Part 14 of Everyday Everest, my new Podcast series, drops today with chapters 43, 44, and 45. 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 14, our protagonist, Harper, is on her summit push with Mingma, her personal Sherpa. Dawa checks in on them. “Mingma heard the radio crackle, “Mingma, where are you?” It was Dawa monitoring the team from the South Col with three other Climbing Sherpas. “On the Ridge above the Balcony,” Mingma told the Sidar.”
The main characters are
- Harper – protagonist, strong climber, Aconcagua, Denali (Husband -Marc, Daughter – Olivia, Son – Jay)
- Dutch – solid climber, quirky
- Tony – solid climber, introvert, impatient
- Michael – Good experience, Manaslu, good friend
- Jim – Second Everest attempt, not strong
- Aaron – good climber, strong friend
- Bart – good climber, strong friend
- Pablo – weak mentally, Aconcagua, Denali
- Claudia – strong climber, Aconcagua, Denali
- Guide John Paul – highly experienced, patient, good leader
- Sidar and Guide – Dawa Sherpa
- Guide – Gyalzen Sherpa
- 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While there will be accurate historical references, this series is a work of fiction.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 are products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Now, Part 14–Summit Push
Climb On!
Alan
Memories are Everything
Everyday Everest Podcast Part 14–Climbing Above Camp 3
Previous Everyday Everest Episodes
- Everyday Everest Podcast Part 13–Climbing Above Camp 3
- Everyday Everest Podcast Part 12–Summit Plan for the Team
- Everyday Everest Podcast Part 11–First Summits
- Everyday Everest Podcast Part 10–Climbing the Lhotse Face
- Everyday Everest Podcast Part 9–Summit Date Planned
- Everyday Everest Podcast Part 8–Suffering at Camp 2
- Everyday Everest Podcast Part 7–Into the Cwm
- Everyday Everest Podcast Part 6–Into the Icefall
- Everyday Everest Podcast Part 5–Arrival At Base Camp
- Everyday Everest Podcast Part 4–Blessing in the Khumbu
- Everyday Everest Podcast Part 3–The Trek Begins
- Everyday Everest Podcast Part 2–Hello Kathmandu
- Everyday Everest Podcast Part 1–Welcome and Part 1
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