
The Chomolungma Diaries
Mark Horrell
In April 2012 Mark Horrell travelled to Tibet hoping to become, if not the first person to climb Mount Everest, at least the first Karl Pilkington lookalike to do so.
He joined a mountaineering expedition which included an Australian sexagenarian, two Brits whose idea of hydration meant a box of red wine, and a New Zealander who enjoyed reminding his teammates of the perils of altitude sickness and the number of ways they might die on summit day.
The media often write about Mount Everest deaths and how easy the world’s highest mountain has become to climb, but how accurately does this reflect reality?
The Chomolungma Diaries is a true story of ordinary people climbing Mount Everest with a commercial expedition, and preparing for the biggest day of their lives.
Imagine your life clipped into a narrow line of cord five miles above the earth, on the world’s most terrifying ridge walk. This book will bring you just a little bit closer to that experience.
Duration - 4h 1m.
Author - Mark Horrell.
Narrator - Mark Horrell.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2016 Mark Horrell ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Mark Horrell
Footsteps on the Mountain Diaries
Mountain Footsteps Press
English Audiobooks
INAudio Audiobooks
Description:
In April 2012 Mark Horrell travelled to Tibet hoping to become, if not the first person to climb Mount Everest, at least the first Karl Pilkington lookalike to do so. He joined a mountaineering expedition which included an Australian sexagenarian, two Brits whose idea of hydration meant a box of red wine, and a New Zealander who enjoyed reminding his teammates of the perils of altitude sickness and the number of ways they might die on summit day. The media often write about Mount Everest deaths and how easy the world’s highest mountain has become to climb, but how accurately does this reflect reality? The Chomolungma Diaries is a true story of ordinary people climbing Mount Everest with a commercial expedition, and preparing for the biggest day of their lives. Imagine your life clipped into a narrow line of cord five miles above the earth, on the world’s most terrifying ridge walk. This book will bring you just a little bit closer to that experience. Duration - 4h 1m. Author - Mark Horrell. Narrator - Mark Horrell. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023. Copyright - © 2016 Mark Horrell ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Epigraph
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Day 1 – The only way to acclimatise in a dirty old town
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Day 2 – Everest from the Tibetan plateau
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Day 3 – One of the world’s great views
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Day 4 – The Everest shortcut
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Day 5 – Base Camp communications
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Day 6 – Base Camp IT support and cinema hell
Duración:00:04:25
Day 7 – Remembering the Everest dead
Duración:00:04:31
Day 8 – The puja to end all pujas
Duración:00:03:48
Day 9 – An Australian climbing legend
Duración:00:02:59
Day 10 – Remembering George Mallory and Sandy Irvine
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Day 11 – To Yakshit Camp
Duración:00:05:31
Day 12 – The Magic Highway
Duración:00:05:46
Day 13 – Everest lassitude
Duración:00:01:09
Day 14 – The view from ABC
Duración:00:06:07
Day 15 – A walk to Crampon Point
Duración:00:03:56
Day 16 – Climbing the North Col Wall
Duración:00:06:13
Day 17 – The sweetest beer in the world
Duración:00:04:35
Day 18 – Everest news
Duración:00:02:52
Day 19 – How cold the wind doth blow
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Day 20 – Everest blog wars
Duración:00:02:13
Day 21 – Memoirs of a superstar climber
Duración:00:02:37
Day 22 – We’re all adults
Duración:00:03:07
Day 23 – Jamie the weather man
Duración:00:01:50
Day 24 – The world’s most enjoyable acclimatisation programme
Duración:00:05:59
Day 25 – High-altitude disco
Duración:00:02:22
Day 26 – The Ladder of Death
Duración:00:09:44
Day 27 – East Rongbuk monotony
Duración:00:03:30
Day 28 – ‘Visiting the monastery’
Duración:00:01:46
Day 29 – Lock unlocked
Duración:00:04:37
Day 30 – Russian hospitality
Duración:00:03:50
Day 31 – The Tibetan Village
Duración:00:03:43
Day 32 – How not to write an expedition dispatch
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Day 33 – An emergency meeting
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Day 34 – The summit mindset
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Day 35 – The summit push begins
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Day 36 – Bottleneck on the North Col Wall
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Day 37 – Climbing the North Ridge of Everest
Duración:00:10:54
Day 38 – The highest campsite in the world
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Day 39 – Dicing with death
Duración:00:35:48
Day 40 – The indescribable feeling of being alive
Duración:00:11:10
Day 41 – Heavenly rest
Duración:00:02:48
Day 42 – The last obstacle
Duración:00:09:30
Acknowledgements
Duración:00:01:01
Thanks and About Mark Horrell
Duración:00:01:31
Closing Credits
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