2016-01-20 Recorded on January 10th, 2016: Back in Ningbo after my USA trip. Returning to China I'm trying to figure out how to spend the next 75 days before I start my summit attempt of Mount Everest. Its important to get in the best possible shape, while still caring for my knee. But it's a little hard to find the fuel and direction. Maybe it's the Chinese smog getting to my head.

2016-05-08 Well, tomorrow I start the big ascent up Everest. Let me bring you up to speed on what has been going on and give you a bit of a read on how I am feeling, about to venture to the top of the world. This was the last podcast i recorded in this series. If you are interested in the rest of the story you can watch my daily vlog episodes on my youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/JaYoeNation

2016-04-12 Here I am! Everest Base Camp. Slightly worse for ware. The altitude has finally gotten to me.

2016-04-19 An eventful morning, full of celebration, blessings for the team, new news about the future of the expedition and a lot of fun!

2016-04-14 A quiet discussion before bed in my tent, of the camp, the goings on, my health and the near future of the climb.

2016-03-30 I finally got to meet my team leader with Adventures Global, Ronnie Muhl. He just returned to Kathmandu after leading a large group of parents and high school kids from South Africa on a trek to Base Camp. While meeting with them, the infamous Billi Bierling visited with us, and told us about her amazing job cataloging all those venturing out into the adventurous wilds of the Nepalese Himalayan mountains.

2016-03-25 Made it! I am in Kathmandu. Long day of flying and airports. Im glad to be here and ready to get focused on the mission at hand. The hotel is comfortable, and I an planning to rest up after an extremely early morning.

2016-03-20 With Everest only a few days away, I am trying to wrap up things, and make sure Everest is going to be a great success without worry. I have also started a new project, the JY_VLOG, which will fit into the Travelogue, Podcast, and other content I have created. I think it will be a good fit. Training almost finished, I also bring in my trainer Xu to talk with the podcast, and give his insight into how he has been preparing my body for the mountain.

2016-03-20 While I work to conquer the tallest mountain in the world, my little Eva will be maturing in Anny’s belly. So if I cannot be there to talk to her in this important growing stage in her life, I will instead create her own special podcast, full of sounds of my voice, lessons in life, and soothing children’s songs This is a podcast I think most of you can skip, but I put it up nonetheless for you to listen to if you want. It's up to you.

2016-02-26 As days creep ever closer to Everest, I am starting to take stock of where I am at. My training is progressing every day feeling a little stronger. My heath is getting checked. At the time of this recording I received a full body check, with a PET scan coming up next Monday to make sure there isn’t anything catastrophic going on anywhere. My website is coming together, as it must in order to be ready for when I leave for Kathmandu on the 24th And my apprehension for the size and scope of climbing Mount Everest came on strong just as I got a sorely necessary reality check from the team at Adventures Global.