Novice Climber/Blogger Tackles 23,494-Foot Peak

Yesterday GearJunkie published an interview with attorney and blogger Sara Lingafelter (RockClimberGirl.com), who just returned from the Nepal-Tibet border, where she attempted to climb Mount Pumori. The most remarkable part: she’d never climbed more than 10,000 feet before.

“There were two ‘hardest things’ for me. One was sitting at base camp, listening to the guys up on the mountain on the radio say their goodnights, and then listening to avalanches and rock falls all night (Nuptse was really active while we were up there). I worried until I heard the “all clear” in the morning. Most of us had really vivid, usually terrible, dreams while we were at altitude.”