What's the Chance That Jost Will Die on Everest?

In last week’s episode, Jost Kobusch, a 32-year-old German mountaineer who summited Denali in winter, said he had a 20% chance of summiting Everest in winter, alone, without supplemental oxygen, and following a rarely climbed route, the dangerous West Ridge.

In today’s episode, I begin by asking him for his odds of death.

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Timeline

00:00 Chance of dying

03:40 Climbing in the dark

08:45 Getting to base camp

12:30 Lessons from previous Everest climbs

15:30 Biggest worry

18:30 Acclimatization technology

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