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#199 Global Rescue with Dan Richards
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06/06/17 • 20 min
Today's guest is Dan Richards, the CEO of Global Rescue. Global Rescue provides travel and health risk management services, ranging from specialty care to evacuation. In this episode, we talk to Dan about Global Rescue's business model, how having a "backup" impacts decision-making, and whether Dan has ever had to use the services of his own company.
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05/29/14 • 30 min
Did you ever wonder what it takes to run an Ironman? Cait is a professional triathlete who has run 15 Ironmans, with six of them being world championships.
07/02/14 • 23 min
Russell and Ben relive some of the best MTNmeister moments by asking each other some of the tough questions that they’ve asked the MTNmeisters. Russell and Ben share adventures that they’ve had in their lives along with a reflection on the podcast journey thus far.
#142 Life is unknown with Conrad Anker
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07/15/15 • 34 min
Conrad Anker is a world renowned mountaineer who has redefined what’s possible in climbing over the past three decades. His accomplishments span from climbing 8000m peaks without oxygen in the Himalaya, to first ascents in Antarctica, to big wall climbing in Patagonia. In 1999, he located George Mallory’s body on Mt Everest. Most recently, Meru, a documentary about the first ascent of the Shark’s Fin on Meru, won the Audience Choice award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival.
05/13/14 • 31 min
Alex Johnson is a professional rock climber specializing in bouldering. Learn about her sport and what it takes to succeed on the largest stages of climbing.
05/22/14 • 18 min
Andy Parisod is a professional telemark skier and member of the WORST Crew, a telemark skiing club. Learn about the sport of telemark skiing and how Andy supports himself to sustain this lifestyle.
03/17/15 • 30 min
Colin Arisman is a storyteller and a long distance hiker. Occasionally he kills those two birds with one stone, like the time when he hiked the entire Pacific Crest Trail: Mexico to Canada, 2668 miles, five months. He created a film to share the story called Only The Essential.
05/26/14 • 23 min
A national champion in slalom and halfpipe for his age group, Todd Franzen was a snowboarding prodigy at 15 years old. After missing the Olympics in 1998 and dropped sponsorships, Todd lost interest in competetive snowboarding. When diagnosed with cancer later in life, Todd rediscovered snowboarding for his escape.
05/23/14 • 29 min
Chris Devlin-Young is a 4-time Paralympic medalist and 10-time US National Champion in para-alpine skiing. Join us as Chris shares the difficult, but rewarding comeback from a tragic plane crash to dominating his sport.
04/02/15 • 30 min
Jason Haas is a math teacher, co-owner of Fixed Pin Publishing, and a rock climber (free solo climbing on occasion). He has done climbing in Alaska, Africa, Asia, South America and all over the continental US. Jason has completed over 550 first ascents, many of which are done to create guidebooks for Fixed Pin.
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