During a deadly spring, Roxanne Vogel completed a “lightning ascent” that cut the length of the journey by more than half.
Roxanne Vogel, left, and climbing guide Lydia Bradey at the summit of Mount Everest. By Jacob Bogage Jacob Bogage National sports writer and blogger Email Bio Follow May 28 at 2:05 PM Nearly as difficult as summiting Mount Everest for Roxanne Vogel was coordinating in a mere number of hours her trip home, a task like something out of a “Mission Impossible” movie mixed with developing-world air travel.
Vogel scaled the mountain with guide Lydia Bradey and Sherpas Mingma Tshering and Pasang Tendi using a new “lightning ascent” protocol that cut the time needed to climb Everest — by most accounts, two months to acclimate to the oxygen levels at new heights and trek up the slopes by foot — more than in half.Vogel spent three years training for the journey by climbing other peaks and maintaining physical fitness.
Traffic on Everest reached historic and tragic proportions this year as dozens of climbers lined up on the Nepal side of the mountain to summit the peak. Experienced climbers call the area the “death zone” because even with supplemental oxygen, even the most experienced climbers can only survive for a number of hours. Eleven people have died climbing Everest in 2019, nine on the Nepali side.
“You just kind of have to put your life on hold,” she said. “You can’t go anywhere or do anything. You’re just there waiting. And with the training and prep, you have to be super meticulous. Not everyone can do that.”Vogel started mountaineering in 2012 when she trekked to Everest base camp. She was recently divorced and searching for something outside her comfort zone. When she reached camp, she looked up at the rest of the mountain and thought, “I want to go higher,” she said.
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