Posted:Jun 8, 2023 / 05:04 PM EDT
Updated: Jun 8, 2023 / 05:04 PM EDT
https://www.mywabashvalley.com/news/local-news/whats-next-after-you-climb-mt-everest/
DUGGER, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) – Lonnie Bedwell enjoys the warmth of an 80-plus degree day outside his home in Dugger.
“I’ll take this, yeah, big time,” Lonnie Bedwell laughed.
The blind Sullivan County veteran spent more than a month climbing to the top of the world’s tallest peak, Mt. Everest. Temperatures on Everest remain below freezing and often are in negative numbers. Just one of the potentially deadly encounters climbers face.
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“Here were these guys carrying this one lady,” Bedwell said. “She didn’t know where she was at. She was limp, incoherent.”Bedwell trains to climb Mt. Everest
And while Bedwell is an experienced climber, he says there were still times he wanted to turn around, but did not share those thoughts with…
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