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Ep. 211 | Brian Dickinson | Navy Rescue Swimmer and Everest Summiteer
Ep. 211 | Brian Dickinson | Navy Rescue Swimmer and Everest Summiteer
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Length:
120 minutes
Released:
May 21, 2024
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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
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