{"id":175261,"date":"2022-02-08T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=175261"},"modified":"2022-02-08T12:08:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T20:08:24","slug":"climbing-everest-with-eddie-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/climbing-everest-with-eddie-taylor","title":{"rendered":"Climbing Everest with Eddie Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/5251f036-f0ed-4c91-ae49-e974ecca0715?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/climbing-everest-with-eddie-taylor\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This spring, Eddie Taylor will be one of the climbers making history on the first all-Black team to attempt to summit Mount Everest. Their trek is called The Full Circle Everest Expedition. By day, Eddie is a high school Chemistry teacher and track coach in Colorado, but before work and on the weekends, he\u2019s out scaling rock faces or ice climbing frozen waterfalls. Now, he is embarking on a new type of adventure \u2014 Eddie, eight other Black climbers, and two support staff will start their two month trip to Everest. In this episode, he talks about their preparations and what it takes to climb the tallest mountain in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect with Eddie &amp; the Full Circle expedition:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fullcircleeverest.com\/\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fullcircleeverest\">Facebook<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fullcircle2022\">Twitter<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alldayeddie\/\">Instagram &#8211; Eddie Taylor<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fullcircleeverest\/\">Instagram &#8211; Full Circle Expedition<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript This spring, Eddie Taylor will be one of the climbers making history on the first all-Black team to attempt to summit Mount Everest. Their trek is called The Full Circle Everest Expedition. 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