{"id":44761,"date":"2024-04-13T08:24:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T14:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=44761"},"modified":"2024-04-15T09:26:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T15:26:45","slug":"everest-2024-everyday-everest-podcast-series-part-4-blessing-in-the-khumbu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/13\/everest-2024-everyday-everest-podcast-series-part-4-blessing-in-the-khumbu\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest 2024: Everyday Everest Podcast Series Part 4\u2013Blessing in the Khumbu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 4 of Everyday Everest, <\/strong><\/em>my new Podcast series, drops today with chapters 11, 12 and 13. 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 4, our protagonist, Harper, visits a Monastery and observes the monks during their daily prayers, “Without a cue, the drumbeat began. One of the senior Monks started his chant \u2013 actually a prayer. Others joined in. They created an unbelievable resonance that built as it bounced off the artfully painted walls. Harper closed her eyes to take this moment in without the filter of sight. It was spiritual and sensory.”<\/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 are products of the author\u2019s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.<\/p>\n

    Now, Part 4, “Blessing in the Khumbu”<\/p>\n

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

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    Everyday Everest Part 4 Podcast<\/h2>\n
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    Previous Everyday Everest Episodes<\/h2>\n