The Climb: One Woman Faces Everest - Climbing to Everest Base Camp Just Before the Nepal Earthquake
In late March 2015, mountaineer Melissa Arnot set out to break a record by climbing Everest for a sixth time, this time without supplemental oxygen. Her plans quickly changed following the devastating earthquake that shook Nepal on April 25th. In this episode of The Climb, experience her trek to base camp, mere days before the earthquake, and meet the local sherpa that Arnot considers her Nepalese family.