Everest: Getting to the Top of the World, Pt....

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Every year, adventurers brave the elements and attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Yet dangers abound, and more than a hundred bodies litter the mountain. Listen in and learn more about Mount Everest in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.

Standing over 29,000ft above sea level, the peak of Everest is the highest point on the planet. To the sherpa people of the Himalayas it is sacred, and to foreign adventurers, it is the holy grail of climbing. But what did it take to reach the summit? Was it expertise and enduran ...  Show more

Subscribe to the podcast!  https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ You are probably well aware that Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth.  Because of its status as the highest point on Earth, it has attracted thousands of people who have climbed to the summit. In ...  Show more

K2, a mountain in the Kashmir region of Asia, is the second highest peak on Earth and yet more dangerous than Mount Everest, especially in the winter. But in January 2021, a group of Nepali climbers attempted to accomplish what people thought was impossible. Team co-leader Mingma ...  Show more