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Ep. 211 | Brian Dickinson | Navy Rescue Swimmer and Everest Summiteer

Ep. 211 | Brian Dickinson | Navy Rescue Swimmer and Everest Summiteer

FromFormer Action Guys Podcast


Ep. 211 | Brian Dickinson | Navy Rescue Swimmer and Everest Summiteer

FromFormer Action Guys Podcast

ratings:
Length:
120 minutes
Released:
May 21, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Brian Dickinson is a former Navy aviation rescue swimmer who is also a mountaineer that has summited Everest. After summiting the world's highest peak solo, Brian lost his sight to snow blindness and completed his descent with the ability to see. His trek from the summit was expected to take 2-3 hours and ended up taking 7 hours of feeling his way down.Support the showhttps://patreon.com/formeractionguyshttps://jcramergraphics.comhttps://ANGLICOshop.comBrian's Sitehttps://www.briandickinson.net/00:00:00 Wagner Loves What?00:07:16 US Navy Rescue Swimmer00:13:53 Airliner Goes Down00:20:07 Iraqi Fishermen Eaten By Sharks00:26:27 Getting into Mountaineering00:33:46 Advice for New Climbers00:37:41 Mountain Bodies00:43:49 High Altitude Climbing is a Lifestyle00:50:34 Climbing the Highest Peak on Each Continent00:58:04 Sherpa Culture01:06:28 How Long it Took | Base Camp to Summit01:09:45 Summit Day01:22:14 Verifying a Summit | Himalayan Database01:30:17 The Blind Descent01:46:10 Snow Blindness
Released:
May 21, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Former Action Guys Podcast is a way for veterans, first responders and others to share their stories that the world has never heard in a casual, conversational format that allows a natural flow of information about their career and lives. Justin Cramer is a former Marine JTAC-E that completed 5 deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and on the USS Makin Island. Justin served with 1st ANGLICO, 10th Marine Regiment, 3rd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment and others before leaving the military after 12 years in 2018.Some content is not appropriate for children or listeners because of the graphic description of combat and other traumatic events.