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Monday January 17, 2022
KZMU News
English - January 17, 2022 19:37 - 9 minutes - 8.82 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This year, a group of mountain climbers hopes to make history as the first all-Black team to summit Mt. Everest. Known as Full Circle Everest, the team says they want to inspire the next generation of outdoor enthusiasts and mountaineers of color ‘to continue chasing their personal summits.’ Today on the news, our radio partners speak with team leader and southwest Colorado resident Phil Henderson about this historic planned ascent of the world’s highest mountain.
Show Notes:
Photo: The Full Circle Everest Expedition team, pictured atop Washington's Mount Rainier in July 2021, hopes to summit Mount Everest in 2022.
Full Circle Everest
https://www.fullcircleeverest.com/who-we-are
KSUT: Meet the southwest Colorado man leading the first all-Black expedition to the summit of Mt. Everest
https://www.ksut.org/2021-12-24/meet-the-southwest-colorado-man-leading-the-first-all-black-expedition-to-the-summit-of-mt-everest