Day: April 11, 2024

Everest, Everest 2024 Coverage, Everyday Everest Podcast

Everest 2024: Everyday Everest Podcast Series Part 3–The Trek Begins

Part 3 of Everyday Everest,  my new Podcast series, drops today with chapters 8, 9 and 10. I’ll continue my annual coverage as usual.

Based on my 2020 Virtual Everest series, Everyday Everest follows a fictional team of nine climbers and their personal Sherpas from leaving home to trekking to base camp, acclimatizing, and finally, on their summit push, returning home. I’ll have a twenty-minute episode a few times weekly for the next two months. 

In Part 3, our protagonist, Harper, sees Everest from the Everest View Hotel just above Namache Bazaar: “Harper stopped. They all stopped, quietly letting their eyes trace the Khumbu Triple Crown: Everest, Lhotse, and Nuptse—two of the fourteen highest mountains on the planet. The signature white plume flowed off the summit of Everest like a bride’s long wedding gown train. Mother Goddess of the Earth never looked more lovely. Tony spoke, “I have been dreaming of this since the sixth grade.”#everest2024

Everest, Everest 2024 Coverage

Everest 2024: First Days at Base Camp & 1st 8000er summit

We have our first 8000er summit of the spring season. Seven Summits Trek’s rope-fixing team topped out on Makalu at 4:40 p.m. Meanwhile, the commercial teams stream into Everest Base Camp on the Nepal side. However, the Icefall Docs still have problems in the upper Icefall. Thankfully, most teams are still on their trek, so there’s no problem.

On the Tibet side, Adventure Peaks reports, “It looks like the border might not open until the 17th of April, so the team is planning to head to Langtang to start acclimatizing.” The next 8000er summit will probably be on Annapurna this Friday. Heavy snow and avalanche danger have stalled progress, but conditions are improving.

EverestER notes their first rescue of the season: a patient with suspected HACE. The patient received dexamethasone and was flown to the hospital at a lower altitude for further evaluation and treatment. As of April 10, the Everest Nepal permit tally has 209 foreigners across 18 teams. Tibet does not report permit updates.

Now, let’s look at what a climber goes through on their first day at Everest Base Camp. #everest2024