Aussie mountaineer Allie Pepper is attempting to climb the world’s 14 highest peaks without supplemental oxygen in just two years. At time of writing, Allie Pepper has ticked Broad Peak, Manaslu, Annapurna 1, and Makalu.
With her extensive experience in mountaineering and guiding, Allie used some of her downtime over summer (if you can call her intensive training schedule “downtime”) to produce a guide to climbing Everest. The ebook dives into the mental side of preparation, exploring motivation, mindset, principles and values. Would-be climbers are urged to consider what truly drives them, and how they might respond to critical incidents on the mountain. Allie covers the physical skills readers will need to reach the summit, but goes beyond that to delve into the technical skills climbers must learn to reduce risk to their guides and others on the mountain.
The focus is less about encouraging people to head to the world’s highest peak, and more about ensuring that those who do have the knowledge to do so safely and in a way that respects the mountain, the Nepalese culture and the Sherpa who guide them.
So if Allie’s adventures have inspired you, read on! In this Updates From Altitude special we bring you a selection of guidance from the ebook—applicable to any mountaineering goals.
Allie uses three different names for the world’s greatest mountain. What are they and where are they from?
Chomolungma—the Tibetan name which means “Goddess Mother of the World” or “Holy Mother”.
—the Nepali name which translates as
