Instead, it reveals how embracing change, challenge, and uncertainty prepares anyone to face their next Everest in life. But this story is not about conquering the world's highest peak. Davidson's background in geology and environmental science makes him uniquely qualified to explain why the seismic threats lurking beneath Nepal are even greater today. Suspenseful and engrossing, The Next Everest portrays the experience of living through the biggest disaster to ever hit the mountain. But in the face of risk and uncertainty, he returned in 2017 and finally achieved his dream of reaching the summit.

The experience left him shaken, and despite his thirty-three years of climbing and serving as an expedition leader, he wasn't sure that he would ever go back. After spending two unsettling days stranded on Everest, Davidson's team was rescued by helicopter. He takes us inside his tent as he and his tentmate thought an avalanche would take their lives. But Jim does more than tell an earthquake story. That day also became the deadliest in the history of Everest, with eighteen people losing their lives on the mountain. Reading Jim’s description of the harrowing events, rescues, courage, and loss of life brought back vivid memories. Davidson shares both of his Everest experiences and how we can all use resilience to survive challenges in his book, The Next Everest. It was the largest earthquake in Nepal in eighty-one years and killed nearly 8,900 people. Suspenseful and engrossing, The Next Everest portrays the experience of living through the biggest disaster to ever hit the mountain. On April 25, 2015, Jim Davidson was climbing Mount Everest when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake released avalanches all around him and his team, destroying their only escape route and trapping them at nearly 20,000 feet.

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