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Mark Horrell

In April 2014 Mark Horrell went on a mountaineering expedition to Nepal, hoping to climb Lhotse, the fourth-highest mountain in the world, which shares a base camp and climbing route with Mount Everest. He dreamed of following in the footsteps of...

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Opening Credits

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Epigraph

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Expedition Dispatch: A briefing at the Ministry

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Day 1 – The start of the Everest trail

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Day 2 – My kingdom for a horse

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Day 3 – The seedy side of Namche

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Day 4 – The plot thickens

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Day 5 – Birthday peanuts

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Day 6 – Acclimatising on Pokalde

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Day 7 – The glare of the Khumbu

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Day 8 – Peace and solitude

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Day 9 – Arrival at Base Camp

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Day 10 – Settling in at Base Camp

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Day 11 – The puja

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Day 12 – Ladder training

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Day 13 – A walk to Pumori Base Camp

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Day 14 – Icefall fears

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Day 15 – The Icefall

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Day 16 – Tragedy

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Day 17 – A storm brewing

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Day 18 – The Sherpa summons

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Day 19 – Rumours

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Day 20 – Rally

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Day 21 – Escape to the hills

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Day 22 – Summit meeting

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Day 23 – Bewilderment

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Day 24 – Escape from Base Camp

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Expedition Dispatch: The double Everest tragedy

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Epilogue – One year on

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Acknowledgements

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About Mark Horrell

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Ending Credits

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