The Next Everest, Jim Davidson
The Next Everest, Jim Davidson
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The Next Everest
Surviving the Mountain's Deadliest Day and Finding the Resilience to Climb Again

Author: Jim Davidson

Narrator: Jim Davidson, Tim Campbell

Unabridged: 12 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/20/2021


Synopsis

This program includes excerpts read by the author.

One of Atlas & Boots' Top 10 Adventure Travel Books of 2021

A dramatic account of the deadly earthquake on Everest—and a return to reach the summit.

On April 25, 2015, Jim Davidson was climbing Mount Everest when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake released avalanches all around him and his team, destroying their only escape route and trapping them at nearly 20,000 feet. It was the largest earthquake in Nepal in eighty-one years and killed about 8,900 people. That day also became the deadliest in the history of Everest, with eighteen people losing their lives on the mountain.

After spending two unsettling days stranded on Everest, Davidson's team was rescued by helicopter. The experience left him shaken, and despite his thirty-three years of climbing and serving as an expedition leader, he wasn’t sure that he would ever go back. But in the face of risk and uncertainty, he returned in 2017 and finally achieved his dream of reaching the summit.

Suspenseful and engrossing, The Next Everest portrays the experience of living through the biggest disaster to ever hit the mountain. Davidson's background in geology and environmental science makes him uniquely qualified to explain how this natural disaster unfolded and why the seismic threats lurking beneath Nepal are even greater today. But this story is not about “conquering” the world’s highest peak. Instead, it reveals how embracing change, challenge, and uncertainty prepares anyone to face their “next Everest” in life.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

"Among all outdoor pursuits, climbing mountains offers the purest, most direct challenge. Jim Davidson weaves his experiences with avalanches, crevasse falls, earthquakes, altitude, frostbite, and other Himalayan hazards into an exciting, sometimes somber introspective narrative, describing not just how he survives climbing the highest mountains in the world, but more importantly, why he must go again and again."--Roman Dial, author of The Adventurer’s Son

About Jim Davidson

Jim Davidson is an accomplished high-altitude climber, motivational speaker, and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Ledge. Along with his teammates, he has been commended twice by the U.S. National Park Service for volunteering on risky and remote mountain rescues. He has inspired audiences across the United States and internationally through his business, Speaking of Adventure. Davidson has two adventurous children and lives in Colorado with his wife.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brandon on February 19, 2021

Having trained his whole life to tackle Mount Everest, on April 15th, 2015 veteran climber Jim Davidson found himself on the mountain when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake would strike resulting in the deadliest day in its history.  Escaping intact, Jim would spend the next two years wondering if his drea......more

Goodreads review by Alexa on October 15, 2021

Eh, it's a solid 3.5? But I've read a lot of Everest books and specifically I adore Into Thin Air so my bar is high. The pacing really drags in parts, bogged down by repetitive minutia and I wished more than once for an editor to have reined in the narrative places, by explaining "hey once you've pa......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on April 30, 2023

The Next Everest: Surviving the Mountain's Deadliest Day and Finding the Resilience to Climb Again is a powerful memoir by Jim Davidson. I listened to it on audiobook and Tim Campbell did a fabulous job of narration. The audiobook is interspersed with Go Pro audio recordings from Jim Campbell during......more

Goodreads review by Toni on February 19, 2021

Surviving the Mountain’s Deadliest day and Finding the Resilience to Climb Again What a stunning true story of adventure, disaster and resilience. Jim Davidson, a high altitude climber shares gripping adventures from summiting Mount Everest, surviving earthquakes, avalanches and escaping alone from d......more

Goodreads review by Geraldine (geraldinereads) on May 13, 2021

Jim Davidson survived one of the deadliest days on Mt. Everest on April 25, 2015. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit while he was climbing Mt. Everest with his team. After his experience, he didn't think he'd ever build up the strength to go back. He finally returned in 2017 to face Mt. Everest once aga......more