All About Everest Podcast - Stories, History, and Challenges from the World’s Tallest Mountain

In 1992, Skip Horner became the first mountain guide to lead a client to the top of all of the 7 Summits. He was one of the pioneers of commercial guiding. Skip and I talk about both of his Everest expeditions, commercial guiding then and now, and much more. This is Skip's 50th year of being a guide. He has slowed down a bit but still leads a few expeditions per year. My favorite part of the episode is the last 15 minutes when Skip talks about climbing with Rob Hall and calls me out when we talk about death.

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Today's episode is my favorite ten books about Mt. Everest. It was so hard to just pick ten. Some of these might even surprise you. Others may not. It was so hard to narrow it down to just my favorite books about Mt. Everest. Next week's episode will be an interview, but today's episode is all about books.

Link to book list on my website: 15 Best Books About Everest.

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Rebecca Long is the fourth person we have had on the podcast that climbed during the 2023 Everest Spring season. Rebecca and I were connected through Alan Arnette. We took about why she loves the mountain, how losing her teammate Jonathan Sugarman affected her climb, and lessons learned from Everest. The last five minutes of her interview are the most powerful when she talks about the most impactful lesson she learned.

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Today I interviewed Alan Arnette, who is well-known for his coverage of Mt. Everest and being a mountaineer. We talk about his mother Alan Arnette, Climbing to End Alzheimer's, his four Everest attempts, and a deep dive into some of the problems on Mt. Everest. At the beginning of the episode, I also mention what a glottal stop is. Alan is the second person out of the five names on my podcast bucket list that I have interviewed.

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There are over 200 dead bodies on Mount Everest and over 300 people have died on the mountain. In the documentary "Finding Michael", Spencer Matthews goes to search for his brother with a team led by Nimsdai (Nims Purja). This documentary is a beautiful tribute to Michael Matthews who dies in 1999 on Mt Everest. It opens up an honest discussion about how these deaths affect families. It also gives people a better understanding of why so many dead bodies are left on Everest.

Next week's episode will be an interview with Alan Arnette!

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Today's interview is with the German mountaineer Jost Kobusch. He first became "famous" when his video of the 2015 avalanche at Everest Base Camp went viral. He has a unique perspective about mountaineering and his journey differs from most. Jost's mountaineering style is without fixed ropes, oxygen, or Sherpa support and his reason behind it is almost poetic.

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Today's episode is with Kami Rita Sherpa, who holds the record for the most summits of Everest at 28 total summits. Some of the things mentioned in the interview are that the record doesn't matter, why he still has all of his fingers and toes after climbing for 25 years, why he climbs, and some of the problems on Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest). I may or may not have been finally convinced to climb Kilimanjaro.

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Today's episode is an interview with Adrian Ballinger, the CEO, and co-founder of Alpenglow Expeditions. He has over 25 years of mountaineering experience. We talk about death and Love on Everest and why his company only summits from the North Side. His opinion of why so many deaths occur is different than most but makes the most sense.

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This episode summarizes the deaths and injuries on Mt. Everest this season with 17 total deaths. I interview Aviad Sado, a fellow Israeli, and we talk about why he chose to summit Mt. Everest. To me, Israeli mountaineers are like the Jamaican bobsled team. He is the youngest Israeli to summit and the eighth Israeli. Aviad is a former Israeli military commando and a vegan. He lost one of his teammates this year on Everest and we talk about his frostbite injuries.

Next week's episode is an interview with Adrian Ballinger from Alpenglow Expeditions.

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I am switching the episode to every Thursday instead of Wednesday moving forward. Today's episode is an interview with the fabulous Gaby Nel, who is the youngest South African and the youngest physician to summit Mt. Everest. We discussed some of the reasons Everest was so deadly this year, which might even surprise you. We also talk about what causes frostbite and how it is treated.

Next week's about is an interview with one of the 8 Israeli climbers that have successfully summited Mt. Everest.

Thanks to Bob O. and BlessedWithTwo for buying us a coffee. It's much appreciated and thank you for supporting the podcast.

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