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

Today's episode (sorry it's late) is about the top ten historical events and expeditions that have shaped Mt. Everest. As I was going through all the seasons, I realized that these events and expediti...

1 Okt 202341min

Two of these facts are a little different, including number 1 (I couldn't resist because of the running joke about pronunciation on this podcast) and number 10. I am working on some projects and tryin...

15 Sep 202318min

Today's interview was with Samina Baig, the first Pakistani woman to summit Mt. Everest and the first Pakistani woman to summit the 7 Summits. This episode was joyful. We talk about the barriers to mo...

8 Sep 202337min

Though I covered this before, I wanted to go back and focus on why people died and how it could be prevented. At the time, 1996 was the deadliest year with the most fatal day and the deadliest season....

1 Sep 202335min

I interviewed Saskia Van Der Drift about participating the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon in 2022. It is the highest marathon in the world! We talk about the cost, the routes, and how she trains at ...

25 Aug 202334min

Today's episode is an interview with Guy Cotter, CEO of adventure consultants who has been mountaineering and guiding for over 3 decades. We talk about him starting out as a mountaineer, becoming a gu...

18 Aug 20231h 2min

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 ex...

11 Aug 202352min

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...

4 Aug 202329min