{"podcast":{"title":"The Podcast on alanarnette.com","slug":"the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790","podcast_index_feed_id":2136790,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/517727ec/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.alanarnette.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/13567635/13567635-1621121634228-21f563bcb9191.jpg","author":"Alan Arnette","episode_count":197,"summary":"Alan Arnette is a renowned mountaineer and Alzheimer's advocate. He is well-known in the mountaineering community for his extensive climbing experience and his blog at alanarnette.com, which chronicles his expeditions and provides insights into mountaineering. He summited Mount Everest in 2011, Mount Manaslu in 2013, and K2 in 2014 at 58, making him the 18th and oldest American to summit the second-highest peak in the world. https://www.alanarnette.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T20:17:18.605086+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790"},"episode":{"title":"Everest 2026: Climbers to Watch this Season - Weekend Update","slug":"everest-2026-climbers-to-watch-this-season-weekend-update","published_at":"2026-03-29T22:52:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790/everest-2026-climbers-to-watch-this-season-weekend-update","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alan-arnette1/episodes/Everest-2026-Climbers-to-Watch-this-Season---Weekend-Update-e3h55h4","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/517727ec/podcast/play/117658596/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-29%2F421010081-44100-2-d677234831c7c.mp3","summary":"Everest Base Camp is taking shape as two more of Nepal's eight 8,000-meter peaks see climbers arriving at their bases. This year, there are several interesting climbers to watch beyond the hundreds of aspirants on commercial teams. Remember, China closed climbing on its three 8,000ers—Everest, Cho Oyu, and Shishapangma—throughout all of spring. Climb On! Alan Memories are Everything https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2026/03/26/everest-2026-climbers-to-watch-this-season/","meta_description":"Everest Base Camp is taking shape as two more of Nepal's eight 8,000-meter peaks see climbers arriving at their bases. This year, there are several intere…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1011,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790/episodes/everest-2026-climbers-to-watch-this-season-weekend-update/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790/everest-2026-climbers-to-watch-this-season-weekend-update.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}