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.”

The main characters are

1. Harper – protagonist, strong climber,  Aconcagua, Denali (Husband -Marc, Daughter – Olivia, Son – Jay)
2. Dutch – solid climber, quirky
3. Tony – solid climber, introvert, impatient
4. Michael – Good experience, Manaslu, good friend
5. Jim – Second Everest attempt, not strong
6. Aaron – good climber, strong friend
7. Bart – good climber, strong friend
8. Pablo – weak mentally, Aconcagua, Denali
9. Claudia – strong climber,  Aconcagua, Denali
10. Guide John Paul – highly experienced, patient, good leader
11. Sidar and Guide – Dawa Sherpa
12. Guide – Gyalzen Sherpa
13. Guide – Tenzing Sherpa

We will go through Everest climbing each day as the team arrives in Kathmandu, flies to Luka, and treks to EBC. We’ll follow them at base camp through the acclimatization rotations and receive invaluable help from the Icefall Doctors and Climbing Sherpas. And, of course, the summit pushes starting in mid-May.

While there will be accurate historical references, this series is a work of fiction. Names, characters, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Now, Part 3, “The Trek Begins”

Climb On!
Alan
Memories are Everything

Everyday Everest Part 3 Podcast

Previous Everyday Everest Episodes

• Everyday Everest Podcast Series Part 2–Hello Kathmandu
• Everyday Everest Podcast Series–Welcome and Part 1

You can listen to #everest2024 podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Breaker, YouTube, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, Anchor, and more. Just search for “alan arnette” on your favorite podcast platform.

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