Virtual Everest 2020: Special Video Interview with Tendi Sherpa
Today I interviewed Tendi Sherpa who has 13 Everest summits. He found the guide company TAGNepal, cofounded the gear company Himali, and is ...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Summit Fever in Base Camp
Passing the time waiting for the summit weather window is always challenging as our fictional members are finding out. Our team is restless ...
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Monday, May 11, 2020
Real-World Update on Climbing Around the World
With our Virtual Everest 2020 - Support the Climbing Sherpas having a rest day in base camp, I thought it was time to come back to the real ...
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Sunday, May 10, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Weekend Video Update May 10 – Garrett Madison Interview
May 10, 2020: Virtual Everest 2020 Weekend Update Video interview Madison Mountaineering's Founder, Garrett Madison. We talk K2 and Ever...
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Saturday, May 9, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Back in Base Camp – First Summits
The fictional team returned from Camp 3 at 23,600-feet on the Lhotse Face and are now at base camp. The big news was a Japanese team of 20 s...
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Friday, May 8, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Back to Base Camp and A Narrow Escape
The fictional team returned from Camp 3 at 23,600-feet on the Lhotse Face and decided to go all the way to base camp due to impending weathe...
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Thursday, May 7, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Storm at Camp 3
The team experienced an extremely difficult night at Camp 3 at 26,300-feet on the Lhotse Face. The wind and snow pummeled them throughout th...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Climbing the Lhotse Face
With better weather, our Virtual Everest 2020 fictional team returned to Camp 2 for their rotation to overnight at C3, and get their ticket ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Doubts at Camp 2
With better weather, our Virtual Everest 2020 fictional team returned to Camp 2 for their rotation to overnight at C3, and get their ticket ...
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Monday, May 4, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Base Camp Tour
The good weather couldn't last forever and it came with a vengeance today keeping everyone trapped. Dutch took a video tour of Everest B...
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Sunday, May 3, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Weekend Video Update April 26- Greg Vernovage Interview
During this Virtual Everest 2020 - Support the Climbing Sherpas project, I'm adding a new aspect of my coverage, a video report on most ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Base Camp Life and Summit Schedules
When will we summit? A question asked a thousand times during an expedition. The answer is more complicated that it appears, and also, reve...
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Friday, May 1, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Difficult Times
It happens to almost everyone, at some point on a long expedition, the body revolts. The pain begins, the cough gets harder and then you add...
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Thursday, April 30, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Sherpas at C2
Living for the season at 21,000-feet, the Cooks, are the backbone of any Everest expedition along with the Climbing Sherpas. Our fictional t...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Acclimatization at C2
Now at Camp 2, 21,000-feet, the team begins to adjust to the extreme altitude. There is no way to avoid acclimatizing if you want to summit ...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Camp 2
On their active rest day at Camp 1, our fictional climbers took a short hike into the Western Cwm. Today, they move to Camp 2 at 21,000-feet...
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Monday, April 27, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: In the Western Cwm
The Western Cwm is known as the valley of silence. But it could be called a microwave oven. The icy walls that define the valley reflect the...
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Sunday, April 26, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Weekend Video Update April 26- Lukas Furtenbach Interview
During this Virtual Everest 2020 – Support the Climbing Sherpas project, I’m adding a new aspect of my coverage, a video report on most Sund...
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Saturday, April 25, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Climbing to Camp 1, and 5 Years Later
With an introduction to the Khumbu Icefall completed for our fictional team, now they return for a rotation to Camps 1 and 2 in the Western ...
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Friday, April 24, 2020
Virtual Everest 2020: Weather Day and Tough Conversations
Our fictional team returned from their first trip to the Khumbu Icefall. Almost everyone did well, but there are signs of problems for a cou...
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