Everest, Alone, In Winter, No Oxygen, with Jost Kobusch

Jost is a German mountaineer who spent two seasons on Everest trying to ascend the legendarily difficult West Ridge route and the Hornbein Couloir alone, without oxygen, and in the middle of the brutal Himalayan winter.

We covered a TON of topics in this conversation, including

Why do things the hardest way?
His closest call in the mountains
The dangers of the Khumbu Icefall
Getting hit by an avalanche at Everest Base Camp
His preferred diet for performance at high altitude
Training for high altitude
Dealing with injuries
And more

Watch Jost's film Alone on Youtube:    • Jost Kobusch - ALONE (english version)  

This was episode 392 of The Strenuous Life Podcast. If you'd like to subscribe to audio-only form this podcast please find it at the links below:

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And finally, please check out my new book “Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic” on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Indigo/Chapters, or your local bookstore! It was an incredibly difficult journey, but I think it turned into a pretty good book! https://www.amazon.com/Perseverance-D...

Cheers,
Stephan Kesting