SnowBrains Podcast #32 | Eddie Taylor – Member of “Full Circle Everest” 1st All-Black Team to Attempt 29,032′ Mt. Everest Brought to you by Grand Targhee Resort & Scott Sports My guest today is Eddie Taylor: Eddie is a member of Full Circle Everest, the 1st all-black team to attempt to summit 29,032-foot Mt. Everest, the highest peak on Earth. There have been over 6,000 summits of Mt. Everest and only ten of those were black people The 1st black […] Podcasts Podcast | February 8, 2022 3 Comments
VIDEO: Full Circle Everest Hoping to Make History as First Black Climbing Team to Summit Mount Everest Help us Fund Full Circle Everest Expedition. The full circle expedition will make history as the first Black climbing team to attempt to summit the highest mountain on earth. As of 2020, there have been more than 10,000 summits of the mountain. To our knowledge, only eight Black climbers have stood on the top of Everest. This expedition will permanently […] Climbing CragBrains | September 24, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: World-Record-Holding Climber Colin O’Brady and Joe Rogan Talk Mt. Everest Colin O’Brady is a world-record-holding American climber from Olympia, Washington. In his explicit, uncensored interview with Joe Rogan, he details the terrifying realities of summiting Mt. Everest. Related: Colin O’Brady Completes First Solo, Unaided, Unsupported Transantarctic Crossing Whether it was a frostbite scare, a threat of suffering from cerebral edema, or seeing other climbers die in broad daylight, O’Brady’s climb up […] Climbing Jesse | August 24, 2021 0 Comments
How Much Does it Cost to Climb Mount Everest? Climbing Mount Everest has a 10% chance of fatality, according to PMC. Not only is this journey dangerous, but it’s also extremely expensive. Hundreds of climbers manage to achieve the accomplishment of reaching the peak of the mountain each year. The cost to climb this treacherous mountain ranges from $33,000 to $166,000. The burning question is: where does all the […] Climbing Breya Bergom | August 10, 2021 4 Comments
Highest Known Wedding Proposal on Top of the World as Climber Proposes on the Summit of Mount Everest Andrew Hughes reached the summit of Mount Everest on the morning of May 23rd, 2021, at 10:10 a.m. Standing atop the highest mountain in the world at 29,032-feet he reached into an inner pocket, pulled out a small orange flag, and dropped to his knees as he unfurled the flag which upon it read, “Lauren will you marry me?” Related: Man […] Climbing CragBrains | July 8, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mount Everest Climbers Can Only Stand and Watch as Huge Avalanche Barrels Toward Their Camp This frightening video captures the moment a huge avalanche stops just short of burying this group as they set up camp on Mount Everest. Part of the trail on the world’s highest mountain collapsed, triggering the slide that headed straight toward them. Related: Ongoing Pandemic Fails to Deter Conga Line Traffic On Everest The group was doing a summit rotation […] Avalanche AvyBrains | June 11, 2021 0 Comments
Ongoing Pandemic Fails to Deter Conga Line Traffic On Everest The ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which emerged into the global spotlight 18 months ago, is still raging around the world and continues to disrupt all avenues of life. However, one thing that it has not disrupted is the infamous traffic on the slopes of Mt. Everest. Photos of the crowded ridges and faces of the climb to the top of the world […] Climbing Clay Malott | June 8, 2021 1 Comment
US Singer/Songwriter Mike Posner Summited Mount Everest Yesterday Yesterday, Mike Posner, the pop singer-songwriter announced on Twitter that he had just summited Mount Everest. The climb was the culmination of 18 months of training and weeks of high-altitude hiking. This morning at 4:35 am, Dawa Chirring Sherpa, Jon Kedrowski, Dawa Dorje Sherpa and Mike Posner summited Mt Everest. That’s what I call a sunrise. We are now back at […] Climbing CragBrains | June 2, 2021 0 Comments