{"id":44899,"date":"2024-04-24T14:51:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=44899"},"modified":"2024-04-24T14:51:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:51:59","slug":"everest-2024-everyday-everest-podcast-series-part-11-first-summits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/24\/everest-2024-everyday-everest-podcast-series-part-11-first-summits\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest 2024: Everyday Everest Podcast Series Part 11\u2013First Summits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 11 of Everyday Everest, <\/strong><\/em>my new Podcast series, drops today with chapters 33, 34, 35 and 36. 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 11, our protagonist, Harper, gets excited as Guide John Paul tells the team, “Good news, everyone. The first commercial team summited last night. The storm held off, and they threaded the needle. 20 Japanese members with 22 Climbing Sherpas. Japan has very strong climbers.\u201d<\/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 11\u2013First Summits<\/p>\n

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

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    Everyday Everest Podcast Part 11\u2013First Summits<\/h2>\n
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