171: Jimmy Chin | It took 3 Attempts to Ski Everest
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2017
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
To climb Everest wasn't quite enough for climber and documentarian Jimmy Chin. He had to ski it. Even the sherpas urged him not to do it. Despite the appearance of being a free spirit who may have lost control, this is far from who Chin really is. By his own description, he is someone who grew up being very disciplined. His life is about managing risk. What was his biggest risk? It was not encountered on Everest or El Capitan, or any other iconic mountain. In this episode he'll describe it, and what it takes to reach our passions.
Lessons:
1. If you instill a model of excellence early on in your children, they may not do the thing you had hoped, but they will likely be successful at whatever they do.
2. It's a gift if you find something you love, because many people never do.
3. The ones who are really good are able to calculate risk at a very high level: able to take things to the edge without going over.
Links:
Meru Film http://www.merufilm.com/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jimmychinphotography
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jimmy_chin/
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CREDITS
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Hosts: Joe De Sena with Johnny Waite, Sefra Alexandra, Col. Tim Nye, & Dr. Delle
Synopsis – Matt Baatz
© 2017 Spartan
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spartan Up podcast. We're here in Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe at the World Championships, and I could not be more excited about this guest. |
| 0:07.5 | People always ask what's my favorite interview and this is going to be. |
| 0:11.0 | Joe, you got to talk with Jimmy Chin, one of my heroes, this guy is unb to be. Joe you got to talk with Jimmy Chin one of my heroes this |
| 0:14.2 | guy is unbelievable one of the greatest climbers in the world. The funny thing for me |
| 0:17.8 | about it is there was a Jimmy the chin in New York growing up he was a wise |
| 0:22.1 | guy so I always get the two confused but there's no mistaking Jimmy Chin, the person we interviewed. Put out a great documentary. I don't know how much you want to tell here before we we dive into this and let people watch it but |
| 0:33.4 | this guy is Superman yeah just this if you followed anything about climbing not |
| 0:39.0 | only is he one of the great climbers he is the great climbing filmmaker he has documented some of the most incredible feats ever including Alex |
| 0:46.2 | Honeld's recent solo free of the El Cap movie coming out next year. But Jimmy Chin, I'm so stoked about this. |
| 0:53.8 | That's all I want to say. |
| 0:54.8 | Honestly, this is truly one of the great extreme sport personalities in the world. |
| 1:00.0 | And I'm stoked about this podcast. |
| 1:01.4 | We have Joe, we got Johnny, Myself, Colonel and I, and our producer and director Marion. |
| 1:06.3 | So enjoy. |
| 1:07.3 | Thanks for bailing me out. |
| 1:08.3 | You want to test his mic? Is his mic good? |
| 1:11.8 | All right. We are here for Spartan Up Podcast in Central Park with Jimmy. |
| 1:16.8 | I call you Jimmy the chin because you know Vinny the chin, right? |
| 1:20.9 | Wise guy, Rubbing Queens, a bunch of wise guys. |
| 1:23.0 | And so you have a Fear of Heights? |
| 1:25.0 | Yeah, I mean, I've never been able to overcome it. |
| 1:28.0 | It's just in this thing. |
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