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
Findaway 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
Duration:00:00:11
Epigraph
Duration:00:00:27
Day 1 – The only way to acclimatise in a dirty old town
Duration:00:07:08
Day 2 – Everest from the Tibetan plateau
Duration:00:08:53
Day 3 – One of the world’s great views
Duration:00:03:45
Day 4 – The Everest shortcut
Duration:00:07:00
Day 5 – Base Camp communications
Duration:00:03:26
Day 6 – Base Camp IT support and cinema hell
Duration:00:04:25
Day 7 – Remembering the Everest dead
Duration:00:04:31
Day 8 – The puja to end all pujas
Duration:00:03:48
Day 9 – An Australian climbing legend
Duration:00:02:59
Day 10 – Remembering George Mallory and Sandy Irvine
Duration:00:06:17
Day 11 – To Yakshit Camp
Duration:00:05:31
Day 12 – The Magic Highway
Duration:00:05:46
Day 13 – Everest lassitude
Duration:00:01:09
Day 14 – The view from ABC
Duration:00:06:07
Day 15 – A walk to Crampon Point
Duration:00:03:56
Day 16 – Climbing the North Col Wall
Duration:00:06:13
Day 17 – The sweetest beer in the world
Duration:00:04:35
Day 18 – Everest news
Duration:00:02:52
Day 19 – How cold the wind doth blow
Duration:00:03:00
Day 20 – Everest blog wars
Duration:00:02:13
Day 21 – Memoirs of a superstar climber
Duration:00:02:37
Day 22 – We’re all adults
Duration:00:03:07
Day 23 – Jamie the weather man
Duration:00:01:50
Day 24 – The world’s most enjoyable acclimatisation programme
Duration:00:05:59
Day 25 – High-altitude disco
Duration:00:02:22
Day 26 – The Ladder of Death
Duration:00:09:44
Day 27 – East Rongbuk monotony
Duration:00:03:30
Day 28 – ‘Visiting the monastery’
Duration:00:01:46
Day 29 – Lock unlocked
Duration:00:04:37
Day 30 – Russian hospitality
Duration:00:03:50
Day 31 – The Tibetan Village
Duration:00:03:43
Day 32 – How not to write an expedition dispatch
Duration:00:05:36
Day 33 – An emergency meeting
Duration:00:04:54
Day 34 – The summit mindset
Duration:00:01:49
Day 35 – The summit push begins
Duration:00:05:15
Day 36 – Bottleneck on the North Col Wall
Duration:00:05:47
Day 37 – Climbing the North Ridge of Everest
Duration:00:10:54
Day 38 – The highest campsite in the world
Duration:00:08:17
Day 39 – Dicing with death
Duration:00:35:48
Day 40 – The indescribable feeling of being alive
Duration:00:11:10
Day 41 – Heavenly rest
Duration:00:02:48
Day 42 – The last obstacle
Duration:00:09:30
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:01:01
Thanks and About Mark Horrell
Duration:00:01:31
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:17