#126 | Andrew Hughes
Backpacker Radio
Zach Davis
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2021
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode of Backpacker Radio, presented by The Trek, we are joined by Andrew Hughes. Andrew is quite possibly the most accomplished mountaineer that you have never heard of. Some of his feats include climbing the highest summit in all seven continents and six of the seven highest volcanic summits, he's the third person ever to complete the Antarctica Trifecta, and he's very close to completing the Explorers' Grand Slam. If you're not familiar with what these last two feats are, you're certainly not alone, we do a deep dive on all this and much more.
We learn about a missing hiker who ignored rescuers' calls for a hilarious reason, a very last minute, seasonal triple crown, and we hear from Chaunce's #1 fan.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's episode of Backback Radio presented by The Trek, we are joined by Andrew Hughes. |
| 0:06.2 | Andrew is quite possibly the most accomplished mountaineer that you've never heard of. |
| 0:10.7 | Some of his feats include climbing the highest summit in all seven continents and six of |
| 0:15.4 | the seven highest volcanic summits. |
| 0:17.7 | He's the third person ever to complete the Antarctica trifecta, and he's very close |
| 0:22.0 | to completing the Explorer's Grand Slam. |
| 0:24.3 | If you're not familiar with what these last two feats are, you're certainly not alone. |
| 0:28.8 | We do a deep dive on all this and much more. |
| 0:32.0 | We also learn about a missing hiker who ignored rescuers' calls for a hilarious reason, a very |
| 0:38.2 | last minute seasonal triple crown, and we hear from Chances number one fan. |
| 0:43.5 | But first, you've felt like you needed to choose between supporting the environment or |
| 0:48.6 | investing in your financial future? |
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| 1:32.8 | Refer to the show notes for important information about the fund and read the perspectives carefully |
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