Reading Bernadette McDonald’s “Winter 8000” There are too many names and facts to fully process in Bernadette McDonald’s Winter 8000. By the end of the first couple of chapters, my head was dizzy trying to keep it all straight. But regardless of the climbers’ names, or the 8000-meter peak they climbed, there is a recurring…
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The Everest Question
Anyone who has caught the mountain bug has either been asked or asked themselves if they would like to climb Everest someday. And at a guttural level, especially in our younger days, we’d probably say, yes, of course. Why not?! But over time, I’ve found that definitelies can turn into probablies, and then no-way-at-alls. First…