Episode 41: Descending Everest Blind Part 1

Today we’re heading to Everest with climber and ex Naval rescue swimmer Brian Dickinson!

Pull on some hiking boots and wrap up warm as we do some exploring of our own. Becca looks at the history of Everest, who Brian is, and how he prepared for his journey up the world’s highest peak. Then in part 2 we’ll be following Brian on his ill-fated expedition itself.

 

Sources

• Brian Dickinson, Blind Descent [Tyndale House, 2014]

• https://happylandtreks.com/world-record-youngest-person-to-climb-mount-everest/

   

• https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/11/this-dog-did-not-climb-mount-everest/281693/

   

• https://www.threadmb.com/brian-dickinson

   

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48464030

   

• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sherpa-people

   

• https://www.getaway.co.za/travel-news/mount-everest-is-growing-taller-every-year-but-for-how-much-longer/

   

• https://www.umt.edu/this-is-montana/columns/stories/everest.php#:~:text=Straddling%20the%20rim%20of%20Tibet,British%20government's%20charting%20of%20India.

   

• https://www1.cbn.com/700club/everest-climbers-mountaintop-experience

   

• https://www.briandickinson.net/

   

• https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Everest/Early-expeditions

   

• https://www.history.com/news/7-things-you-should-know-about-mount-everest

   

• https://www.himalayanwonders.com/blog/mount-everest-base-camp-weather-climate.html

   

• https://explorerspassage.com/chronicles/history-mount-everest/#:~:text=It%20was%201841%20when%20an,to%20scale%20it's%20mighty%20face.