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"In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceived his own crazy, beautiful plan: he would fly a Gipsy Moth airplane from England to Everest, crash land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit – all utterly alone. Publisher: Avid Reader Press Book Cover and Author headshot images provided by the author’s representative. 00:00 - Show Opening 01:07 - Searching Spirit - Dirty Projectors 01:16 - Episode Intro 02:42 - Searching Spirit (Cont’d) - Dirty Projectors 03:41 - Interview with Ed Caesar, Part 1 21:47 - Por Qué No - Dirty Projectors 23:25 - Interview with Ed Caesar, Part 2 43:17 - My Possession - Dirty Projectors 43:47 - Episode Outro 45:25 - My Possession (Cont’d) - Dirty Projectors 46:25 - Outro 46:56 - Finish "