Cursing At Mountains with Brandon Kowallis

About this episode

Brandon Kowallis shares his unique experiences in caving and personal growth on the Warrior Servant Leader Podcast.

TACO Tuesday! Take Action Crush Obstacles! Cursing At Mountains with Brandon Kowallis Today’s guest on the Warrior Servant Leader Podcast is a pondering goof ball of epic proportions. His eclectic tastes and interests have led him through his own series of bizarre experiences that have adorned his life and shaped him into the weird but relatively likable and sometimes dislikable character he is today. Brandon’s life is littered with mistakes, failures, imperfections, and other learning opportunities. He is a worldwide caver, what us old timers used to call spelunker. Brandon shares some incredible stories, including rescuing an injured caver from the bottom of Naj Tunich Cave in Guatemala. Helping with the viral Nutty Putty Cave attempted rescue of John Edward Jones. He was next to him when he died. Facing giant spiders in deep bad air pits in Mexico. Getting lost on Boulder Mountain. Laying down the first human foot prints in caves of the Grand Canyon Brandon is also an award-winning cave cartographer and photographer, author of the book Fragile Frontiers, and has worked as a leader in higher education for over 10 years. He is the author of Cursing At Mountains , a unique novel…

People in this episode

Host: Pat Wellsh

Guest: Brandon Kowallis

Topics covered

• caving
• personal growth
• leadership
• storytelling
• overcoming challenges

Keywords

• caving
• leadership
• storytelling
• personal development
• Brandon Kowallis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Cursing At Mountains

Places: Salt Lake City, Utah, Naj Tunich Cave, Nutty Putty Cave, Boulder Mountain, Grand Canyon

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