To commemorate 45 years since Doug Scott and Dougal Haston became the first Britons to summit Mt. Everest, Community Action Nepal (CAN) created a Virtual Everest Challenge 2020 that anyone could take part in from the comfort of their home. In honour of this anniversary and CAN’s initiative, I documented myself completing the challenge in a short Youtube video, while also talking about some interesting Everest climbing facts.

In this blog, I expand a bit more on the 5 surprising facts about Evere...