{"id":44755,"date":"2024-04-11T14:11:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T20:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=44755"},"modified":"2024-04-15T09:26:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T15:26:56","slug":"everest-2024-everyday-everest-podcast-series-part-3-the-trek-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/11\/everest-2024-everyday-everest-podcast-series-part-3-the-trek-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest 2024: Everyday Everest Podcast Series Part 3\u2013The Trek Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 3 of Everyday Everest, <\/strong><\/em>\u00a0my new Podcast series, drops today with chapters 8, 9 and 10. I’ll continue my annual coverage as usual.<\/p>\n

Based on my 2020 Virtual Everest<\/a> series, Everyday Everest<\/strong><\/em> 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.<\/p>\n

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\u2014two 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.”<\/p>\n

The main characters are<\/p>\n

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  1. Harper – protagonist, strong climber,\u00a0 <\/span>Aconcagua, Denali (Husband -Marc, Daughter – Olivia, Son – Jay)<\/li>\n
  2. Dutch – solid climber, quirky<\/li>\n
  3. Tony – solid climber, introvert, impatient<\/li>\n
  4. Michael – Good experience, Manaslu, good friend<\/li>\n
  5. Jim – Second Everest attempt, not strong<\/li>\n
  6. Aaron – good climber, strong friend<\/li>\n
  7. Bart – good climber, strong friend<\/li>\n
  8. Pablo – weak mentally, Aconcagua, Denali<\/li>\n
  9. Claudia – strong climber,\u00a0 <\/span>Aconcagua, Denali<\/li>\n
  10. Guide John Paul – highly experienced, patient, good leader<\/li>\n
  11. Sidar and Guide – Dawa Sherpa<\/li>\n
  12. Guide – Gyalzen Sherpa<\/li>\n
  13. Guide – Tenzing Sherpa<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    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.<\/p>\n

    While there will be accurate historical references, this series is a work of fiction. Names, characters, and incidents either are products of the author\u2019s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.<\/p>\n

    Now, Part 3, “The Trek Begins”<\/p>\n

    Climb On!
    \nAlan
    \nMemories are Everything<\/p>\n

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    Everyday Everest Part 3 Podcast<\/h2>\n
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    317 views<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\tEverest2024: Evereryday Everest Part 3<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n

    Previous Everyday Everest Episodes<\/h2>\n