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Everest 2013: Interview with Georgina Miranda – More than a Climb

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Mar 292013
 
Everest 2013: Interview with Georgina Miranda - More than a Climb

This interview with Georgina Miranda is one of an ongoing series I do each season with Everest climbers. Not the famous, sponsored ones who get plenty of publicity but the regular people, who often have full time jobs, full time families and climb for the love of the climb. This is the last interview for 2013 as the regular seasons starts up. Now here’s Georgina: She is a consultant by profession. You know, sitting on windowless conference rooms giving and listening to PowerPoint presentations all day long. She helps companies accomplish their objectives. For people, she helps them accomplish their dreams. continue reading


Everest 2013: Interview with Gosia Borchardt – Pushing Her Limits

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Mar 252013
 
Everest 2013: Interview with Gosia Borchardt - Pushing Her Limits

This interview with Gosia Borchardt is one of an ongoing series I do each season with Everest climbers. Not the famous, sponsored ones who get plenty of publicity but the regular people, who often have full time jobs, full time families and climb for the love of the climb. This is one of the last interviews as the regular seasons starts up. Now here’s Gosia: As a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) working at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Gosia has seen it all. In her capacity, she is responsible for keeping up with blood loss and running a couple continue reading


Everest 2013: Interview with Robert Kay – Nepal Connections

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Mar 202013
 
Everest 2013: Interview with Robert Kay - Nepal Connections

This interview with Robert Kay is one of an ongoing series I do each season with Everest climbers. Not the famous, sponsored ones who get plenty of publicity but the regular people, who often have full time jobs, full time families and climb for the love of the climb. I welcome suggestions for anyone climbing in 2013 I should interview. Now here’s Robert: Originally from Australia, Robert and his family visited Colorado back in 1973, and never left. An avid skier, Robert has skied some of the Colorado 14,000 foot mountains, Europe’s Mt. Elbrus and Mont Blanc plus Orizaba and Manaslu.. In continue reading


Everest 2013: Interview with Ronnie Muhl – Climbing From South Africa

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Mar 182013
 
Everest 2013: Interview with Ronnie Muhl - Climbing From South Africa

This interview with Ronnie Muhl is one of an ongoing series I do each season with Everest climbers. I try to reach a wide variety of climbers around the world. I welcome suggestions for anyone climbing in 2013 I should interview. Now here’s Ronnie: Most people in South Africa do not dream of climbing Everest one day. But the power of a well written phrase often plants a seed that cannot be ignored. A driven man, Ronnie Muhl has embraced life and his adventures with a zest that has taken him to Everest three times summiting from the north in 2007 fulfilling continue reading


Everest 2013: Interview with Bob Kerr – A Dream from Age 12

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Mar 142013
 
Everest 2013: Interview with Bob Kerr - A Dream from Age 12

This interview with Bob Kerr is one of an ongoing series I do each season with Everest climbers. Not the famous, sponsored ones who get plenty of publicity but the regular people, who often have full time jobs, full time families and climb for the love of the climb. I welcome suggestions for anyone climbing in 2013 I should interview. Now here’s Bob:  For many Everest climbers, the idea was set in their mind as a young child. Sometimes it came from a TV show, a newspaper article or a poster they saw in school. Then there are other motivations. Bob Kerr, continue reading


Everest 2013: Interview with Guy Cotter – Boss and Climber

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Mar 112013
 
Everest 2013: Interview with Guy Cotter - Boss and Climber

This interview with Guy Cotter is one of an ongoing series I do each season with Everest climbers. In addition to the regular climbers, the world’s leading guides occasionally pause to answer my questions.  I welcome suggestions for anyone climbing in 2013 I should interview. Now here’s Guy: There are a handful of companies that professionally guide the world’s mountains year in, year out. Adventure Consultants is one of the best in the world running trips to every corner of the globe and has for over two decades. Guy Cotter has been running the company since 1996 with a strong philosophy of continue reading


Everest 2013: Interview with David Liano – Double Summit

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Mar 042013
 
Everest 2013: Interview with David Liano - Double Summit

This interview with David Liano is one of an ongoing series I do each season with Everest climbers. Not the famous, sponsored ones who get plenty of publicity but the regular people, who often have full time jobs, full time families and climb for the love of the climb. I welcome suggestions for anyone climbing in 2013 I should interview. Now here’s David: For most Everest climbers who are suffering severe headaches, and an unsteady heartbeat it is enough to rethink their climbing goals. But for David Liano, it was motivation to hone his condition, find peace with his goals and double continue reading


Everest 2013: Interview with Richard Salisbury, Behind the Summit Numbers

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Feb 182013
 
Everest 2013: Interview with Richard Salisbury, Behind the Summit Numbers

This interview with Richard Salisbury is one of an ongoing series I do each season with Everest climbers. In addition to regular climbers, occasionally I get the chance to speak with those important figures behind the scenes,  I welcome suggestions for anyone climbing in 2013 I should interview. Now here’s Richard: Richard Salisbury was as much of an unknown name to me as Elizabeth Hawley in 1998. I was in Kathmandu on my way to climb Cho Oyu when I was told by the clerk in my hotel that I had a phone call. “Who would be calling me here?” I asked continue reading


Everest 2013: Interview with David Tait, Mr. Traverse is Back

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Feb 132013
 
Everest 2013: Interview with David Tait, Mr. Traverse is Back

This interview with David Tait is one of an ongoing series I do each season with Everest climbers. Not the famous, sponsored ones who get plenty of publicity but the regular people, who often have full time jobs, full time families and climb for the love of the climb. I welcome suggestions for anyone climbing in 2013 I should interview. Now here’s David: David Tait’s very tough beginning in life shaped him in ways he probably never imagined. He was abused as a child, became estranged from his parents, lost his mother to suicide and his father to cancer. He was stopped continue reading


Everest 2013: Interview with Rob Marshall – US Air Force 7 Summits

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Feb 042013
 
Everest 2013: Interview with Rob Marshall - US Air Force 7 Summits

This interview with Rob Marshall is one of an ongoing series I do each season with Everest climbers. Not the famous, sponsored ones who get plenty of publicity but the regular people, who often have full time jobs, full time families and climb for the love of the climb. I welcome suggestions for anyone climbing in 2013 I should interview. Now here’s Rob: I first met Major Rob Marshall at the airport in Puenta Arenas on my climb of Antarctica’s highest mountain, Mt. Vinson. Major Marshal and Capitan Graydon Muller told me they wanted to do push-ups on the summit. Over the continue reading


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