{"id":39156,"date":"2021-04-29T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=39156"},"modified":"2021-04-29T09:12:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:12:41","slug":"interview-with-ed-viesturs-and-david-scheffer-of-himali-gear-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/interview-with-ed-viesturs-and-david-scheffer-of-himali-gear-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Ed Viesturs and David Schaeffer of Himali gear company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University of Colorado graduate, David Schaeffer started the outdoor gear company, Himali, in 2014 along with Tendi Sherpa.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Boulder, Colorado company has grown nicely and, in my opinion, is about to really take off. Ed Viesturs, known globally as an author, speaker, and the only American to have summited all 14 of the 8000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen have come together. 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