Devon Lévesque

They let their locals go up first, and they're not that inviting to Westerners, and that's just what it is. It's a pretty known fact. Right. And if it's not, well, this podcast will tell. There it is. Climb the Nepal side. Yeah, definitely climb. I mean, it's crazy how they treat us, but- Anyway, so we somehow managed to get a permit on the Nepal side. We get to base camp.

They let their locals go up first, and they're not that inviting to Westerners, and that's just what it is. It's a pretty known fact. Right. And if it's not, well, this podcast will tell. There it is. Climb the Nepal side. Yeah, definitely climb. I mean, it's crazy how they treat us, but- Anyway, so we somehow managed to get a permit on the Nepal side. We get to base camp.

And now we have to redo all of our logistics because we don't have a team out here. We don't have our tents. We don't have... It's kind of a free-for-all. We don't have support. And so we were kind of... We're in a little ruckus for a week or so. Finally get a window to go up the Kumbo Icefall.

And now we have to redo all of our logistics because we don't have a team out here. We don't have our tents. We don't have... It's kind of a free-for-all. We don't have support. And so we were kind of... We're in a little ruckus for a week or so. Finally get a window to go up the Kumbo Icefall.

And now we have to redo all of our logistics because we don't have a team out here. We don't have our tents. We don't have... It's kind of a free-for-all. We don't have support. And so we were kind of... We're in a little ruckus for a week or so. Finally get a window to go up the Kumbo Icefall.

The Kumbo Icefall is one of the scariest places on earth because you have these thousand foot deep crevasses. Ice can fall at any time. There's avalanches all around you. You have to go in the middle of the night because if you are middle of day, you're It could cause melting, which would then increase the likelihood of bicycles falling on you. So a lot of variables are going into it.

The Kumbo Icefall is one of the scariest places on earth because you have these thousand foot deep crevasses. Ice can fall at any time. There's avalanches all around you. You have to go in the middle of the night because if you are middle of day, you're It could cause melting, which would then increase the likelihood of bicycles falling on you. So a lot of variables are going into it.

The Kumbo Icefall is one of the scariest places on earth because you have these thousand foot deep crevasses. Ice can fall at any time. There's avalanches all around you. You have to go in the middle of the night because if you are middle of day, you're It could cause melting, which would then increase the likelihood of bicycles falling on you. So a lot of variables are going into it.

Go up the Kumbo Icefall at, say, 11 p.m. Takes about five, six, seven hours to get through it. Exhausting. There's cliffs. There's... I mean, the first time I went through it, I messed up. And I told myself... I was like, I don't need to eat that much. Like... I'm just going to get sick at altitude. And so I didn't eat. And I got really, really sick for not eating. So nutrition is big on Everest.

Go up the Kumbo Icefall at, say, 11 p.m. Takes about five, six, seven hours to get through it. Exhausting. There's cliffs. There's... I mean, the first time I went through it, I messed up. And I told myself... I was like, I don't need to eat that much. Like... I'm just going to get sick at altitude. And so I didn't eat. And I got really, really sick for not eating. So nutrition is big on Everest.

Go up the Kumbo Icefall at, say, 11 p.m. Takes about five, six, seven hours to get through it. Exhausting. There's cliffs. There's... I mean, the first time I went through it, I messed up. And I told myself... I was like, I don't need to eat that much. Like... I'm just going to get sick at altitude. And so I didn't eat. And I got really, really sick for not eating. So nutrition is big on Everest.

Finally, we get out of the Kumbo Icefall. You go up to Camp 3. You hang out there for a sec. You come all the way back down. That's rotation number one. If you do it correct, you can acclimate. And then you make for a summit push maybe a week later. It's pretty wild, man. And so... I come back down to base camp. We go up from camp two to camp three, which is 22 ish thousand feet to 23 and a half.

Finally, we get out of the Kumbo Icefall. You go up to Camp 3. You hang out there for a sec. You come all the way back down. That's rotation number one. If you do it correct, you can acclimate. And then you make for a summit push maybe a week later. It's pretty wild, man. And so... I come back down to base camp. We go up from camp two to camp three, which is 22 ish thousand feet to 23 and a half.

Finally, we get out of the Kumbo Icefall. You go up to Camp 3. You hang out there for a sec. You come all the way back down. That's rotation number one. If you do it correct, you can acclimate. And then you make for a summit push maybe a week later. It's pretty wild, man. And so... I come back down to base camp. We go up from camp two to camp three, which is 22 ish thousand feet to 23 and a half.

It was a big storm that came in. And so a hundred people were making a, you know, a jump for summit that day. And everyone started coming back down. And I told Jen, Jen and I, and John, I was like, man, let's just go up. I was like, I think the storm's going to pass. John's like, I kind of do too. Chen Jin's like, it's up to you guys. Let's go.

It was a big storm that came in. And so a hundred people were making a, you know, a jump for summit that day. And everyone started coming back down. And I told Jen, Jen and I, and John, I was like, man, let's just go up. I was like, I think the storm's going to pass. John's like, I kind of do too. Chen Jin's like, it's up to you guys. Let's go.

It was a big storm that came in. And so a hundred people were making a, you know, a jump for summit that day. And everyone started coming back down. And I told Jen, Jen and I, and John, I was like, man, let's just go up. I was like, I think the storm's going to pass. John's like, I kind of do too. Chen Jin's like, it's up to you guys. Let's go.

And so we all, we all proceeded up, ended up getting to camp three safely. The storm did pass, but I mean, it was 50 mile per hour winds. It was, I mean, it was terrifying. And it wasn't storming. It wasn't supposed to storm in the weather forecast. It just boom out of nowhere, 50 mile per hour winds, negative 10, 15 degrees. And you're just, you're in this blizzard and,

And so we all, we all proceeded up, ended up getting to camp three safely. The storm did pass, but I mean, it was 50 mile per hour winds. It was, I mean, it was terrifying. And it wasn't storming. It wasn't supposed to storm in the weather forecast. It just boom out of nowhere, 50 mile per hour winds, negative 10, 15 degrees. And you're just, you're in this blizzard and,

And so we all, we all proceeded up, ended up getting to camp three safely. The storm did pass, but I mean, it was 50 mile per hour winds. It was, I mean, it was terrifying. And it wasn't storming. It wasn't supposed to storm in the weather forecast. It just boom out of nowhere, 50 mile per hour winds, negative 10, 15 degrees. And you're just, you're in this blizzard and,