Introducing "The Rest of Everest" podcast.

This is Ted posting. I wanted to introduce those who might be interested to a podcast that I have been following for awhile now. For me, this podcast is the closest thing I will get to seeing and experiencing some of the things Lucille is seeing. The word "Podcast" is a morphing of "iPod" and "Broadcast" and are typically audio or video content designed to be delivered to iPods. But they can also be viewed on your computer.

Jon Miller is a videographer. He accompanied Ben Clark, then the youngest American to summit Everest at age 23, to the Tibetan side of Everest in 2003. The footage he captured was made into a documentary film called "Everest: The Other Side". Jon then started a podcast with all of the rest of the footage that didn't necessarily make it into the film, hence the name "The Rest of Everest"

He then returned with a buddy in 2007 and travelled to the Tibetan base camp, capturing more content for his podcast. And then last year, he partnered with another podcaster, Chris Marquardt. Chris has a podcast called "Tips from the Top Floor", about all things in digital photography. The 2009 trek is a photography workshop while trekking to the Everest Base camp on the Nepal side, and follows the same route that Lucille has just taken to arrive at base camp.

Jon recommends that you go all the way back to episode 000 to watch his podcast, and although I have done that, you are in for hours and hours of video if you do. You are welcome to do that if you want, but I have picked out a few episodes that I think readers of Lucille's blog might enjoy. That said, if you jump in here and there, you might be feeling that the content is a little out of context.

Before you follow the links below, if you are an iTunes user, these podcasts are available for free download on iTunes, and that is how I would recommend you acquire them. You can always download iTunes too, if you don't already have it. Otherwise, go to Jon's web site, and look for the following episodes.

Everest Trek 2009 Teaser - This is a summary of the trek to base camp and back.

The 2009 Trek to Everest Base Camp officially begins at Episode 114.

Episode 129 - includes a segment on the Climbers Memorial close to Lobouche.

Episode 134 - Base Camp.

Episode 135 - More Base Camp.

And Lucille is speaking of the Puja ceremony that they will hold on Monday. See the following two examples from the podcast.

Episode 15 - 2003 Puja Ceremony North Side.

Episode 86 - 2007 Puja Ceremony North Side.