Laramie resident Mark Jenkins recently returned to Wyoming after climbing Mount Everest. Jenkins is a travel writer for Outside Magazine and a contributor to National Geographic … and he joins us now to discuss his experience. He says Everest expeditions are long -- typically two months or even longer.
Laramie resident Mark Jenkins has reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Jenkins reached the summit of the world's highest mountain on Thursday. He called his wife by satellite phone from a lower camp a few hours later.
The University of Wyoming announced Jenkins' achievement. He first attempted to climb the mountain in 1986 when he was a graduate student at the university. He's a writer-in-residence for the UW master's degree program in creative writing.
