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2 episodes with mount elbrus
2 episodes with mount elbrus
2 episodes with mount elbrus
2 episodes with mount elbrus
2 episodes with mount elbrus
2 episodes with mount elbrus
2 episodes with mount elbrus
Året er 1888 og engelske Albert Mummery vil forsøge at blive den første, der når toppen på det mere end 5200 meter høje bjerg Dykh Tau - det stejleste og næsthøjeste bjerg i Kaukasus. Tidens sidste store udfordring. Mummery var kernen af The Silver Age of Mountaineering og repræsenterede den nye tid og de bjergbestigere, der ønskede at klatre på egen hånd. Og ad de mest vanskeligste ruter. Men i London sad der en gruppe ældre hærdede bjergbestigere og fulgte med i Mummerys bedrifter. De var samlede i verdens første bjergbestigerklub; den hæderkronede Alpine Club. Hvorfor mødte Mummery så meget modstand fra de gamle i klubben? Og fik han overbevist de ældre om, at hans tilgang var fremtiden?Medvirkende: Søren Smidt, medlem af Eventyrernes Klub. Søren er fascineret af Kaukasus og har klatret flere bjerge dernede, blandt andet det højeste bjerg i Europa, Mount Elbrus, hvor han har været på toppen tre gange.
In this inspiring episode of A Cup of Joe, host Joe Morton sits down with Dan Christopherson, president of Pinnacle West and founder of 12 Finger Outdoor Adventure. Dan shares his journey from a passion for the outdoors to a career in experiential leadership development and guiding transformative adventures. Together, they explore the power of mentorship, the importance of pushing beyond comfort zones, and the lessons learned through nature's challenges—from ice climbing to summiting Mount Elbrus. Tune in for a heartfelt discussion on growth, gratitude, and finding purpose through life's peaks and valleys. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kerry Lutz and Grace Vandecruze discussed the concept of adversity and its transformative power. Grace shared her personal experiences of overcoming adversity, including losing her family home to flames and climbing Mount Elbrus. The conversation also touched on the importance of resilience, determination, and courage in achieving success, both in personal and professional contexts. Grace also discussed her approach to client relationships in the insurance industry, emphasizing the importance of financial security and empowerment, and the need to address childhood money memories. Finally, the conversation ended with Kerry expressing his admiration for Grace's journey and plans to read her book, "Homeless to Millionaire, Six Keys to Uplift Your Financial Abundance." Find Grace here: graceglobalcapital.com Get her book here: financialabundancewithgrace.com Find Kerry here: FSN and here: inflation.cafe
In this episode Steve and Kev were joined by adventurer James Lees who guides us through his extraordinary journey climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Elbrus! Full of laughs and drama, we think you'll love this episode almost a much as we loved being in the studio to hear it! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thestevecalisshow/message
Our host Raha speaks with Producer Juliette (who creates Quality of Life) in this special episode!They speak from the coast of Saudi Arabia at the opening ceremony of the Community Championship, where Raha was keynote speaker. She shares her answers to the questions we ask guests every week, is completely honest about her battles and the moments that have shaped her; from being the youngest Arab and the first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest, to climbing Kilimanjaro, Mount Vinson, Mount Elbrus, Aconcagua, Kala Pattar, Pico de Orizaba and Tajamulco - and building her own business.اليوم، تتحدث رها مع المنتجة جولييت، التي تنتج "جودة الحياة"، في حلقة خاصة!يتحدثون من سواحل المملكة العربية السعودية في حفل افتتاح بطولة المجتمع، حيث كانت رها المتحدثة الرئيسية.تشارك تجاربها وتجيب على الأسئلة التي نطرحها على الضيوف كل أسبوع، وتكون صريحة تمامًا بشأن معاركها واللحظات التي شكلتها؛ بدءًا من أن تكون أصغر عربية وأول امرأة سعودية تتسلق جبل إيفرست، إلى تسلق جبل كليمانجارو، وجبل فينسون، وجبل إلبروس، وأكونكاجوا، وكالا باتار، وبيكو دي أوريزابا، وتاهامولكو - وبناء أعمالها الخاصة. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our host Raha speaks with Producer Juliette (who creates Quality of Life) in this special episode!They speak from the coast of Saudi Arabia at the opening ceremony of the Community Championship, where Raha was keynote speaker. She shares her answers to the questions we ask guests every week, is completely honest about her battles and the moments that have shaped her; from being the youngest Arab and the first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest, to climbing Kilimanjaro, Mount Vinson, Mount Elbrus, Aconcagua, Kala Pattar, Pico de Orizaba and Tajamulco - and building her own business.اليوم، تتحدث رها مع المنتجة جولييت، التي تنتج "جودة الحياة"، في حلقة خاصة!يتحدثون من سواحل المملكة العربية السعودية في حفل افتتاح بطولة المجتمع، حيث كانت رها المتحدثة الرئيسية.تشارك تجاربها وتجيب على الأسئلة التي نطرحها على الضيوف كل أسبوع، وتكون صريحة تمامًا بشأن معاركها واللحظات التي شكلتها؛ بدءًا من أن تكون أصغر عربية وأول امرأة سعودية تتسلق جبل إيفرست، إلى تسلق جبل كليمانجارو، وجبل فينسون، وجبل إلبروس، وأكونكاجوا، وكالا باتار، وبيكو دي أوريزابا، وتاهامولكو - وبناء أعمالها الخاصة. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What's in this episode:- Tools of emotional intelligence- How is leadership changing- Responding to tragedy- Showing up authentically- What role does empathy play in leadership?About Chuck:Chuck Garcia is the former head of Global Marketing at Bloomberg and the industry leader in executive training with Fortune 500 companies. He is the founder of Climb Leadership International and coaches executives on leadership development, public speaking, and emotional intelligence with his Climb Leadership Institute. His clients include Bloomberg, Bank of China, and J.P. Morgan in addition to other large and complex financial institutions worldwide. Chuck is a professional speaker and has given keynotes in over 20 countries, an Amazon best-selling author, and Talk Radio Host on New York's 77WABC of A CLIMB TO THE TOP: Stories of Transformation. He also teaches Leadership Communication at Columbia University's Graduate School of Engineering.A 25-year veteran of Wall Street, Chuck spent 14 years in sales and marketing at Bloomberg in a variety of leadership positions. He was Director of Business Development at BlackRock Solutions, an arm of the world's largest investment manager, and was a Managing Director at Citadel, a prestigious alternative investment manager. His Amazon best-selling book, A Climb to the Top, has been translated into Chinese and has been used to train Bank of China executives on Western leadership and communication methods. Chuck is also a mountaineer and has climbed some of the world's tallest peaks, including Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus, the Matterhorn, as well as mountains in Alaska and the Andes.Contact Chuck:LinkedIn: Chuck GarciaFacebook: @ChuckGarciaInstagram: @aclimbtothetopTwitter : @aclimbtothetopWebsite: chuckgarcia.comCatch the full video of this conversation: https://youtu.be/Zjn7oWWiQtgText BUZZ to (816) 727-7610 to connect directly with us and share your favorites from the episode or learn more about upcoming events and challenges happening in our industryJoin Weaver Sales Academy: https://www.weaversa.com/Follow Michael & Courtney on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mandcweaverInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mandcweaver/Youtube: https://youtu.be/Zjn7oWWiQtgMichael LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-weaver-a2940095Courtney LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtney-weaver-4b8139a0/
For this episode of The All-Around Adventure Podcast, I'm joined by my friend and fellow US Marine, Brie Burgett. Brie is the creator and author of the travel blog, The Brie Adventure, and she is one of the most versatile travelers and adventurers that I know! She's lived on three separate continents as an expatriate and has traveled to over 100 countries. Along with that, she is also a certified skydiver and SCUBA diver, and now she has her sights set on achieving amazing feats as a mountaineer. She's currently working towards her goal to reach the top of all Seven Summits. And as of the release of this episode, she's checked three off the list; Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mount Elbrus in Russia, and just before the recording of this episode, Aconcagua in Argentina! In this episode, Brie tells us about the places that she's lived and traveled to along the way. We also discuss a vast array of different travel and adventure topics. Including travel safety, country recommendations for new travelers, and some of our shared experiences in certain places and during certain activities. Such as the amazing Christmas markets in Germany and having to wake up in a tent and sleeping bag with the snow and cold winds blowing outside! Furthermore, she tells us about her time preparing for her summit bid of Aconcagua and what it was like for her on the mountain. As well as where she plans to head to next on her quest to reach all Seven Summits! To watch the video of our conversation, head over to the All-Around Adventure YouTube channel! Connect with Brie! www.thebrieadventure.com Instagram Thank you for listening! To hear more great episodes like this one, click here! Also, don't forget to head over to Apple Podcasts and leave us a good rating and review! You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Stitcher, and iHeartRadio. And don't forget to follow All-Around Adventure on these social media platforms: Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube And until next time; be safe, happy travels, and always move forward!
Sibusiso lives in Swaziland, South Africa. He was awarded by the South African president Thabo Mbeki the Order of Ikhamanga (bronze). Sibusiso is the first black person to complete the Three Pols Challenge, and the first African to have accomplished Explorers Grand Slam, an elite title earned by a handful around the world. He conquered all seven summits 1. Mount Kilimanjaro, 2. Mount Everest, South and North side, 3. Aconcagua, 4. Mount Elbrus, 5. Carstensz Pyramid, 6. Vinson Massif and 7. Denali/Mount McKinley. for this 3 climb of Everest he needs sponsors, I am first to donate, you can too. here is his email: sibusiso@sibueverest.co.za Sibusiso is also involved with numerous charitable associations. my email: eva@evatherelationshipmaker.com
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 644, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Fabrics And Textiles 1: Gauze is named for this Palestinian city where it's thought to have originated. Gaza. 2: In 552 Emperor Justinian sent 2 monks to China to discover the secret of this fabric. Silk. 3: The chief hair fiber used in textiles today comes from this kind of animal. Sheep. 4: A true Donegal type of this fabric will have flecks of many colors in the weave. Tweed. 5: Count Hilaire de Chardonnet is considered the father of this regenerated cellulose fiber. Rayon. Round 2. Category: Mountains 1: Air Force photos from 1949 show what some believe are the ruins of Noah's Ark on this Turkish mountain. Mount Ararat. 2: Though only 3 degrees south of the equator, this African mt.'s Kibu Peak is permanently covered in snow. Mount Kilamanjaro. 3: This Sicilian volcano has over 200 subsidiary cones. Etna. 4: This country's highest peak, Mount Elbrus, lies in the Caucasus Mountains on the Georgian border. Russia. 5: An Austrian and Italian portion of this system is called the Tyrol. the Alps. Round 3. Category: October Fest 1: This U.S. university was founded October 28, 1636. Harvard. 2: In late October 1922, he became premier of Italy. Benito Mussolini. 3: Martin Sheen played Bobby Kennedy in this 1974 TV movie about a crisis in Cuba. The Missiles of October. 4: This Middle Eastern president was assassinated while reviewing a military parade October 6, 1981. Anwar Sadat. 5: On October 21, 1520 this sailor entered the Chilean strait that today bears his name. Ferdinand Magellan. Round 4. Category: I Did It! 1: Florence Chadwick was the first woman to swim this in both directions; Gertrude Ederle swam it one way. the English Channel. 2: 13-year-old Rebecca Sealfon won it in 1997 by knowing euonym,E-U-O-N-Y-M. the National Spelling Bee. 3: Check it out! In 1972 he became the first American chess player to win the world championship. Bobby Fischer. 4: In 1957 this future astronaut set a speed record flying from L.A. to NYC in 3 hrs., 23 min., 8.4 sec.. John Glenn. 5: In 1884, the year of his death, he published the memoir "30 Years a Detective". (Allan) Pinkerton. Round 5. Category: The Computer Age 1: According to Moore's Law, named for a founder of Intel, these double in power roughly every 18 months. computer chips. 2: Dan Bricklin developed VISICALC, the first of these programs, similar to an accounting ledger. spreadsheet. 3: Coherent and Xenix are 2 of these, part of the abbreviation in the better-known MS-DOS. operating systems. 4: This programming language was named for calculating-machine inventor Blaise. PASCAL. 5: Among Internet users, the World Wide Web has surpassed the system named for this burrowing rodent. gopher. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
We are often not taught effective and compassionate leadership. The body is wired to keep you within your comfort zone so you'll need unwavering confidence in order to step into empathetic leadership. My first guest for the Heartbeat For Hire podcast is Chuck Garcia. Chuck aligns with my values in the importance of leading with empathy and compassionate leadership. He coaches based on the foundation that leadership competencies can be taught. Join us in this conversation where we discuss the ABCs of stepping out of your comfort zone, the importance of giving and receiving feedback, and his take on EQ (emotional intelligence). Chuck Garcia is the founder of Climb Leadership International and Executive Coach on leadership development, public speaking, and emotional intelligence and executive presence. Chuck's clients include the world's largest financial institutions including Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, and Bloomberg. Chuck is a professional speaker and has given keynotes in over 20 countries. Chuck is also a mountaineer and has climbed some of the world's tallest peaks, including Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus, and the Matterhorn, as well as mountains in Alaska and the Andes.
Chuck Garcia - Your Mountains of Endless Possibilities Leadership coach, Podcaster, Author, MountaineerChuck Garcia is the founder of Climb Leadership International and he coaches executives on leadership development, public speaking, and emotional intelligence. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University where he teaches Leadership Communication in the Graduate School of Engineering. A 25-year veteran of Wall Street, he spent 14 years in sales and marketing at Bloomberg in a variety of leadership positions. He was Director of Business Development at BlackRock Solutions, an arm of the world's largest investment manager, and was a Managing Director at Citadel, a prestigious alternative investment manager. He is also a mountaineer and has climbed some of the world's tallest peaks, including Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus, the Matterhorn, as well as mountains in Alaska and the Andes. His podcast - A Climb to the TOP: Stories of Transformation- A C Suite Radio Broadcast My episode on Chuck's Podcast - A Climb to the TopHis book - A Climb to the TOP: Communication & Leadership Tactics to Take Your Career to New Heights His coaching agency - Climb Leadership InternationalTraining & Courses - Climb Leadership InstituteConnect with Chuck GarciaInstagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, TwitterConnect with Marci· Website, Patreon, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Facebook Group.· Permission to Heal on YouTube.· Permission to Land (memoir) - Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, audiobook · Permission to Land: Personal Transformation Through WritingPermission to Heal Bookshop - Buy books from the episodes & support independent bookstores.The Permission to Heal podcast is a passion of mine. I need your help to bring more inspirational episodes to the world; please consider becoming a patron through PATREON. This is where your PATREON subscription comes in. With your subscription, you get perks & meaningful contentment knowing you are helping me get PTH to the people who need it. Support the show Support the show
TCSP 54 -- Pandemic-proof Your Climb to the Top with Chuck Garcia | What do you get when you combine exposure to military life during your formative years, a successful career on Wall Street working with Michael Bloomberg, and a love for the life or death challenges that come with high performance mountaineering? You get a unique perspective on how to achieve success in how you live, in how you love, and how you lead. You recognize that in challenging situations—like, for example, living through a pandemic—what you have been taught to do may be in direct conflict with what you need to do. You realize that successful leadership requires one key skill. And you rinse and repeat to build that skill so you bring success to you and the people in your life. Simply put, you get Chuck Garcia. Chuck is the former head of Global Marketing at Bloomberg, and the industry leader in executive training with Fortune 500 companies. He is the founder of Climb Leadership International and coaches executives on leadership development, public speaking, and emotional intelligence. Chuck joins us today on The Counterfeit Sleep® Podcast as part of our ongoing effort to bring insights to executives leaders so they don't sleep as they continue to shoulder an unprecedented burden during these disruptive times. Our goal is give executive leaders what they need to live, love and lead with success, and we're delighted to welcome Chuck to this special episode on Executive Leaders Insights. Listen and learn: Why adaptability is your key to leadership success in uncertain times How to increase your visual impact in person and on zoom using the primacy effect When to prioritize EQ (Emotional intelligence) over IQ (Intellectual intelligence) BIO Chuck Garcia is the former head of Global Marketing at Bloomberg, and the industry leader in executive training with Fortune 500 companies. He is the founder of Climb Leadership International and coaches executives on leadership development, public speaking, and emotional intelligence with his Climb Leadership Institute. His clients include Bloomberg, Bank of China, and J.P. Morgan in addition to other large and complex financial institutions worldwide. Chuck is a professional speaker and has given keynotes in over 20 countries, an Amazon best-selling author, and Talk Radio Host on New York's 77WABC of A CLIMB TO THE TOP: Stories of Transformation. He also teaches Leadership Communication at Columbia University's Graduate School of Engineering. A 25-year veteran of Wall Street, Chuck spent 14 years in sales and marketing at Bloomberg in a variety of leadership positions. He was Director of Business Development at BlackRock Solutions, an arm of the world's largest investment manager, and was a Managing Director at Citadel, a prestigious alternative investment manager. His Amazon best-selling book, A Climb to the Top, has been translated into Chinese and has been used to train Bank of China executives on Western leadership and communication methods. Chuck is also a mountaineer and has climbed some of the world's tallest peaks, including Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus, the Matterhorn, as well as mountains in Alaska and the Andes. www.chuckgarcia.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you're ready to harness the benefits of High Performance Sleep™, clink the link below. You take this simple step, and we'll take care of the rest! For you: Find out your risk of Counterfeit Sleep®. Take the screening here: www.counterfeitsleep.com For your workplace: Bring the benefits of High Performance Sleep™ to your workplace! Learn more about high performance sleep™ and our sleep performance assessment in your workplace. Visit www.hipersleep.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TCSP 54 -- Pandemic-proof Your Climb to the Top with Chuck Garcia | What do you get when you combine exposure to military life during your formative years, a successful career on Wall Street working with Michael Bloomberg, and a love for the life or death challenges that come with high performance mountaineering? You get a unique perspective on how to achieve success in how you live, in how you love, and how you lead. You recognize that in challenging situations—like, for example, living through a pandemic—what you have been taught to do may be in direct conflict with what you need to do. You realize that successful leadership requires one key skill. And you rinse and repeat to build that skill so you bring success to you and the people in your life. Simply put, you get Chuck Garcia. Chuck is the former head of Global Marketing at Bloomberg, and the industry leader in executive training with Fortune 500 companies. He is the founder of Climb Leadership International and coaches executives on leadership development, public speaking, and emotional intelligence. Chuck joins us today on The Counterfeit Sleep® Podcast as part of our ongoing effort to bring insights to executives leaders so they don't sleep as they continue to shoulder an unprecedented burden during these disruptive times. Our goal is give executive leaders what they need to live, love and lead with success, and we're delighted to welcome Chuck to this special episode on Executive Leaders Insights. Listen and learn: Why adaptability is your key to leadership success in uncertain times How to increase your visual impact in person and on zoom using the primacy effect When to prioritize EQ (Emotional intelligence) over IQ (Intellectual intelligence) BIO Chuck Garcia is the former head of Global Marketing at Bloomberg, and the industry leader in executive training with Fortune 500 companies. He is the founder of Climb Leadership International and coaches executives on leadership development, public speaking, and emotional intelligence with his Climb Leadership Institute. His clients include Bloomberg, Bank of China, and J.P. Morgan in addition to other large and complex financial institutions worldwide. Chuck is a professional speaker and has given keynotes in over 20 countries, an Amazon best-selling author, and Talk Radio Host on New York's 77WABC of A CLIMB TO THE TOP: Stories of Transformation. He also teaches Leadership Communication at Columbia University's Graduate School of Engineering. A 25-year veteran of Wall Street, Chuck spent 14 years in sales and marketing at Bloomberg in a variety of leadership positions. He was Director of Business Development at BlackRock Solutions, an arm of the world's largest investment manager, and was a Managing Director at Citadel, a prestigious alternative investment manager. His Amazon best-selling book, A Climb to the Top, has been translated into Chinese and has been used to train Bank of China executives on Western leadership and communication methods. Chuck is also a mountaineer and has climbed some of the world's tallest peaks, including Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus, the Matterhorn, as well as mountains in Alaska and the Andes. www.chuckgarcia.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you're ready to harness the benefits of High Performance Sleep™, clink the link below. You take this simple step, and we'll take care of the rest! For you: Find out your risk of Counterfeit Sleep®. Take the screening here: www.counterfeitsleep.com For your workplace: Bring the benefits of High Performance Sleep™ to your workplace! Learn more about high performance sleep™ and our sleep performance assessment in your workplace. Visit www.hipersleep.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the 70th episode of “Great Dane Nation,” Morten is joined by former Saints teammate Mark Pattison, as he talks about his journey of becoming the second NFL player ever to climb the Seven Summits (07:12 – 46:48). But first, he checks in with TommyFreezePops (Tom Carroll) for this week's edition of the “Opening Kick” (01:20 – 06:27). This week, the guys talk about the bizarre situation with Antonio Brown and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. What's really happening here?We then move to our interview with Mark Pattison where he discusses a wide range of topics: the difficulty of finding the right thing to channel his competitive energy after his NFL career came to an abrupt end (08:28); his success in business, and why he believes his work at Sports Illustrated will push them past ESPN in digital traffic within the next three years (15:25); how his NFL Films documentary “Searching for the Summit” came about, and how he turned his mountaineering goal into a charitable opportunity (20:27); how he almost died while summiting Denali in Alaska (25:44); a special edition of “The Name Game,” featuring some of the mountains from Mark's Seven Summit journey – Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus, Mount Kosciuszko, Aconcagua, Denali and the Vinson Massif (26:24); his journey with Mount Everest, and how death was a real possibility on his way down the mountain (34:00); and why Mark is choosing to climb yet another enormous mountain to celebrate his 60th birthday (43:03).Morten spends some time on today's episode honoring the life and legacy of the late Dan Reeves, who we lost on New Year's Day at the age of 77. Morten played for Coach Reeves for four seasons with the Atlanta Falcons (47:01 – 49:38).Then we move to this week's edition of “Morten's Fast 5,” where our Hall of Famer makes picks for the five biggest games of the football weekend (50:52 – 57:43). Morten gives his picks for Chiefs at Broncos (51:40), Cowboys at Eagles (52:56), Chargers at Raiders (54:07), Patriots at Dolphins (55:00) and Saints at Falcons (55:44).Finally, we close things out with “Morten's Game Winner” – a weekly monologue from The Great Dane on his biggest takeaway of the week. This week, Morten talks about Mark Pattison, and why he's the embodiment of a modern-day renaissance man (57:43).
Elbrus4Alpinists is a sustainable development project aiming to open the Northwest Face of Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe and one of the world's “Seven Summits”, as a climbing route. In this episode, I speak with founder and mountaineer, Matthew C Johnson, about the Elbrus4Alpinists project and foundation. Matt is a family man who loves intellectual challenges, adventure travel, endurance sports, and bringing together unlikely groups of people to share passions and connect humanity. In 2018, Matt became curious about alternative climbing routes on Mount Elbrus. That curiosity led him to explore the Northwest Face, a lesser-known climbing route. “I discovered that the Russian climbers in the area climbed by a route from the west side that is not normally advertised. So I took a solo trip over there to explore. I discovered it was phenomenally beautiful. The people on that side of the mountain are wonderful, albeit with very few economic opportunities…I looked at the population, I looked at the terrain and I thought, why has nobody developed a climbing infrastructure here?” Over the past three years, Matt engaged with Alpinists from all over the world including Nathaniel J. Menninger, the film director of The Porter: The Untold Story at Everest (2020), and gathered a team of passionate individuals who could help bring this project to fruition. With sustainability and cultural sensitivity at the forefront, the Elbrus4Aplinists project aims to bring economic development to the people living and working below the mountain. In the podcast, we discuss Matthew's vision for the project, how his passion for mountaineering and sustainable development drives the project and the steps he and his team are taking to ensure a community-first approach. Find out more about the project here: https://www.elbrus4alpinists.org/
Non-Ordinary States of consciousness with Alok Remza. Alok Remza is a practicing psychotherapist and integration coach based in Boulder, Colorado. He's a student of integrating non-ordinary states of consciousness into one's healing journey. He has a master's degree in mindfulness-based Transpersonal Counseling and he was an international mountaineering guide for the past 20 years. His accomplishments include guiding his current clients with safety and success to the highest points on each of the seven continents. That's summiting Mount Everest at over 29,000 feet. Aconcagua, in South America, @ 22,800 feet, Denali, over 20,000 feet. Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mount Elbrus in Europe, Puncak Jaya in Oceana, and Mt. Vinson in Antarctica. In this episode, we will explore: Non-ordinary states of consciousness. What is it? And how can we achieve it? The transpersonal. And how do we integrate it into our lives? What is mindfulness? Why is it important and what are the ways that we can access it? The four pillars of self-care 1) good sleep 2) nourishment 3) movement 4) mindfulness practice You can reach Alok Remza at http://mountainwithin.com/ mountainwithinLLC@gmail.com Designing Your Life Jan 21-23, 2022
Chuck Garcia was scheduled to give a keynote address at the world trade center on the morning of September 11, 2001, when he was asked to switch presentation times with a colleague. That colleague never made it out of the building when the terrorist planes struck the twin towers on that horrific day. One year later, while on the summit of Mount Rainier, he made a pact to honor his fallen coworkers devoting his life to the service, success, and happiness of others. After a twenty-five-year career on Wall Street, Chuck experienced a realization after a fourteen-day summit of Mount Bona in Alaska; he founded The Climb Leadership Institute to assist leaders develop into powerful and compelling communicators. This master storyteller teaches us the science and practical application of public speaking in his best-selling book, A Climb to the Top—Communication and Leadership Tactics to Take Your Career to New Heights. Chuck Garcia is the founder of Climb Leadership International and coaches executives on leadership development, public speaking, and emotional intelligence. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University where he teaches Leadership Communication in the Graduate School of Engineering. A 25-year veteran of Wall Street, he spent 14 years in sales and marketing at Bloomberg in a variety of leadership positions and held senior managerial positions in top worldwide investment management companies. Tune in for stories of transformation on his weekly A Climb to the Top Podcast on C-Suite Radio. Chuck is also an accomplished mountaineer who has climbed some of the world's tallest peaks, including Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus, the Matterhorn, as well as mountains in Alaska and the Andes. We are honored, inspired, and thrilled to share Chuck's impactful life and message on this episode of Intrinsic Drive™. Intrinsic Drive™ is produced by Ellen Strickler and Phil Wharton. Special thanks to Andrew Hollingworth, our sound engineer and technical editor. For more information on this and other episodes visit us at www.whartonhealth.com/intrinsicdrive. Follow us on socials (links below) including Instagram @intrinsicdrivelive
This week's EP is a 1st of its kind here on @ because it is a Pinktober special where I am joined by the incredible Lulua Faizullabhoy who is a breast cancer survivor and an inspiration in every sense of the word!!Tune in to know all about her experience, how she climbed Mount Elbrus in Russia
This week I have a great interview that I did with Dan Egan, US ski hall of famer and author of a new skiing book '30 years in a white haze' which you can find here https://www.white-haze.com Dan has featured in numerous Warren Miller ski movies and runs his own ski camps in the US and Europe www.skiclinics.com We chat about all things skiing, growing up in Boston, skiing as a kid and then growing up and coaching them, polar exploration, Mount Elbrus and much more. This was a great interview and I hope you enjoy listening to it. Dave Burrows dave@snow-pros.ski https://www.snow-pros.ski/ski-school-portes-du-soleil music by www.bensound.com
Five climbers died after getting lost in a blizzard on Russia's Mount Elbrus on Thursday, September 23. The group, which consisted of tourists and several professional guides, was at an altitude of 5,400 meters (over 17,700 feet) when weather conditions began to deteriorate severely. Search and rescue workers found the surviving 14 climbers and brought them down the mountain over the course of several hours. All of the survivors were hospitalized and eight of them are in moderately serious condition. Regional investigators announced on Friday that a criminal case has been launched on charges of rendering services that do not meet safety requirements. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/09/24/the-weather-deteriorated-catastrophically
Dan Egan is a Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Member and living legend with a ton of stories to tell. In round two of his podcast, he tells the story that almost killed him, what it took to survive and how it changed his life forever. There were 15 people that didn't make it out and Dan tells the tale. We finish things off with my complaints about the Ski and Snowboard HOF that Dan is currently the face of. Dan Egan Show Notes: 6:00: OR Show, Dan's summer, and his book 9:00: What is Degree7, Patrick Vallecant, why the trip to Mount Elbrus 14:00: Arriving in Paris and realizing this is a crazy idea, a massive group, and being watched in Russia 17:00: The creepy phone call, why so many die on Elbrus, vacation mentality, Allah doesn't like May Day, the differences between Dan and John, and forgetting gear 24:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast Dragon: Their glasses FLOAT, use the code Powell15 to save 15 % 10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone 27:00: Why a short acclimatization process, John and Tom aren't going to push for the summit, losing his climbing partner, and turnaround time 31:00: Taking his pack off for the summit push, making it in a blizzard, decision making in altitude, and meeting Sasha 35:00: Joining the Russians, spending the night on the mountain, his white light moment, Sasha saves the day again, and fighting for rope, and leaving the group 45:30: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life Rollerblade: Find out all about the award-winning Skate to Ski program 48:00: Who was Sasha, how many people die on the mountain that day, getting out of Russia, medical issues and fights in France, and the trip that never ends 56:00: My problems with the Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and our discussion about it. (I know Terje is not from the US and should not be in the conversation) 68:00: Inappropriate Questions with Roy Tuscany
"It's not like I hurt myself because I wanted to hurt myself. It came from passion, it came from an athletic drive, it came from inspiration and dreams. I just wasn't an irresponsible athlete; I don't want to call myself that. I might have been an over-optimistic and over-passionate athlete, as opposed to calling yourself bad names. Once I made the decision to stop calling myself bad names, that's when the true sense of self-love and self-kindness came through. And that's why I say, in those six months, I've learned more about self-kindness and self-love than the rest of my 41 years on Earth." Manal Rostom has been running since the age of 13. She rededicated herself to the sport in her 30s, and subsequently ran 13 marathons, becoming the first Egyptian woman to run five of the six Abbott World Marathon Majors. And, she climbed new heights; she's also the first Egyptian woman to summit two of the world's highest mountains, Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Elbrus. Along the way, she built a career in sports and fitness, through partnerships with brands like Nike as well as through personal training. So when she found out, in December of 2020, that she'd have to take six months off to heal her Achilles tendons, she found herself fearful and devastated in more ways than one—physically, emotionally, and financially. As she searched for a way to process her injury and recovery, Manal—who's also the founder of her own Facebook group, Surviving Hijab—sought out community in The Injured Athletes Club. We're so glad she did! And in this episode, which was recorded exactly six months to the day after she began her time off, she shares all the lessons she's learned in that time about showing up for yourself and your community, reconnecting to your purpose, and trusting where your rebound will lead you. A huge thank you to our sponsor for this episode: Fluid Running. Fluid Running makes it possible to maintain your peak physical fitness even when you're injured through the power of deep water running. Listen for a special discount code in the episode! In this episode, we discuss: How she'd say injuries are viewed among runners—and her unique perspective on that as an Arab woman in sport (7:17) Why she thinks, when it comes to injuries, “your biggest enemy is your ego” (11:31) How she felt when she learned she needed six months off (13:31) How her injury first developed and progressed (19:54) What she's gotten out of the Injured Athletes Club community and the book Rebound (21:06) Why self-care is such a critical component of recovery for her (25:00) The specific struggles of having an injury as a fitness content creator (30:01) How she “remembered her why” (38:19) How she's moving forward from here (42:35) The importance of listening to your body (49:04) Her final words of advice to injured athletes, about community, values, and joy (51:27) You can subscribe to The Injured Athletes Club on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you like what you hear, please leave us a rating or a review in Apple podcasts. That helps other injured athletes find the show. Resources/links: Manal's Instagram, including the amazing videos of her wakesurfing (one while eating a protein bar!) Surviving Hijab on Instagram and Facebook To access more resources for injured athletes: Join The Injured Athletes Club mailing list, for news and updates Join The Injured Athletes Club Facebook group, for support and camaraderie Like The Injured Athletes Club Podcast Facebook page, for the latest episodes Email us at hello@injuredathletesclub.com with questions, guest suggestions, or other feedback DISCLAIMER: This content is for educational & informational use only and & does not constitute medical advice. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your health-care professional because of something you may have heard in an episode of this podcast. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult with a qualified medical professional for proper evaluation & treatment. Guests who speak on this podcast express their own opinions, experiences, and conclusions, and The Injured Athletes Club podcast hosts nor any company providing financial support endorses or opposes any particular treatment option discussed in the episodes of this podcast and are not responsible for any actions or inactions of listeners based on the information presented. The use of any information provided is solely at your own risk.
Chuck Garcia is the founder of Climb Leadership International and coaches executives on leadership development, public speaking, and Emotional Intelligence. He is an Amazon best selling author, professional speaker, an Amazon best-selling author, and Talk Radio Host of A CLIMB TO THE TOP: Stories of Transformation. Chuck also teaches Leadership Communication at Columbia University's Graduate School of Engineering. He is also a mountaineer and has climbed some of the world's tallest peaks, including Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus, the Matterhorn, as well as mountains in Alaska and the Andes. Website chuckgarcia.com Social Media https://www.instagram.com/aclimbtothetop/ https://www.facebook.com/chuck.garcia.545 https://twitter.co@aclimbtothetop https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-garcia-015128/
Patricia Alcivar (Patty Boom Boom) was born on December 12, 1983 from parents who emigrated from Barranquilla, Colombia. She is one of four sisters who grew up in a small two bedroom apartment in Woodside, Queens, N.Y. Her father was removed from their home when she was 10 years old leaving her mother to take care of four girls. Patty left an abusive home at the age of 16 after completing her first NYC Marathon. She knew that if she could complete 26.2 miles on her own, she could do anything! She completed High School with honours while working after school to support herself. Patty is a 2-time NYC Golden Gloves Champion, USA Nationals Champion, NY Metro Champion, Western States Champion and the first Female ever to be voted and win “Athlete of the Year,” as voted by the United States Olympic Committee. As a Professional Boxer, she captured the New York State title. Patty’s passion is Alpine/Mountain Climbing and one of her goals is to be the first Latina from Queens, New York to climb the 7 Summits of the World. She has already successfully summited 3 of the 7 thus far: Kilimanjaro-the highest peak in Africa (in 2 days!), Aconcagua-the highest peak in South America and in the Western & Southern Hemispheres and Mount Elbrus in Russia-Highest Peak in Europe. When Patty is not out climbing, running or boxing, she supports herself by working in a variety of ways which include being Spanish Interpreter/ Translator, EMT, Event Manager, Group Fitness Instructor & Print Ad & Commercial fitness model. In Patty’s free time, she is an animal activist and is also active in Fighting Hunger & Poverty through NYCARES, Meals on Wheels and NYC Harvest which provide Food to homebound elderly or New Yorkers in need. Patty hopes to go back to school in the near future for a Nursing degree and continue giving back and be a positive role model to athletes and women of all ages around the world. Upon completion of her project " Climbing for a Dream-7 Summits" she would like to help build a foundation to educate people around the world about the great outdoors and how to use the challenge and beauty of nature to heal physically, mentally and spiritually. CONTENT WARNING - we discuss leaving an abusive situation. New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday and Thursday at 7am UK time - Make sure you hit the subscribe button so you don’t miss out. The Tough Girl Podcast is sponsorship and ad free thanks to the monthly financial support of patrons. To find out more about supporting your favourite podcast and becoming a patron please check out www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast. Show notes Her nickname and professional boxing name Who Patty is and what she does Her goal to climb the 7 summits 3 done, with 4 more to go Living in NYC on her own Running her first marathon at 16 Being 1 of 4 sisters Being inspired by the Boston Marathon and knowing she would run it one day Coming from Colombia in South America Being laughed at for her dream of running a marathon Going for her first run at 5am Joining the NYC Road Runners Living in a bad situation at home How running helped her leave an abusive situation Being diagnosed with ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder Being enrolled in sports at a young age Getting into martial arts Winning a world title in martial arts Deciding what to do next Lying about her age to get her first job How she got into Boxing Not being able to support herself through boxing Taking the opportunity to focus on mountaineering Falling in love with the mountains Climbing in Ecuador Wanting to take climbing to the highest level Becoming more patient Having to turn back from a summit Her though process while climbing Needing to be fully focused while climbing Climbing Kilimanjaro in 2017 in 2 days! Climbing Aconcagua in South America and why it was so challenging Training for 12 months Carrying all her own equipment at high altitude The power of visualisation Getting back to normal after summiting Aconcagua Money and paying to climb mountains Maintaining her motivation levels The power of praying Living in NYC during the pandemic Making the most out of her time Getting up at 3:30am Her plans to go and climb Denali Documenting and sharing her journey Social Media Website - www.climbingforadream.com Medium - link.medium.com/TqkCgkXDfcb Instagram @pattyboxer12 @climbingforadream
198: John Waechter: Private Equity Investor and the 58th person to ever climb the Seven Summits, the seven highest mountains of each of the seven continents, shares how he worked his way into this ambitious mountaineering goal and expanded that same preparation and drive into the business world. John Waechter Today’s guest John Waechter discusses beginning his journey climbing the seven summits in 1993, including meeting Richard Bass who is the first man to ever climb the Seven Summits. “I got to know Dick climbing Kilimanjaro in 1994. He went with us. So, that gave me the inspiration to want to do the seven summits and my mentor, climber Phil Ershler said, ‘You don’t even know if you can go high.’ That actually happened before 1994. But, I read the book, got inspired, and wanted to climb the seven summits. I had only climbed Mount Rainier, and he said you have to find out if you can go high, if your physiology will adapt. So, that is when the journey started, and I got to Mount Elbrus in 1993.” On this episode of Finding Your Summit Podcast, we talk with John Waechter about why mountains often serve as a symbol for achievement. “There is certainly a reason why the mountains have always served as the grand metaphor for goal setting. It is tangible. Climb your mountain, Emilia’s mountain. Find your Summit, because the summit exists. On any peak, we are going to go, and we are going to do our best to get to the top. So, it is so tangible, and it is easily related, I feel, to what we are trying to accomplish in our everyday lives.” What You Will Learn: What inspired him to take on the Seven Summits in the first place? “The mountains are almost easier, aren’t they MP, in that you are going to go 29,000-32,000 feet and when you get there you are going to know it, because there is nowhere else to go. In life’s journeys and endeavors, we have to create the summits. We have to create the steps along the way, basecamps, the camp 1, the camp 2, the camp 3 of our journey. So, I was motivated by the Seven Summits, largely Dick Bass and Phil Ershler, and other climbers like you are saying. I started to get to know all of these climbers climbing Rainier. I set that goal. But I tried it much like I have for much of my life of trying to define what the summit is.” How does John Waechter define visualization? “Visualization, I think, is critical because it is not dreaming. There is a distinction in my mind. Dreaming, that is not going to get you off of the couch. In fact, you will probably stay on the couch because that is a good place to dream. You dream, all of us, how can life be better? I want to be this; I want to get there. But it is a dream. It is not tangible, and it becomes frustrating. Visualization, I talk about working backwards. So, what are we visualizing? The attainment.” John Waechter addresses what it means to face your fears. “It is charging into the fear within that vision of reality. But you do want your goals to stretch almost through your own reality because you haven’t been there yet. But you do believe that with preparation and associating with the right team members and holding onto that vision that step by step, and again, the mountain being a great metaphor, it truly is one step in front of the other and then you are done.” What does John Waechter look for in the right teammate? “Hands down, the attribute of a can-do positive attitude. I will take that anywhere. If it is a person on my rope or on my climbing team, that person that wakes up with ‘how are we going to get this done today,’ happy about it, and motivating. I absolutely think that is the most important characteristic in someone you want to associate yourself with.” What was John Waechter’s greatest takeaway from climbing Mount Everest? “You’ve got all of these balls you are juggling. You’ve got your family, your career, and you’ve got your home, and boom boom boom, you’ve got all these balls. What I’ve noticed over time is when you focus on a goal, a challenge, what slowly starts to happen is the balls go away. You are left throwing up one ball. That one goal, you are throwing it up, catching, throwing it up, catching it. You achieve your goal and more balls are going to fall in your life. That is inevitable.” Preparation Meets Opportunity John Waechter presses the issue of being prepared so you are ready to hit the ground running when opportunities present themselves. “Preparation meets opportunity. When you got out of the weight room from UDub (University of Washington) and graduated, and had your opportunity with the Raiders, one thing that you did know was that if you weren’t in the weight room, and you weren’t putting in the reps, and you weren’t getting your body and mind in shape for your tryout with the Raiders, one thing you did know is it wasn’t going to happen.” Finding Your Everest During this episode of Finding Your Summit Podcast, John Waechter expresses the importance of knowing what your goal is that you are working towards reaching the summit of. “Keep finding our Everest. Because once you climb Mount Everest, I climbed it 20 years ago this May, May 25th, another great takeaway that I didn’t expect was, I have not had one day since then that in some form or in some capacity I didn’t think about it. I didn’t know the lasting effect it would have. I never contemplated that. I never thought about it. But the point is, we have to set our goals, visualize success, then do what is important to preparing and accomplish that., and should we accomplish it, that does stay with you. Like you said, it doesn’t have to be a mountain. Then keep doing it. Just keep doing the next thing.” Links to Additional Resources: Mark Pattison: markpattisonnfl.com Emilia’s Everest - The Lhotse Challenge: https://www.markpattisonnfl.com/philanthropy/
190: Benjamin Breckheimer: Former Staff Sergeant who was blown up by an IED, then overcame his injury plus divorce and suicidal thoughts to regain his drive by becoming the 1st Purple Heart recipient to climb the Seven Summits. Benjamin Breckheimer Did Benjamin Breckheimer always want to be in the military? “When Desert Storm was unfolding, I wasn’t even 7-years-old. I just remember watching all of the news footage and I was just amazed by the nighttime footage of the raid, and I was like, if there is ever a war I want to be a part of it. Unfortunately, tragic events of September 11th, 2001 happened and I graduated from high school in June of 2002 and right out of high school I decided to join the military. I didn’t exactly know what I was going to do in the military.” On this episode of Finding Your Summit Podcast, we talk with Benjamin Breckheimer why he felt compelled to join the military. “My dream as a kid for an occupation was to be a surgeon. But I didn’t want to go to eight years of college after just getting out of 12 years of school that I didn’t really want to do. I scored pretty well on the ASVAB. It is the military test, the aptitude test basically. It gives you certain engineering or medical, science sort of things. I don’t remember what my score was. But I remember the recruiter saying, just let me know what you want to do. You can pretty much do anything. My exact words out of my mouth were, ‘I want to be as close to the surgeon as I can without having to go to college,’ and operating specialist is what they came up with.” What You Will Learn: What did being on reserves consist of for Benjamin? “As a reservist, you do the first weekend of every month. You do drill weekends, which are your training weekends. Then two weeks out of the summer you go do training in a military installation. I was in Wisconsin. So, we would go to Fort McCoy for two weeks and just do training for those two weeks. The unit I waa with, they actually deployed to Afghanistan prior to me arriving at that unit, and they weren’t slotted to go back overseas for another two or three years. I just never got that opportunity while I was with them. So, I just asked my Company Commander if he would let me go active duty, and he signed the paperwork.” Benjamin Breckheimer discusses getting deployed to Baddad. “In September of 2005, I got exactly what I was hoping for. I got to deploy to Bagdad, Iraq for a year, and as an operating room specialist the civilian world would be a surgical tech. So, you assist a surgeon in surgeries, hand him the tools, retrack, anything they really needed. It was the first time I ever saw an individual pass on my operating room table. You know, this thought came through my head that it wasn’t fair that this kid, and I say kid lightly because we were all young at that age, I would like to believe, was dieing for me. He was out fighting for me and I was safe in the green zone. I wasn’t out on the front lines or anything like that, and it just didn’t seem fair that he was giving his life while I was safe.” What was it like for Benjamin Breckheimer after a year in Bagdad? “I wanted to do more, I would like to believe. I just felt like I wasn;t doing enough. I didn’t feel like I was doing my part, so to say. Once I got back from Iraq I pretty much had my mind set on changing my job in the military and I ended up reclassifying as a Calvary Scout. That is completely in the opposite end of being in the medical field. A Calvary Scout, you do reconacense, surveillance. You make targets for overhead bombings. So, you are on the frontlines doing this stuff. The saying that the grassing isn’t always greener on the other side is true. It was a tough job.” What is the difference between when he went from Afghanistan to Iraq? “When we landed in Iraq, I really felt like there was an appreciation. It was a big city. Baghdad is a huge city. So, there is a lot of infrastructure around, and when we arrived in Candahar it felt like it was very desolate, just more of a desert. I’m not going to say wasteland, more desert than city infrastructure.” How did Benjamin Breckheimer’s injury take place? “A stryker vehicle is basically an eight-wheeled tank. There are four wheels on each side. It could hold up to 10 individuals in this vehicle, aside from the driver. We were actually out on a mission early in the morning on September 13th to go pay for damages that were done to an irrigation system that a farmer had. I was the very last vehicle in a four-vehicle convoy. Just following the tracks of the vehicle in front of me. I was either too far left or too far right from those tracks and it was lights out. It felt like I hit a brick wall literally. It was crazy because you don't see it coming. It just happened. I like the fact that I am able to remember everything . But I think more so because I was the only individual to get wounded. In all, I had a concussion. My right eardrum was blown, a couple vertebrae fracture, mild TBI, minor pelvic fracture. Both of my femurs were fractured, and my right leg was literally hanging by a strip of skin.” When You Get Knocked Down Keep Going How many surgeries did he have between flown back to the states and the surgery that he had in Afghanistan? “I got rushed into the emergency room and that was the first time I felt really terrified. I went from working on the side of the operating table to end up being on it. It was very scary for me. It really brought me back to how the individuals in Iraq felt when we were rolling them into the ER. From the point of impact, I had surgery done on both of my femurs and my lower right leg, which they put external fixators on, which is, they basically pin in your bone and then they have a carbon rod to stabilize your bone and I had that surgery done right away.” Finding His Summit in Mountaineering During this episode of Finding Your Summit Podcast, Benjamin Breckheimer talks about how he got into mountaineering, “I was really stepping out of my comfort zone, which I think a lot of people in those dark situations might need to do. But the mountaineering, like you said, it took me a while before I realised that I was climbing for other reasons. I will start by saying this, the very first mountain I submitted was Mount Elbrus in Russia.” Links to Additional Resources: Mark Pattison: markpattisonnfl.com Emilia’s Everest - The Lhotse Challenge: https://www.markpattisonnfl.com/philanthropy/ Benjamin Breckheimer: Website | Instagram
This week I chatted to Robbie O'Raw who got sick while climbing Mount Elbrus in 2019 and unfortunately didn't make the summit. Before he had boarded the flight back to Ireland from Russia he had already signed up to go back to Mount Elbrus this year! We also talk about the ending of a bad relationship being the catalyst for him finding the outdoors and restoring his mental health.Each month we are giving one of our listeners a summit jacket worth €150. To be in the running, all you have to do is sign up to our mailing list at www.earths-edge.com/podcast.For more information about Earth's Edge and the experiences we offer, visit https://www.earths-edge.com/.
Mount Elbrus, the gem of the Caucasus Mountain Range, is the highest peak in Europe, making it one of the coveted ‘seven summits’. It is often the second of the summits attempted by climbers (Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa being the first) and considered one of the easiest. Join us as we speak we Andrew Slate, Embark Exploration Co's representative in Russia, however as we will learn, Andrew is an American who moved from North Carolina with his wife and three children to help trekkers experience the beautiful Caucasus Mountain Range. In this episode we: Go over admin travel details coming to Russia Full itinerary of the trek What you can expect for food, lodging Even training and clothing suggestions Join us as we discover this phenomenal hiking gem. Ready to try it out for yourself? Explore more on our website at https://embarkexplorationco.com/trips/russia-climb-mt-elbrus/
If you think you're too busy to go on your dream trip because of work or family commitments, you have to hear Debbie's story. Not letting the commitments of motherhood or running her business stop her, Debbie has completed Machu Picchu, Kilimanjaro, Everest Base Camp, Aconcagua, Stok Kangri and Mount Elbrus. Debbie tells us about her experiences as a woman on a trip, her favourite moments on the mountain, and where she's planning to go next.Each month we are giving one of our listeners a summit jacket worth €150. To be in the running, all you have to do is sign up to our mailing list at www.earths-edge.com/podcast.For more information about Earth's Edge and the trips we offer, visit https://www.earths-edge.com/.Check out Debbie's business Urba Skin & Beauty at https://urbabeauty.ie/
Monde Sitole is an educational strategist, columnist, adventurer and the pioneer of the NextSchool Initiative. Based in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, Sitole has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and also scaled Mount Elbrus, Europe’s highest peak, and Mount Denali, the highest summit in North America. He has his sights set on climbing Mount Everest without bottled oxygen to raise awareness and funds for girl child education and empowerment. Sitole is an ambassador for the UN’s A World at School, the Brookings Institute and Girl Up. Among other accolades, he has been included in the prestigious Mail and Guardian 200 Young South Africans list, The Young Independent’s 100 Trailblazers and the Superbalist 100. Sitole’s NextSchool Initiative will culminate in the building of Monde Sitole Primary School in Lady Frere. Sitole’s belief in the importance of empowering and inspiring South Africa’s youth through education is central to the vision of The Monde Sitole Foundation and the multi-faceted and innovative educational work that falls under its umbrella. To offer support to the Monde Sitole Foundation please visit here https://www.mondesitolefoundation.com/
Guest Bio:Lance Schiffman's endeavors read like a roll call: philanthropist, entrepreneur, adventurer, investor, author, speaker, consultant, coach, humanitarian, advisor, and closest to his heart, he is a father to three beautiful girls. He started his first business before age ten, and by age 20 he owned an apartment complex and gas station. This led to his interests in commercial and residential real estate. With keen interest in participating in others' success, he invests financial and intellectual capital in ventures which have forward thinking and resilient leadership. Lance utilizes his business and life experiences to identify the elements of wonder and uses this as a platform to educate others on how to play full out and create a more engaged world. He believes what we cultivate has a ripple effect to economies, relationships, innovation, productivity, contribution, personal significance, and the intelligence of peace and a new horizon for how we live together in the world. An avid outdoorsman, Lance climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Elbrus. He loves endurance sports such as Triathlons (Ironman), DOXA and Cycling. He runs the mountain on which he lives in Summit, Utah each day, encountering moose and wildlife. Nature and his faith are his guides. Kristin Andress: If you rest on your laurels for long in life or business, Kristin Andress is bound to ask you, “How is that working for you?” She is on a perpetual quest to create the What's Next. Kristin began her career in corporate America and after the life of a road warrior, she exited and took two years off to write books, and become an entrepreneur with focus on bettering the world in which we live. Her best day is a day she delivers a bold idea. Over the years she has worked with high profile individuals, authors, speakers, and business owners. She believes everyone is accessible…if you have an offer that reflects pure intention and authenticity. Kristin's is the co-author of Imagine Being in a Life you Love. She is a contributing author in Leading Women: 20 Influential Women Share Their Secrets to Leadership, Business and Life. She released an allegory titled, Be Good For Goodness Sake She is also the author of the children's book A Walk in the Park. Her next quest will be traveling and writing around the world, reflecting the principles of Genshai. She currently lives in sunny San Diego.
It's a relatively small group of people who can say they've reached the top of even one of the seven highest mountain summits on each continent of the world. Cokie Cox is on a mission to summit all seven of these peaks. She is a mother of two girls, newly married, owner of two asset management companies and a consulting practice, author of two books, and the founder of two non-profits - Everyday Everest and She Climbs. As an avid mountaineer, she has already conquered Mount Elbrus in Russia, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa (multiple times), Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, and Mount Denali in Alaska. Next on her list is the great Mount Everest. To her, one of the best places on this earth is being above the sun and watching it rise.
It is okay to say goodbye to partnerships and friendships that don't serve your purpose.In today's Happy Like Buddha Podcast, Adewale is joined by guest speaker Saray Khumalo, a Zambia-born South African business executive, explorer and mountaineer. In May 2019, she became the first black African woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. She is also known to have summited three other highest peaks, including Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Aconcagua in Argentina and Mount Elbrus in Russia.Saray is a transformational coach, and if you would like to be coached by her, you can reach out to her through her website at saraykhumalo.com.We are going to be talking about how you can re-invent yourself for success with personal transformation.Listen carefully when Saray recommends routines you can practice in your everyday life to help you observe your thoughts so that you are more conscious and able to know what it is you need to transform.You will need to listen to this episode more than once to get the full wisdom dropped by Saray.Please Review us and Subscribe to our Podcast on Apple and Spotify. Tag me @therealwaleadejumo on Instagram and @waleadejumo on Twitter too!Mentions:Zasttra Marketplace sponsored this episode. Zasttra Marketplace is an online marketplace where you can shop hundreds of thousands of products which are delivered to any country. Visit: www.zasttra.com.
Arunima Sinha is an Indian mountain climber and sportswoman. She is a seven time Indian volleyball player, mountaineer and the World's first female amputee to scale Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus, Mount Kosciusko, Mount Aconcagua, Carstensz Pyramid and Mount Vinson.
Kurt has summited Mt. Everest 3 times and operates Sierra Mountaineering International Climbing Guide Service in Bishop, CA. Kurt and I talk about how he got started and what it's like running an International Climbing Guide Service in a small town. Show notes Let's start out with your Facebook profile. It says Christian Husband, Father, Foodie, Mountain Guide, Climber, Skier, Travel Junkie, Foodie, and Goofy. Tell us about the Foodie Goofy Christian part. It goes into everything else that I do, whether that's how I am as a father, how I conduct myself as a husband or a mountain guide, or everything else. In life and my climbing guide service I try to follow those principles. So it all starts there. I'm a foodie, I just happened to love food. Your wife sounds like a great cook. She's an amazing cook. Cool. Yes, it does help. I'm married well that way. You know, they say behind every good man is a great woman. She certainly does that wonderfully in many other ways besides just cooking. Tell us about the goofy stuff. I feel like it's important to remember the humor and everything and see the humor in everything that's out there. I think it's a healthy trait to have. I'm one that sets a lot of people at ease and it just helps you see the world. There's definitely a time to be serious, but there's so much out there in the world that is fun and loving and, that goofy part comes out a lot of times when I'm guiding trips and if I'm out having fun with my friends. Whether we're ski touring or climbing or whatever else we're doing. Whether I'm with my family and my son. He's three years old and talks up a storm and some of the things he says at three years old is just precious and, and unforgettable. I'll bet it helps you from a guiding perspective. When someone is having a tough day or they're struggling for whatever reason, they're tired or whatever, you can bring a little entertainment, silliness to the situation, and probably help them get up that trail or pass. You're right. When you bring somebody out in the mountains on a trip, they are many times coming out of their comfort zone. And that takes a certain type of personality just to do in and of itself, to put yourself out there, out of your normal realm of life. You know, and many of the people that we take on trips are wherever they come from. They are experts in their field and they're used to being the ones that are being approached by others and they're the ones that, you know, answer the questions and such. And now they're going into our world in the mountains and they're looking at this mountain guide for those same questions and answers that they normally give. So, yeah, being able to inject a little bit of humor and just to put everybody at ease and let them know that, Hey, it's okay. Everybody has a hard time with this particular move too. Tell us how you got into the outdoors. Your dad was an outdoor person, right? He sure was. He was brought up going camping with the family and such. He was born in 1928. And during those depression years and into the war years, he was in high school and the family always went camping for a couple of weeks every summer. And then as he grew into his twenties, he got introduced to backpacking and then mountaineering. And back in the early fifties he started climbing peaks in the Sierra and going skiing in the backcountry of the Sierra. He was well into that when he started raising kids. I got brought up around that from a toddler. My mom hiked Mount Baldy in Southern California two weeks before I was born. From there I was put in a baby carrier. And back in those days, the baby carriers were made by a company called Jerry. And everybody just called it the Jerry carrier. It wasn't a baby carrier. It was a Jerry carrier. That's what I got brought up on until I could walk. Did you know early on that you wanted to be a mountain guide? No. I grew up, you know, going to the mountains in the summertime. We'd go every weekend in the Sierra and in the wintertime we'd come skiing at mammoth and going backcountry skiing and such. When I was in college was going to Cal State Northridge, getting a degree in political science. And my original plan was I wanted to become an environmental attorney. I love the environment and I thought, here's something that could be a good way to make that passion useful. But I took some time off after I graduated from Cal State Northridge to go play, and have some fun. I applied for a job guiding on Mount Rainier in Washington. At that point I'd been teaching classes when I was in college through an outdoor store called Adventure 16. Yeah, I'm an alum there. We taught a lot of programs and backpacking and rock climbing and navigation courses. My plan was to get a job guiding at Mount Rainier and have some fun for a few years and then go back and figure out law school. While I was guiding ay Mount Rainier, I met a lot of attorneys who came on our climbs. And after our climbs they would invite me out to dinner with them and they'd want to give me my tip over a couple of rounds of our favorite beverages. I'd have great Face Time with these guys. And a lot of them were really unhappy people and, sometimes I had better face time with them than their own families. I talked to them about their line of work. And the more of those guys I talked to, a lot of them were overworked and unhappy. They're telling me all this and then at the same time they're saying, well, can you take us to climb volcanoes in Mexico? They want to go everywhere. Can you take us to climb Kilimanjaro? And so as a matter of fact, it sort of falls under the heading of life is what happens while you're making other plans. So I just kind of pursued guiding in that direction and started a climbing guide service. When did you start your Climbing guide service, Sierra Mountaineering International? I started it in 1995, in December of 95 after climbing Everest the first time in the spring of 95. I came back from that and opened my climbing guide service that fall. Were you, were you living here in Bishop? How did you end up in Bishop? I moved here in 92 and that happened just after graduating from college and going to Mount Rainier in the summer. I came back to work one more winter at A16. I went back for a second summer on Mount Rainier and then came back to Bishop instead. At the time my parents had just bought a house up here but hadn't retired from LA, so I had a place to live and everything. So from my home base and I realized that you know, I'm enjoying Mount Rainier, but the Sierra has always been my home and I always felt like I was coming back home when I came here. So I started a climbing guide service. When you started you obviously had connections from the clients you guided on Rainier. Did you also have any connections in Southern California, how did you get started? What did you do? Yeah, it was, you know, people I've met on Mount Rainier who wanted to climb in the Sierra and also people I'd met at in Southern California over the years working at Adventure 16. Through the outings program and customers in the store and the employees, they're were referring people to me as well. So it was kind of a double whammy that way. I had a couple of different streams of people coming in and that's a great opportunity. What are some of the challenges of operating a climbing guide service in a small town like Bishop? The Sierra in a lot of ways is an easy sell. I mean it's such a beautiful mountain range and so much variety. You can spend a lifetime just, or hiking or mountaineering, rock climbing, ski touring, you name it. There's a lifetime of stuff to do. You're just scratching the surface. As many of us know. What were some of the challenges of being in a small town with limited services? Yeah, small-town living back in the mid-nineties was different than it is now. There was no internet, there were no cell phones. One of my biggest business expenses was my phone bill. You had a small town carrier here who kind of raped you on the phone charges and, some of the cost of living being higher like gas for your car was higher, limited places to rent and things like that. There were a few of those issues but at the same time, Bishop has enough amenities that you don't have to get out of town much to get too many things. Now, of course, it's a lot different. It seems like we have to get out of town to get toilet paper, but that's a different thing. It's gotta be great to be able to guide in your backyard. I just love it. And you're right, I call it my backyard all the time. People ask me a lot because they know I've climbed on every continent of the world. I've done the highest point in each continent, the proverbial seven summits. I've been on hundred and 20 plus expeditions all over the world now. And they say, well, what's your favorite place? And I tell them, well, the Sierra, this is it. To be able to live here and to operate a climbing guide service, be in our backyard, show people this beautiful part of the world, show them how to take care of it, you know, try to impart a lasting impression about what this place means to us and therefore to them, I feel very blessed to be able to do that. Your climbing guide service is affiliated with the American Mountain Guides Association, how does that work these days on the certifications and all those things? It's sort of an ongoing evolving process and guiding in general in the United States is still a pretty new profession compared to Europe. If you go to Europe, you might find somebody whose great grandfather was a mountain guide and then his grandfather was a mountain guide and his father was a mountain guide. Now he's a mountain guide and he's raising a son who wants to be one. You walk, the city streets of a place like Geneva and you say the word mountain guide and everybody knows what that is. It's a very well known, very well respected profession. You go into a bar and say I need to hire a mountain guide and everybody's head turns and looks at you. Yet I still have friends in college who still don't understand really what I do. They say I know this great that this guy Wedberg, he owns a climbing guide service and climbs mountains for a living. And they have no idea how that works. The American Mountain Guides Association is also a new organization, relatively speaking. They're still going through growing pains, getting their feet wet and things. I was working at a 16 when they had that first formal meeting at the ski show back in 1985 I think. That's where they kind of recognized that there's this guiding profession here and maybe we could try to standardize it and grow it. Ever since then it has been doing that and they've modeled a lot of what they do after the international community in Europe. They've developed courses and exams and there are three disciplines. Alpine guiding, Rock Guiding, and Ski guiding. I'd say most of the guides in the United States probably pursue one or two of those disciplines. A smaller percentage of them pursue all three. That is what they concentrate on. Get the basics down so you can see if we execute it. It's more geared to that versus what I would call the soft skills. They don't talk a lot about how to engage clients and be personable. How often do you do international trips? I'm doing about five or six a year personally. Our company, we'll do a few more with some of my other guides leading them. But it's about five or six a year and it depends on the time of year. So in the fall and winter we're heading to places in South America, Mexico's volcanoes, Aconcagua in Argentina. That is usually a December, January timeframe as it's summertime down there. We'll go to places like say Mount Elbrus in Russia, that's more of a summertime thing cause their latitude is similar to the Northwest here. We go to Kilimanjaro a couple of times a year and that being an equatorial climate, we can go there more months of the year. Some of the more exotic places like Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia, which is always a fun one to mix it up. Do you throw some new ones in there every year? My goal has always been to do one new international trip every year, and I've accomplished that in all except maybe one year. The rule of thumb with it is if I am doing a new trip, it's with a client that I've already climbed with before and they know it's a new place for me. We already have a relationship and we know we're figuring it out together. I know their skills, they know my skills. They know what I'm doing, part of the fun of it for them is seeing how we get this figured out. Right. There's be some curveballs thrown at us and that's okay. Have you had a pretty wild trip? Anything major, like bad weather or something? Oh, sure. I mean weather-wise, you know, the weather is always going to be an issue is when you're in the mountains guiding. For example, we were pinned down on Aconcagua at 16,000 feet with winds that were gusting to a good hundred miles an hour. You gotta build up rock walls around your tents and get your tents guyed out well and keep checking them all the time. Living like that for days until the winds subside. So it's good that you know your clients you're with. That you're not gonna have issues with them. They're not gonna have issues with you. We've had that a number of times and I've had storms pin us down on other mountains around the world. I've had other things get thrown at us. For example, I had some guys I was going with to Turkey to climb Mount Ararat and at the very last minute Turkey stopped issuing visas to Americans. These people I was climbing with were actually from Australia and they were able to go to Turkey, but I wasn't. We were chatting about it and we came up with this idea of instead of going to Turkey, we would go to the country of Georgia and climb a mountain called Mount Kazbek in the Caucuses. Cool deep remote mountain, 19,000 plus feet high and not visited by hardly anybody. What ended up kind of being a last-minute change of plans ended up being a really magical experience. This spontaneous thing and sometimes those things end up being a lot of fun. This certainly was, it was a blast. The anniversary of your three Everest Summits were recent, right? It's an incredible achievement. What were those like? Each one of them was different and unique. The first time was 1995 and that was a special anniversary. This year is the 25th anniversary. We had a zoom call or a reunion that was fun. It was a trip that we planned in the sort of traditional style, you know, we weren't guiding it and we weren't being guided. We were just a bunch of friends who put this expedition together and went and raised all our own money and all that and went on the Northside of the mountain to climb the Northeast Ridge. We had 20 people, 12 of whom were climbing team members and the other eight were base camp managers and support people, the team doctor, and such. Out of the 12 climbers, eight of us got to the top. Honestly, pretty successful actually. The other two trips were on the Southside through Nepal and I was guiding both of those times which was different, different aspects, a different perspective, different to be guiding it. I made a decision early on in my guiding career that I did not want to run big Everest expeditions and the only way I'd guide it is one-on-one. So if I had one client who I knew I and climbed with them before and I really felt he had an honest shot at reaching the summit, I would consider it. Someone who would be honest with you if he couldn't, cause there's already a relationship there, we climbed together and such. I did the Southside twice, once in 2008 and once in 2012. The client I was with a neat guy who I climbed with on several peaks, but at Everest, he got sick at base camp and coughed so hard he actually separated the lining from his lungs, which then got infected and he had pleurisy. So he had to be evacuated and sent home. I ended up sticking around and climbing it on my own because I was there and I could, I hadn't done the Southside yet. That was my new trip for that year too. Then I went back in 2012 with another good friend of mine, Fred Simmons. We summited together and that was, that was a pretty special experience. You know, like any trip, when you share that time together with people, it creates a bond of friendship that you really can't duplicate in any other way. That just gets magnified at a place like Mount Everest. What outdoor activities do you participate in for fun? The latest thing is mountain biking. I rediscovered that last year when a couple of clients of mine who had climbed a bunch of the California fourteeners with me in the Sierra knew I'd been to Kilimanjaro many, many times. They were avid mountain bikers and they came to me and said they wanted to mountain bike Kilimanjaro. And they knew that since I've been to Kilimanjaro so much, I could probably figure out the permitting and how to get all that done. I said, well yeah, I could, I had all the connections to get that done. We mountain biked it last October all the way to the top of that mountain. What that required me to do, you know, they weren't coming to me for my biking expertise. They were coming to me cause I knew Kilimanjaro. So my job was just to hold my own on a mountain bike. It was great. I bought a new mountain bike and spent all summer here around Bishop going mountain biking to get in shape to just get ready for this. I went to the top of White Mountain with my mountain bike and went all over chipmunk Canyon. I mean there's tons of mountain biking here. We did a variation of the standard, they call it the Kilema/Marangu route. And basically it combines the standard Marangu route with kind of an emergency road the park service has set up. In case they need a vehicle to pull somebody off the mountain. Being a dirt road we were able to do a dirt road partway up. So it took five days or so, Do you have any advice or suggestions for folks wanting to get into the outdoor adventure biz or start a business? I would say in terms of the outdoor business in general, there are lots of different avenues to take. For both you and I who have been in this industry for so long, we know how special of an industry it is and it attracts a certain type of people. Fun-loving people who care about the environment and really share a common thread with that, which is neat. It can take so many avenues. You can get a job with a company, a manufacturer, you can get into land management, forest service, park service, and administration kind of a thing. There are retail shops, climbing guide service such as myself. There are so many avenues to take. My advice to people is to get to know the industry a little bit. And if you're somebody still in college, get a part-time job at a mountaineering store, there's no better way than to learn the industry and learn about the customers that come in and frequently and go to the outdoors. I think a lot of us that have worked retail and have that experience, you don't really realize it at the time you were working in retail. But afterward, if you stay in the industry and you go back and you're designing packs or you're in the media, or you're a guide you draw on that experience daily, hourly, daily, every single day. You and I, knowing the company adventure 16 as we do, after 58 years they hung it up and called it, the end of a long career. They had a great run of it. And you know, one of the things that the president, John Mead, one of his selling points to employees or prospective employees is that, you know, use us as a stepping stone to get into the industry. And I joke about it now because we're familiar with the outdoor industry trade show that happens a couple of times a year. And I've always joked that our ex-employees are littered throughout that trade show floor. And anybody listening to this who's from that alumni group, they would laugh at that because it's so true. You know, you run into these guys in all aspects of the business. Some of them are still operating retail stores, some of them are presidents of companies, some of them have started companies. And the reunions that have happened at those shows of our ex-employees have been so much fun. You end up meeting these great people. I worked there in 1978, somebody else who worked there in 1992 and even though they never worked together, all of a sudden there's this instant connection and they become great friends. It's like meeting long lost brothers and sisters, you just hit it off immediately right away. It's a great community. It really is. What is your favorite piece of outdoor gear under a hundred dollars that you probably bought at A16? I'm going to go with the Bomber hat which has been a great favorite of ours. I'll tell you another one. A16 made these little Tri-zip pouches, they made them in different sizes, I still have two of them and they're about four by six and I still use them as my climbing guide service repair kits. I'm also going to go with a very obscure one here that, if our old friend Mike Wallenfels is listening, he will laugh at this. Mountain Hardware made this little tent and it just looked like a mini tent. It was about, I'm going to guess about two feet by two and a half feet by two feet with a big door on it. I brought that with me on my Denali expeditions and I put our stoves inside to melt our snow for water. They were out of the wind and it was designed to be a little mini tent for cooking. You had to be super careful with these things cause you could easily burn it. I'm sure that any stove manufacturer listening is just cringing knowing that we did this with their stoves cause you had to be really careful. But man, having your stoves inside this thing melting all this snow for water, it was the difference of several gallons worth of white gas on a Twentyone day expedition on Denali. They don't make them anymore. Mike shoot me an email, let me know what the name of that tent was so I can put it in the show notes. How about favorite books? My all-time favorite has to be the Bible because it's composed of 66 books written over a 1400 year time span, over 40 different authors. And it covers everything from philosophy to history. More traditionally, I read two books recently by an author named Greg Laurie. He's actually a pastor of a big church down Riverside. He wrote a book called, Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon. Previous to that he wrote two other books, one kind of similar about Steve McQueen. He was a little before my time as far as being one of my idols. But I did grow up watching Steve McQueen movies, the King of cool. That was an interesting book. And then he wrote another one, he called Jesus Revolution. And it talked about that those days in the sixties when there were long-haired hippies strung out on drugs just coming into churches with cutoff Levis and no shirts. How can people reach out to you if they want to follow up? We have a website, Sierramountaineering.com. You can find links to reach out to us by phone or email. Our Email is: info@sierramountaineering.com or our phone number is (760) 872-4929 and we always love hearing from people. Whether you're interested in a trip or just you want to know conditions, what's going on in the Sierra. We're up there all the time. Please give us a rating and review HERE
Today I chat with Katie Sarah, an extraordinarily accomplished person. Katie is the first woman in the world to have completed the Seven Seven, that is the Seven Summits (the highest mountain peaks on each of the seven continents) plus the seven volcanic summits of each continent. She is now edging towards the Explorer's Grand Slam.Obviously, Katie's achievement includes the one-and-only, mother-of-them-all, Mount Everest which she summited in 2010 from the northern side (i.e. Tibet). We chat about all of that including what Katie faced on summit day, what motivates her, her training and preparations and some of her other expeditions, like Denali and Mount Elbrus. A strong theme that come through is Katie's ability to set a goal and diligently and patiently work towards it e.g. Katie knew, after her first trip to Mount Everest in 2007, that to successfully summit, she needed to improve her mountaineering skills so she set about acquiring the necessary skills.We also discuss the links between being in the great outdoors and wellbeing, between the feeling of accomplishment after finishing a trek and self-confidence and how such pursuits give one a greater sense of perspective.These days Katie is cutting back in her work at Sarah Mountain Journeys, the adventure travel company she owns, and is dedicating more time to charity work.I found this conversation empowering (because, although what Katie has achieved is truly amazing, she makes it sound possible if you approach it the way she has done) and I hope you do too.Links to websites motioned in our discussion:Sarah Mountain Journeys: https://www.sarahmj.comGuide Dogs SA/NT: https://www.guidedogs.org.auSight For All: https://sightforall.org
Siapa nih yang punya mimpi mau ke Elbrus? Kali ini, Speak Your Mind dapat informasi langsung dari Rusia. Mr. Igor, mountain guide gunung Elbrus berbagi sekilas informasi tentang Elbrus
Imagine being a mom and entrepreneur who has never climbed a mountain and then taking on climbing Kilimanjaro to raise funds for girls in desperate need of basic toiletries that most of us take for granted? My guest on this week's episode did it! She has climbed Kilimanjaro not once, but twice already and is preparing to climbing Mount Elbrus this year for Trek4mandela for the project Caring4girls. Angela Yeung is a phenomenal powerhouse with a huge heart. She is a change agent really pushing herself to her own physical limits to make difference in this world. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: • Why Angela took on this challenge despite her and her loved ones fears about it. • How she prepared for this journey both mentally, physically and spiritually. • How she overcame her own fears, doubts and physical limits throughout this journey. • Angela's advice for overcoming your own fears and limitations and climbing the mountains in your own life. • Angela's favourite, most powerful daily practice to build mind stamina and stay positive throughout our day to day lives. WANT ME TO COACH YOU THROUGH YOUR OBSTACLE, CHALLENGE OR GOAL RIGHT HERE ON THE BREAKTHROUGH PODCAST OR KNOW SOMEONE YOU WANT ME TO INTERVIEW ON THE SHOW? Drop an email to my team with the Subject Line “Podcast” at admin@mickeyroothman.com LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE ARE BELOW MY EMAIL -> admin@mickeyroothman.com
Breakthrough With Coach Mickey Roothman — Imagine being a mom and entrepreneur who has never climbed a mountain and then taking on climbing Kilimanjaro to raise funds for girls in desperate need of basic toiletries that most of us take for granted? My guest on this week’s episode did it! She has climbed Kilimanjaro not once, but twice already and is preparing to climbing Mount Elbrus this year for Trek4mandela for the project Caring4girls. Angela Yeung is a phenomenal powerhouse with a huge heart. She is a change agent really pushing herself to her own physical limits to make difference in this world. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: • Why Angela took on this challenge despite her and her loved ones fears about it. • How she prepared for this journey both mentally, physically and spiritually. • How she overcame her own fears, doubts and physical limits throughout this journey. • Angela’s advice for overcoming your own fears and limitations and climbing the mountains in your own life. • Angela’s favourite, most powerful daily practice to build mind stamina and stay positive throughout our day to day lives. WANT ME TO COACH YOU THROUGH YOUR OBSTACLE, CHALLENGE OR GOAL RIGHT HERE ON THE BREAKTHROUGH PODCAST OR KNOW SOMEONE YOU WANT ME TO INTERVIEW ON THE SHOW? Drop an email to my team with the Subject Line “Podcast” at admin@mickeyroothman.com LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE ARE BELOW MY EMAIL -> admin@mickeyroothman.com ANGELA’S INSTAGRAM · ANGELA’S WEBSITE · TREK4MANDELA WEBSITE · CARING4GIRLS WEBSITE · CONNECT WITH ME ON FACEBOOK · CONNECT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM · CHECK OUT MY SIGNATURE LIFE TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM ·
Marshall Ulrich is an American legend. As a mountaineer, he's climbed the Seven Summits - completing each on his first attempt. The Seven Summits consist of Mount Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimajaro, Mount Elbrus, Mount Vinson, Puncak Jaya, and Mount Kosciuszko by order of elevation. Marshall has completed 130 ultra marathons, each over 100 miles in distance. Most notably, he's known for completing the formidable Badwater 135 ultra marathon across Death Valley 18 times - winning the event 4 times - including 3 in a row. Temperatures can reach 130 degrees F during this race in July.
Rob Marshall is a former Air Force Pilot and is no stranger to dangerous adventures. From 2005-2013, he led a small team of active duty Air Force personnel to complete the “Seven Summits Challenge” and became the first all-American military team to summit Mount Everest. We also talk about how he was held at gunpoint on his way to climb Mount Elbrus, some of his favorite places to travel and pro tips for others looking to get more involved with mountaineering. This is one episode you don't want to miss!
If you’re looking for expert advice on travel in Kabardino-Balkaria, today’s Travel Tips are for you. We are joined once again by our good friend Shannon from Elbrus Elevation in Nalchik. He truly has the inside scoop on the nooks and crannies of this majestic Caucasus republic.
Jack Garner lost his sight in a matter of months when he was just 11 years old, but that didn’t stop him from leading a daring and exciting life. This year, Jack became the first British blind man to ascend the treacherous Mt Elbrus amidst temperatures of -37 degrees Celsius and winds of over 50 miles per hour. Speaking with us Jack revealed how he caught the adventure bug and how he managed such an impressive feat. Jack is chatting with RNIB Connect Radio’s Simon Pauley. For more information on Adventure Peaks, the company that helped provide guides for Jack’s escapade visit: [www.adventurepeaks.com](https://www.adventurepeaks.com/)
As Andrew calls it, this episode is truly the “icing on the cake” to our mini-series on Elbrus. Born at the base of Elbrus, raised on its slopes, and now literally living of the mountain itself—folks, it doesn’t get more local than this! Today’s guest is Takhir, a professional year-round guide on Mount Elbrus. But … Continue reading "CT17 – Mount Elbrus! INTERVIEW: Takhir the Trailblazer"
The first big news is that we’re upping the ante here at CaucasTalk. As threatened back in January, we’re moving to three releases per month. That’s right—3 (three) (III) (trés) (три). This will allow us to get you more of the juicy content we’re creating and that you’re craving. Look for releases on the 1st, … Continue reading "CT16 – Mount Elbrus! INTERVIEW: Milo the Mountaineer"
All right, enough with the facts and geology—Andrew takes us on a colorful tour of the zanier side of Europe’s highest peak, Mount Elbrus. Today we learn about the world’s worst outhouse, and attempt to drive to the summit, extreme sports on the mountain, chances to “glamp” at altitude, and even a poem by Pushkin. We … Continue reading "CT15B – Mount Elbrus! (part 2)"
Top of the morning and happy New Year to you! We’re kicking off the new year with a strong new mini-series: Mount Elbrus! For being the highest mountain in Europe, Elbrus is little known to the wider world. Today’s discussion long enough, that we decided to split it up and let you enjoy it over … Continue reading "CT15A – Mount Elbrus! (part 1)"
James Didier began mountaineering in 2011 in Colorado. Since then he has climbed several significant Alpine peaks in North America and Europe. His most recent adventure was a summit of Europe's highest peak - Mount Elbrus in Russia at 18,510 feet. James climbed without a guide and on a total budget of less than 1,500 dollars including travel expenses making Mt. Elbrus possibly the most affordable of the seven summits and one of the easiest to get to. James Didier, welcome to The Pursuit Zone. Mountain Project Pilgrim Tours
Stew and the Nunn speak with SFC Genevieve Chase about her military career, Founding American Women Veterans and her recent summit of Mount Elbrus the highest european peak located in Russia. She accomplished this with a select group of all women veterans.
Stew and the Nunn speak with SFC Genevieve Chase about her military career, Founding American Women Veterans and her recent summit of Mount Elbrus the highest european peak located in Russia. She accomplished this with a select group of all women veterans.
Cycling from Belgium to Nepal to attempt a climb of Mount Everest, Jelle Veyt first stopped to climb Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe. After summiting, he continued on cycling through Kazakhstan, China, Tibet and Nepal until reaching Kathmandu. After the roads ended he continue on foot to Everest base camp to join his […] The post Cycling to Mount Everest with Jelle Veyt : TPZ 133 appeared first on The Pursuit Zone.
Hello and welcome to rememberinghistory.com where we are remembering history and we’re making it. I’m Robin, the founder and host of this great and groundbreaking podcast show. I would also say that this is an historic show—yes, I know it’s about history—but it is historic because we are discussing, learning and being inspired by people who have been forgotten by history. In this series, we’re focusing on Black explorers. Remember in the first show of this series, we discussed William Sheppard who was born a poor boy in the southern United States but became one of the greatest explorers in the Congo, learned the Kuba language, gained the respect of the Bakuba people and became one of the world’s first human rights activists. He alerted the world to the horrible treatment and atrocities (remember the severed hands?) suffered by the Congolese resulting from the Belgian rubber trade. William Sheppard also became one of the first collectors of African art. In the second podcast show, we discussed Black women explorers and met Barbara Hillary who skied to both the North and South poles—oh, did I forget to mention that she did these amazing feats when she was in her 70s?! And we cannot forget Saray Khumalo who has already summited Mount Kilimanjaro (the highest peak in Africa) and Mount Elbrus in Russia. She has her sights set on Mount Everest but was stopped twice by natural disasters, both of which she was lucky to survive. But she so wisely noted that “We all have our everests.” And that’s why this podcast series is so important. We all do have our own everests to face. What is your Everest? The explorers in today’s podcast also had their everests—though it wasn’t going high in the sky, it was going deep into the earth. But, of course, I know that you that Everest is not high or low, near or far. It’s within us. Within each an every one of us. Still, today’s show is slightly different in the explorer series. Okay, I admit that each show is unique. We will still focus on Black explorers but in this podcast show, we will focus on Black explorers and guides at one place: Mammoth Caves in Kentucky. Why am I making this change? Why am I focusing only on Mammoth caves? There are good reasons for this. I promise. The Mammoth Caves are a very special place on this planet. The Mammoth caves are the longest known cave system in the world. There are more than 400 miles of vast chambers and complex passages. And it is twice as long as the second longest cave system, which is found in Mexico. New discoveries and connections add several miles to the cave system every year. The Mammoth Caves in the Mammoth Cave National Park are a World Heritage Site and an international Biosphere Reserve. You will see that much of the discoveries there are due to the work of the courageous and determined Black explorers and guides in the caves , which were described by Stephen Bishop (whom we’ll meet very soon) as a “grand, gloomy and peculiar” place. The Mammoth Caves are important for another, perhaps surprising reason. The stories of the African Americans (both enslaved and free) who came to live and work at the Mammoth Caves showed a lot about the society and times in which they lived. It showed the difficulties, the struggles and the discrimination. But it also showed the triumphs, the courage and the great skills of both the enslaved and free people at the Caves. You’ll get more details about this, and get the heartwarming stories and the frustrating stories at the Mammoth caves throughout this podcast. The caves really were a microcosm of the society and racial conditions at the time. So, I would like to get started with this third and final show this month about Black explorers, this time in the Mammoth Caves in Kentucky. Of course, though, we have a bit of housekeeping to do. I’ll make it quick so we can get straight to the show. At the end of the show, I’ll tell you about the exciting and inspirational podcast shows for next month. I’ll just remind you that you can get additional information about the explorers in this podcast series at the Remembering History Podcast page on Facebook. You’ll find a fun and friendly group of historians who love to be inspired and who love to discuss history. So, join the conversation. And feel free to discuss whatever interests you. This is an open forum for discussion and everyone is welcome. Also, you can find great books, DVDs and other educational resources about these great explorers at rememberinghistory.com website, at the Books & Stuff store. I have personally vetted all these resources so you can trust them. Or you can complain directly to me. I believe in accountability. You can’t find it in many places on the Internet, but you can find it here. I’m gonna stop here because I’m anxious to get to the real deal of this final podcast show on Black explorers. Remember that there is important information at the end of the show about next month’s wiki history podcast series. Without further ado… Let’s begin with arguably the greatest explorer of the Mammoth Caves: Stephen Bishop! Because of his great work, skill, and dedication, Stephen Bishop is without question one of the greatest explorers of the grand, gloomy and peculiar Mammoth Caves. And you’re gonna see why! Bishop came to the Mammoth caves in 1838. He was African American, 17 years old and enslaved. Slavery was still legal in Kentucky and many other states. Remember slavery wasn’t abolished until 1865, some 27 years later. Yet because of his great exploration and guiding skills, he did enjoy some freedoms and privileges in the Mammoth caves—and avoided the grueling physical work and suffering endured by other slaves. In fact, he was first introduced to the Mammoth caves by a white explorer. This developed Bishop’s love of exploration—and he spent the next two decades exploring the Mammoth caves. Although he was introduced to the caves by other explorers, Stephen Bishop went far beyond those explored and toured areas. Bishop discovered miles of new routes that no human eye had ever seen. And he opened the gateway for modern exploration of these vast and incredible caves. Yes, he made history: Stephen Bishop was the first to cross the “Bottomless Pit” which was a series of deep vertical shafts. Other explorers had stopped at the Bottomless Pit, refusing to cross over that dangerous abyss. Quite understandable but Bishop was not scared or stopped. He continued past the Bottomless Pit and into areas that had been completely unexplored. And he later safely guided others over the Bottomless Pit and into new regions of the caves. Bishop also explored and guided others into areas of the Mammoth Caves called Fat Man’s Misery (I can only guess why it was given that name!), Cleveland Avenue and the Mammoth Domes. Those are some of the most famous areas of the caves, made famous and popular by Stephen Bishop. He absolutely loved the Mammoth caves and had a real drive for exploration. Still it was hard work and he crawled through tight winding passageways, discovered an underground river, scaled huge rocks, and dared to walk on a rickety nature-made ladder across the "Bottomless Pit." In 1856, Stephen Bishop received his freedom but unfortunately died the following year at the young age of 37. He left behind his wife, Charlotte, and son, Thomas. His cause of death remains a mystery but he is buried in the Old Guides’ Cemetery at Mammoth Caves National Park. Personally, I love visiting cemeteries because there is so much history and so many personal stories found there. So, if you visit the Mammoth caves, I think that visiting the Old Guides’ Cemetery would be an interesting and moving “exploration” and a great way to honor this great explorer. And, by the way, I do want to mention that Stephen Bishop had many other talents that enhanced his abilities as an explorer and guide. He was also widely known as a great speaker, an excellent orator, a gifted singer and a natural showman. He brought his love of the caves to each visitor and brought the caves to life for everyone who dared to enter them. Stephen Bishop might have been born into slavery, but he was never a slave. He was an explorer! And today he is a legend! Another Black explorer who came to the Mammoth caves in 1838 was Nick Bransford. However, Bransford didn’t become a full-time explorer for nearly 20 years after moving to the caves. He started full-time guiding in 1857, after the death of Stephen Bishop. Nick Bransford was an enslaved person (born during the period of slavery). Like Bishop, he was leased out and sent to the Mammoth caves to work. And interestingly there were records showing that he was valued at $800, which was substantially more than for other enslaved persons. This was most likely because of his skills as an explorer and guide. Nick Bransford was a different kind of guide and explorer than Stephen Bishop. And he was also highly respected and trusted to lead people into the deep and dark caverns and the areas explored by Bishop. One visitor to the Mammoth Caves described him by saying, “He seemed thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the place in which he had spent the greater portion of his time for 17 years. He was as grave and taciturn as some cave-keeping hermit. During our inward progress, he had carefully pointed out every place and object of interest. If I paused or made a misstep, he instantly looked around.” Bransford later purchased his freedom by selling eyeless fish from the caves. Yes, there were fish in the underground rivers who didn’t have eyes. And visitors were keen to buy them. Bransford was also known as a caring and giving man. He donated the land for the Mammoth Cave School where many Black children (including his grandchildren) learned to read and write. And he was one of the first deacons of the Pleasant Union Baptist church, which was located in the park. Nick Bransford continued to work as an explorer and guide at the Mammoth caves until his death in 1895. He had devoted more than 50 years of his life to guiding and exploring. Unfortunately, his exact gravesite remains unknown today. Many of slaves or former slaves came to Mammoth caves for similar reasons and had similar experiences. Yet everyone also had a unique experience. Take Ed Bishop for example. No relation to Stephen Bishop. He came to the Mammoth caves in 1886. The slave period was over so he was free, he had not been leased to the cave owners like Nick Bransford and Stephen Bishop. But he quickly became a well-known and respected explorer as well as an integral part of the guiding force. Among his greatest achievements was to guide the German cartographer, Max Kamper, into the Mammoth Caves. For 8 months, he and Kamper remained at the cave, visiting all the known sections. But Ed Bishop also discovered new sections that he presented to Max Kamper. One such newly discovered point (located on the Violet City Lantern route) was named Bishop’s Pit in 1908, in honor of Ed Bishop. Together Bishop and Kamper produced a map representing more than 35 miles of passages in the cave. Ed Bishop was widely recognized for his knowledge of the cave and as a teacher for the guides. Someone wrote: “The real guide was Ed Bishop. He instructed Hunt how to reach the New Discovery from the Cathedral Dome route and Hunt instructed Bob Lively. But during 1916 and 1917, it was always necessary to wait for Bishop to make the trip.” Ed Bishop and his wife, Josie, later moved to Indiana where he died. Today, Ed and Josie Bishop (as well as their baby girl Chancey) are buried beneath a large cedar tree near the cave. Yes, there is a headstone (which was donated recently by cave guides). It would be wonderful to locate this headstone and see where this great guide and explorer was finally laid to rest. Another explorer and guide who came to the caves after slavery was Ed Hawkins. No, not Ed Bishop whom we just discussed but Ed Hawkins. And he has a unique and interesting story too. Although he was an explorer and guide, he didn’t take on this role exclusively like many of the others. Ed Hawkins also worked as a laborer on the privately owned Mammoth cave estates. In addition to exploring and guiding, he also did structural repairs, chopping wood and plucking chickens. But guiding and exploring were definitely his first loves and his greatest skills. Unfortunately, those skills were not valued by the owners of the caves. Yes, slavery had been abolished but African Americans were still in a difficult position and treated as lower class citizens. Jobs and other opportunities were quite limited for Black people, particularly in the southern U.S. states like Kentucky. In those states, Blacks could have jobs as porters or waiters. In contrast, whites could have higher paying and more prestigious jobs like clerks or managers. And this severely limited Ed Hawkins’s opportunities at the Mammoth caves. There was a story that Ed Hawkins had arranged and organized an exploration for himself and as a guide for a group. However, the manager at the cave forced him to cancel and abandon the exploration because he needed Hawkins stay at work and peel potatoes that day! One can only imagine how Ed Hawkins felt, how devastated that must have been for him. Despite the difficulties, Ed Hawkins discovered a monumental series of vertical shafts. The passage leading up to these incredible shafts was later named Hawkins Pass. A great honor to this great explorer. And, yes, visitors can still see these shafts. Just take the Wild Caves Tour! Ed Hawkins died in 1936. He is buried at Western State Hospital cemetery in Kentucky. Unfortunately, he was buried in an unmarked grave. But anyone who wants to show honor and respect for Ed Hawkins can visit the Mammoth caves and take the Wild Caves tour to see Hawkins Pass. I just want to mention one unique characteristic of Ed Hawkins, which is actually more personal. He was known always to secure his clothes with large blanket pins. They actually look like giant clothespins. And they make Ed Hawkins very distinguishable in pictures. You can find a picture of him on the Remembering History Podcast Page. Please go there and take a look to see this great explorer! Another Black explorer and guide at the Mammoth caves was also a multi-skilled, multi-talented person. Before coming to the Mammoth caves, Will Garvin was a private in the army, serving in a Colored Troop during the Civil War. Will Garvin was never an enslaved person. Following the war, he began exploring and guiding in Mammoth caves where he made his mark for discovering an area later call the Corkscrew. This was actually a maze through collapsed rubble that linked the upper levels of the cave system to the lower levels near the water table. This area also provided an exit from the cave so visitors wouldn’t have to retrace their steps. Some people say that Will Garvin also discovered the Colossal Caverns. This area was so treacherous that it even wasn’t opened to the public until 1972 (some 70 years after its discovery). It is one of the caves still protected within Mammoth Cave National Park. But Will Garvin also made another important discovery—or had an important experience. This is really interesting. He was the first person to experience the optical illusion called the Statue of Martha Washington. As he was exiting the cave, he saw a spectral silhouette of a woman who looked just like Martha Washington! I know strange things can be seen in the caves but this was one of the strangest! And it is still occasionally seen on certain tours in the historic section! Will Garvin died in the early 1900s, survived by his wife Hannah. The place of his burial remains unknown. Stay tuned for more information on this optical illusion. Finally, we come to Matt Bransford, who was neither an explorer nor a guide into the Mammoth caves. But he was an exceptional businessman who filled a niche that supported the work of the black explorers and guides. His work and vision puts him right up there with those history makers; he was truly a legend and an important part of the guiding and exploration work. And his story gives us more insight into the life and experiences of Blacks in the southern United States. You might remember from Ed Hawkins’ experience, segregation in jobs and housing existed after the abolition of slavery. (Of course, we know that it continued until the 1950s and 1960s.) However, among guides, segregation wasn’t practiced. But outside the caves, black visitors did face segregation. Blacks were not allowed to be on the same tours with whites or stay in the same hotels as white visitors. Matt Bransford (who was the grandson of one of the original guides and explorers, Materson Bransford, who was an enslaved person) had travelled around the country, encouraging Blacks to visit the world famous Mammoth caves. But when Black visitors did come to the caves, they were faced with the problem of segregation. What did Matt Bransford do? He started special tours for African Americans into the Mammoth caves. Matt and his wife, Zemmie provided lodging and meals at their home for Black visitors. They later started a hotel called the Bransford Resort. It was the first place and time in Mammoth cave history that the African American community could experience the same comforts and fascination of the cave that white visitors had experienced for more than a century! The Black community started visiting and enjoying Mammoth caves in large numbers. And they heard and kept alive stories of the Black explorers and guides like Stephen Bishop, Nick Bransford, Ed Hawkins and many others. These explorers became legends around the world! So, Matts Bransford was not an explorer but his vision and contribution were essential to the African American experience and discoveries at the Mammoth caves. This really shows that everyone has something to contribute. Everyone can make a difference. Whether it is by exploring the caves, providing tours in the caves or providing housing and food for people at the caves—everyone can make a difference! So, this wraps up our great and groundbreaking podcast series on Black explorers. I hope that you have enjoyed it as much as I have. And I also hope that you have also felt inspired by their courage, their determination and their never-give-up attitude. They faced their everests—sometimes with fear, sometimes without it—but they faced their inner Everest and emerged victorious. They emerged as legends. Are you ready to face your Everest? By the way, the optical illusion experienced by * (and still experienced by visitors to the cave) was actually caused by the reflection of light from an approaching tour casting its lights upon the bends of the cave avenue. As promised, I’ll give you a sneak peek into the next podcast series. Remember that we actually have two podcast series going right now. In our long-term podcast series, we focus on the Black educators. In the next podcast show, we will focus exclusively on Black educators who are men. I decided that it was time to show that women are not the only great educators, but that men have been and still are serving as teachers, mentors, coaches and role models for children of all backgrounds. They should be recognized and they will be in the next podcast show on Black educators. Stay tuned. In the second podcast show, we will honor and recognize African Americans in the military. The Black men and women who have served their country and are continuing to serve their country are often overlooked, even forgotten. But we will recognize them and I know that their stories will inspire us all. Stay tuned for that show. Both are coming soon. Lot’s of great stuff coming so I look forward to seeing you at rememberinghistory.com where we are remembering history and we’re making it. Bye for now.
Black Explorers Podcast Number 2 Hello History friends! Welcome back to rememberinghistory.com where we are remembering history and we’re making it. I’m Robin and I’m the host of this great and groundbreaking podcast series about Black explorers. In the first podcast of this series, we discussed William Sheppard who was one of the first black missionaries in Africa. He explored the Congo River region, established relationships with the local people like the Bakuba, learned the Kuba language and learned their techniques in hunting, music, growing crops and ancestral worship. Sheppard also established one of the first humanitarian organizations in the world and brought international attention to the human rights abuses (like slavery and torture) being committed against the local people as part of the Belgian rubber industry. He did so much on both sides of the Atlantic and his legacy as an explorer, human rights activist and African art collector continues to grow and spread. If you have not heard the previous podcast about William Sheppard, I hope that you will do so. It is fascinating and so inspirational. That’s what I love about the explorers in this podcast series; they are courageous and visionary, yes, but they are also real humanitarians and activists. They wanted to (and yes they did) leave a positive legacy in their travels that has inspired and continue to inspire people today. The explorers—the history makers—in today’s podcast show are no exception. In this podcast show, we will take a special focus. Our great black explorers are women. Many times, when we think of explorers, we are thinking only of men. Yes, there were lots of men who are explorers. And traditionally men had the means and more opportunity to make explorations. But that didn’t stop many women—past and present—from following their dream to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life or new civilizations or boldly go where most people have not gone before. (Ok, yes, I borrowed that from Star Trek but this description definitely applies here!) These women explorers in today’s podcast show went far and wide in search of adventure…and they definitely found it. So, I hope that you will enjoy this show and their stories. And I really hope to show that we all can achieve our dreams if we are committed, determined and focused--just like the explorers in this great and groundbreaking podcast series. Okay, before we get started, just a bit of housekeeping. Please remember that you can find additional information about the people in this podcast series, you can listen to other interesting podcasts and read the bodacious blog on the rememberinghistory.com website and the Remembering History Facebook page. There is also a special Facebook page called the Remembering History Podcast page that focuses specifically on information in the Wiki history podcasts. But the website and both of the Facebook pages, you will find a great community of fun and friendly historians who welcome everyone into the fold. Start a new discussion. Ask a question. Make a criticism. Or just enjoy the banter. Just come and have a good time. Also remember that there will be one final part to the black explorers podcast series in which we discuss the Black explorers of Mammoth mountain. Most of these explorers were former slaves and they were actually guides that went into the Mammoth caves, way down deep where most people would not venture to tread. But they did. And their stories are amazing. So, please stay tuned for part 3 of this podcast series. So, that’s all the details for now. Without further ado, let’s get started discussing our two history makers, Black women explorers. Our first great explorer challenged not only race and gender barriers but also an age barrier. Her name is Barbara Hillary and she made history! She was the first African American woman to reach both the North Pole AND the South Pole! And she made these incredible accomplishments in her 70s. But let me back up and tell her story properly; I am so excited to tell her accomplishments but I also want to tell her STORY because that is also amazing. Barbara Hillary was born in New York in 1931. Her father died when she was a year old so her mother moved her and her sister to South Carolina where they would have a better chance to receive an education. Barbara Hillary later moved back to New York to attend New York University where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. She then worked in nursing with a focus on training staff to care for aging patients and developing service delivery systems in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. She had a long a distinguished career in the nursing industry. Upon her retirement, Barbara Hillary developed an interest in Arctic travel and exploration. She began with photographing polar bears in Canada but this only whet her appetite to go deeper into the Arctic regions. She set her sights on the North Pole. She worked hard and raised $25,000 for her excursion. And she actually reached the North Pole on April 23, 2007—at the age of 75! Do you think that she stopped there? I mean, it was a difficult trip –-that she accomplished on skis--and she had already made history as the first African American woman to reach the North Pole. And she was certainly one of the oldest people ever to have reached the North Pole. But no she didn’t stop there. No, she set her sights downwards. To the South Pole! And on January 6, 2011, she reached the South Pole at the age of 79! At one point along the trip, she was the only expeditioner left along the trip-the others had dropped out because of time, money or hardship. But not Barbara! She skied to the very top of the world and the very bottom of the world within 5 years and in her 70s! (Yes, I said that she skied there!) She has absolutely made history! More importantly, she has made her dreams come true and she has shown that age, gender, class (she wasn’t a rich woman!) and race do not have to act as barriers to achieving dreams. But I have told only part of Barbara Hillary’s story. She had already faced other obstacles—but those still didn’t stop her. Before even making her explorations, she had faced and survived lung cancer—at the age of 67. But her treatment had caused her to lose 25 percent of her lung capacity. And this was not her first bout with cancer; she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in her 20s. But she survived it. Then 40 years later, she survived lung cancer. Then she faced the North and South Poles! What an incredible lady. She also committed her infinite energy to community activism, being an advocate for senior and minority health and founding a magazine called The Peninsula. But Barbara Hillary is not done yet. She has her sights on new horizons but, like the amazing lady that she is, she is keeping her secrets to herself—and will reveal them when she is ready. Stay tuned! I’m sure that she will continue to amaze us all. You can get more information about Barbara Hillary on the Remembering History Podcast page where you can find pictures, updates and even a short audio made by the Barbara Hillary herself about her explorations. There is also an interesting bio with links about her at Blackpast.org. (I haven’t mentioned that website before but it is an incredible resource on Black history so I highly recommend checking it. It has many contibutors, including myself, that are committed to keeping Black history alive. Remember Blackpast.org.) And Barbara Hillary has a website called barbarahillary.com where you can see more pictures and even make a donation to her next expedition. Barbarahillary.com. Let’s move on discuss our next great explorer, our next history maker! This story is a bit different from the others—you’ll see why in just a moment—but the story is still inspirational and even provides a lesson for us all. One might even call this story a fable but I’ll let you decide what you think of Saray Khumalo and her incredible determination. She was determined to climb seven of the world’s highest summits—and she’s almost there. 43-year old Zambian born mother of two Saray Khumalo has already scaled Mount Kilimanjaro (Africa’s highest peak) and Mount Elbrus in Russia. Then she set her sights on the mother of all mountains: Mount Everest. Not surprisingly, this has been a monumental task but for different reasons that you might think. In 2014, Khumalo made her first attempt at climbing Mount Everest. And, yes, this would have made her the first black African woman to do it. (Of course, we remember that Sophie Danenberg was the first African American woman to climb Everest in 2006. Great story that you can find on last year’s wiki history podcast series on Great Explorers.) And Saray Khumalo was ready for the climb. She had prepared: She spent two weeks climbing in the Alps, she trained in the gym 5 days a week, and she went hiking, rock climbing and camping every weekend. She was ready. She had even raised 1 million rand for Lunchbox fund, an organization that provides lunches to school children in South Africa where she had moved after her marriage. She was ready physically, mentally and emotionally. But sometimes events happen that change our plans. Events over which we have no control. In 2014, Mount Everest experienced one of the worst avalanches in recorded history. Climbers were killed or missing. Guides were killed or went missing. Saray Khumalo, who was climbing at the time, was lucky: she lived and was unhurt. But the climb was cancelled and she had to leave the mountain. But she was not deterred. In fact, Khumalo was determined to return to Mount Everest in the following year (2015) and reach her goal of scaling the world’s highest peak. Again, Khumalo went through intensive training and preparation. And she raised funds for an organization called Multiply, which would build libraries for children in South Africa. She was ready and determined. Another event occurred. This time, Nepal experienced a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Thousands (estimates of 7, 500 people) were killed or went missing. Nepal itself was devastated. Khumalo was climbing on the mountain when the devastating earthquake occurred. She was stranded for days on the mountain, often without any shelter. Helicopters were damaged or were searching for survivors on the mountain or below in Nepal so Khumalo had to use her training, wits and faith to survive until she could be rescued and returned to safety. And, fortunately, she did return to safety. And, her climb was over. But she lived and was unharmed for which Saray Khumalo is grateful and happy. “I was able to return safely to my family,” she says. “Being the first black African woman to climb Everest would be fantastic,” she says, “but I don’t want to lose focus. I want to come back to my family. I want to come back alive.” So thwarted by two devastating natural disasters—first the avalanche then the earthquake—Khumalo has not yet fulfilled her dream of scaling Mount Everest. But she definitely still has her sights set on the mountain. She has not given up her dream. This passionate explorer notes that we all have our own little Everests.” “I believe ordinary people like me can reach extraordinary heights and if I can inspire a little child to say: ‘This homework is my own little Everest and I can also do it,’ then I would have done my job.” Wow, that’s definitely the goal of this podcast series on great explorers: to inspire us to reach for greater heights, more distant shores, or whatever our dreams may be. Or as I always return to: to boldly go where no one has gone before. In short, as Saray Khumalo wisely said it, “to face our own everests.” So, Saray Khumalo has not yet scaled Mount Everest (although remember that she has already scaled Kilimanjaro and Elbrus!) but she is still pursuing her dream. So, do you see how her story is slightly different than the others? But I also hope that you see how her story is so incredibly inspirational and so incredibly uplifting. Her story is not over so stay tuned for more amazing adventures and feats by this great woman explorer. And remember her wise words: “We all have our everests.” What is your Everest? Saray Khumalo is so right about that. What is your Everest? How will you face it, scale it, conquer it? I know it can be scary, even frightening, but remember the determination of today’s great explorers like Saray Khumalo and Barbara Hillary (who went to the North and South poles), and the courage of William Sheppard (whose explorations in the Congo that we learned about in the previous podcast show). They were ordinary people who followed the dreams and faced their everests. And you can too. We all can. On this high note, I think that it’s a good time to close this podcast show about great explorers, who were also great black women. This is a group that does not get a lot of attention so I felt it was important to devote an entire podcast show to their accomplishments. In the next show, we will focus on former slaves who explored the caves in Mammoth Mountain. They did extraordinary feats under very difficult circumstances and guess what? They emerged victorious. Their stories are often neglected but not in this great and groundbreaking podcast series. They will get their due—it’s their time. That podcast will be the finale of the black explorers podcast series. I hope that you will listen to all three shows in the series; you will definitely find them inspirational. Perhaps you will get a few ideas of your own. I hope so. And if you do, please share them on the rememberinghistory.com website or facebook page. I would love to hear them! I hope that you will remember to visit the rememberinghistory.com website for additional information and discussion or the Remembering History Podcast page for more information and pictures of these great people. I really do believe that a picture speaks a thousand words and it just makes it all feel so real when you can actually see these great explorers. Take a look. You will also find a great group of fun and friendly historians who love to meet new people and have great discussions. I will end this podcast show by asking again: what is your Everest? And I look forward to seeing you next time at rememberinghistory.com where we are remembering history and we’re making it. And we’re remembering those who are making it. Bye for now!
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26 июня 2015 диджей из Екатеринбурга Sam Kholod установил мировой рекорд, отыграв часовой DJ сет на высоте 4810 метров на Эльбрусе, самой высокой горе Европы. Подробности на samkholod.com 1. 16B Feat. Morel - Escape (Driving To Heaven) 2. Dousk - Espero Sun 3. B.I.G. - Carpe Diem 4. Anigye Feat. Audio Architects - NL Boost (Remix) 5. Hans Zimmer - Now We Are Free (Kintar Remix) 6. Airwave - A Touch Of Grace (Original Mix) 7. John 00 Fleming - Rasa Lila (John C Remix) 8. Lostep - Burma (Sasha Involver Remix) 9. Nubreed & Luke Chable - One Day (Luke Chable's Extension Mix) 10. Lustral - Solace (Vorontsov & Dorohov Remix)
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