Training For the
TOP
OF THE
WORLD
T
he one piece of advice that Laurie Skreslet, the first
Canadian to summit Mount Everest, offered Calgar-
ian John Oldring before he attempted his own Everest
climb in 2015 was, “get through the Khumbu Icefall
as quickly as you can.”Last May, Calgarian
John Oldring (below
and right) became the
second-oldest Canadian
to summit Mount Everest.DETOURS
Photography courtesy of John Oldring 23
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