Episode 43: Descending Everest Blind Part 3

Today we’re finally summiting Everest with climber and ex Naval rescue swimmer Brian Dickinson!

We finally face the horrors of loosing your sight at the top of the tallest mountain in the world, and follow Brian as he realises his only chance of survival is to try and descend the mountain while unable to see, and navigate all the obstacles that are hard enough in typical circumstances, and which included narrow bridges with drops of 2 miles either side, and ladders over chasms...and his faces this challenge!

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.