Then came a second rumble, from the opposite direction. “[The second rumble] got louder and louder as well. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty ImagesScarred by the experience of his first climb, Davidson wrestled with the decision to return to the mountain. “Mentally, I knew how serious it was to climb Everest, having survived [the first attempt],” Davidson says. By the spring of 2017, at age 54, “I was in the best shape of my life,” he recalls, “the most mentally prepared for a serious climb.

Source: The Guardian May 24, 2021 09:00 UTC