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Aug 2023

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Mount Everest, the Reconnaissance of 192...

About this episode

Let's continue our sleepy sojourn to Everest and enjoy the flowers of Tibet, pursue timid gazelles, visit monasteries, endure a mutiny and a tragedy, and fire some drunken cooks. Adventurous!

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