Thinking about climbing Everest?

Some words of advice from Sibusiso Vilane Sibusiso Vilane

Two-time Everest Summiter.

My podcast episodes about Everest.

• Sibusiso Vilane (First Black Person To Summit Everest) - youtu.be/LHXo4PPgmtk?si…

• James Kagambi (First Kenyan To Summit Everest) - youtu.be/_e3z5PNgBQA?si…

• Ted Callahan (American Mountain Guide) - youtu.be/s3x6vieXEKo?si…

EVEREST BASE CAMP TREK. (Thread)

#chamuhimuhikes

Ref: alanarnette.com/blog/2024/01/2….

MOUNT EVEREST FUN FACTS:

• There have been 11,996 summits between 1953-2023 by 6,664 different people.

• 1,571 climbers have summited it multiple times.

• 681 climbers have summited from both Nepal and Tibet routes.

• 221 climbers have summited without using supplemental…

Earlier today, our man on Mt. Everest explored a bit of the Khumbu Icefall. This is the most dangerous part of Mt. Everest in terms of objective risks. Overhanging seracs (blocks of ice) that can collapse without warning, crevasses and the shifting glacier. In fact, it is…

Everest Base Camp Trek average time - 12 days.

Everest Summit Expedition average time - 40 days.

the-star.co.ke/news/big-read/…

Yesterday, Cheruiyot arrived at Mt. Everest's South basecamp at an altitude of 5,365m. Every season, a temporary 'town' is set at the foot of Mt. Everest. It is from here the actual climbing starts. Currently 'Icefall Doctors' are busy opening the route and fixing ropes towards…

Midweek climb.

📍Climb BlueSky

ng'endo Kenya Tourism Board Kenyan athletes, both professional and recreational, are the most effective ambassadors. We go to the mountains with the Kenyan flag, proudly representing. Hope Kenya Tourism Board and Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency will see value in recreational athletes.

DEATH ZONE: Altitude above 8000m. There is no sufficient oxygen concentration and atmospheric pressure to sustain human life. That's why most mountaineers use supplemental oxygen above this altitude. In fact most use it after 7500m because above this altitude, the body cannot…

Training regime to build mental strength.

Baada Ya Summit Podcast EP. 10

Watch here >>> youtu.be/ruvezc9ymoI

So who is this guy, Cheruiyot Kirui? The Kenyan attempting to summit Everest without supplemental oxygen this season? Some say he is a full recreational Ultra and mountain/trail runner and a part time banker. But briefly...
Mountains:
+ Mt. Manaslu (8163m) - Summit without…

The Everest season is underway!! There is a certain brave Kenyan, one Cheruiyot, who is enroute the mountain to attempt a summit of Mt. Everest WITHOUT the use of supplemental oxygen. This is a HUUUGE undertaking by any standards. A climb of a lifetime. Only 2% of all Everest…