00:00Both of my parents have actually climbed Everest before.
00:03They raised my brother and I just with a big value for outdoor experience.
00:19I had it always in the back of my mind ever since I was really little,
00:23but I hadn't done enough climbing to sort of understand what that really means
00:29to climb Everest.
00:46The start of the Everest expedition is a trek from to Everest base camp,
00:50which a lot of people do.
00:52So it's about 10 days of hiking.
00:59Once we reach camp three, we need to start using the bottled oxygen because there is such
01:15little oxygen up there.
01:17And even when we use the bottled oxygen, it doesn't feel like it's really doing much.
01:22It's still, it feels horrible really.
01:25You're in what's called the death zone above 8,000 meters.
01:43And that's just where no human can really survive for an extended period of time.
01:49Just because there is such little oxygen.
01:52There's only about 30% of the oxygen that there is down here.
02:05Climbing up this steep face, there's wind blowing snow everywhere.
02:11I couldn't see anything, it's pitch black because the sun had just set.
02:28I didn't want to risk my hands or my toes or my life for just a potential summit of Everest.
02:34And I knew I wanted to keep climbing for the rest of my life.
02:37I didn't want to, you know, risk not being able to climb again.
02:51My face looked very, very burnt.
02:54It looked very dark on my cheeks because of all of the snow blowing on my face
02:59and just sort of burning my skin a little bit.
03:01I did not expect them to sort of get as many views as they did.
03:17And it just makes me so happy that more people and more girls are getting out in the outdoors
03:22and challenging themselves and doing something new.
03:25And I think that, yeah, that really, really means a lot to me.
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