#29: Summitting Everest and a Case for Adventure | Dr. Jon Kedrowski

About this episode

Dr. Jon Kedrowski shares his experiences and philosophy on climbing Everest and surviving extreme conditions.

Most people will never even think about climbing Mount Everest. Dr. Jon Kedrowski has been on seven Everest expeditions and reached the summit four times. Along the way he survived the 2015 earthquake that killed 20 people in front of him at base camp, a storm that killed seven climbers on the night of his first summit push, and a lightning strike that destroyed his tent on a Colorado peak while he slept on the summit. Jon sat down with Michael to explain his Everest Ready philosophy: build a body and a mindset that could take on the hardest thing imaginable at any moment. When you put yourself into hard challenges again and again, suddenly the everyday small stuff stops rattling you.They get into how he decides when to walk away from a mountain (including a deadly K2 winter expedition), why traffic jams have become Everest's real danger, and why a first ascent of an untouched peak felt better than reaching the top of the world. Two Percent is hosted by Michael Easter. Today’s episode was produced by Joey Fischground, Robbie Hiser, Dana Brawer and Julia Nutter. From Kaleidoscope, our executive producers are Mangesh Hattikudur and Kate Osborn and Julia Nutter. From iHeart, our…

People in this episode

Host: Michael Easter

Guest: Dr. Jon Kedrowski

Topics covered

• mountaineering
• survival
• Everest expeditions
• mindset
• adventure

Keywords

• Everest
• mountaineering
• survival
• K2
• expedition
• mindset
• adventure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kaleidoscope, iHeart, Heater Manager

Places: Mount Everest, K2

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