Good night, insomniacs. Keep climbing.
Good evening, beautiful insomniacs, and welcome to Nova After Dark, where we celebrate the people who did impossible things while the rest of us were sleeping—or in this case, hyperventilating into a paper bag. So tonight we’re talking about Junko Tabei, who in 1975 became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. And look, I want to be clear about something: this was genuinely historic. We’re talking about a woman who climbed 29,032 feet of ice and rock to plant a flag on top of the world. Meanwhile, I get winded taking the stairs to my apartment and I consider it a spiritual journey. ...