#20 – The Everest Challenge: Climb 29,029 ft in 36 hrs

In this episode, Marcus and Jake talk about The Everest Challenge, an event participated in by Jake Breen and the lessons he learned such as tapping into the mental strength you didn’t know you have, keeping score and celebrating the progress and journey, and the importance of being in the right community.

00:21 Introduction
01:16 The Everest Challenge
06:32 How long before the normal Jake capacity hits the end of the rope
08:38 “The most difficult tasks yield the most valuable lessons.”
09:38 Where is everybody?
10:36 Going in and Jake’s attitude changes in only about 40 min
13:42 Attention to detail
14:46 This is not a race.
15:20 There’s no friends on race day
16:24 The last 15 min
22:00 It’s physically impossible for me to hit the goal…
23:24 The Card and what it says
25:03 Humility
26:41 Crucibles and perspectives
29:01 Always have something on the books
30:36 Fight or flight
32:40 Achieving
34:42 The Big Picture Vision
40:36 The only thing that changed
41:17 A bit more craziness in Jake than the rest of us
42:21 We all are capable of more
44:41 Outro