffers from a severe case of altitude sickness during the trip after traveling up to the highest mine site in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/discovery\">Discovery<\/a> writes on TikTok that &#8220;when traveling above 8,000ft too quickly, you can develop altitude sickness.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many fans of the show have asked <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/discovery\/where-is-gold-rush-parkers-trail-season-6-filmed\">where Parker&#8217;s Trail is filmed<\/a> in 2023 after the gold miner spent previous seasons in New Zealand and Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>RIP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/usa-reality-tv\/jesse-from-gold-rush-died-while-filming-the-discovery-show-in-2020\">Jesse from Gold Rush died while filming the Discovery show in 2020<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/\" data-video-id=\"7224642730947923242\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/?refer=embed\">@<\/a> <p><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c  -\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/?refer=embed\">\u266c  &#8211; <\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">He was placed on an IV drip<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Parker&#8217;s altitude sickness was so severe that he had to be placed on an IV drip during the South America trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A clip from Gold Rush: Parker&#8217;s Trail sees Parker throwing up and his team members looking extremely concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many fans of the show sent prayers to Parker for a speedy recovery in the comments section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Diego Lazarzaburu said during the episode: &#8220;If he doesn&#8217;t improve I&#8217;m making the call&#8230; the trip is over&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Gold Rush crew&#8217;s trip still continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 21, Dr Diego shared some information on altitude sickness on his Instagram page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CrUjetsN98E\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CrUjetsN98E\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Lizarzaburu Castagnino, Diego M.D. (@dr.diego.pe)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parker shares snaps from South America<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite facing some hurdles during his time in South America, judging by Parker&#8217;s Instagram page, he enjoyed his time there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parker&#8217;s Trail kicked off on April 7 on Discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharing the news of his upcoming series, Parker shared: &#8220;Best adventure ever will be airing next month\u2026.it was pretty brutal but amazing country, people and of course gold :).&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parker&#8217;s time in South America saw him say that going into an underground mine was pretty risky: &#8220;It&#8217;s definitely something out of another world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>NO WAY:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/discovery\/ashley-youle-looks-super-loved-up-years-after-split-from-gold-rushs-parker\">Ashley Youle looks super loved up years after split from Gold Rush\u2019s Parker<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Altitude sickness is no joke \ud83d\uddfb<br>\ud83c\udf34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoldRush?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoldRush<\/a>: Parker&#39;s Trail<br>\ud83d\uddd3 TONIGHT at 9p ET on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Discovery?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@discovery<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQq3s1FD2o\">pic.twitter.com\/DQq3s1FD2o<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 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