#237 - Will She Be the First Israeli Woman to Climb Everest? (Daniel Wolfson)

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

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🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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*This episode is sponsored by Masa Israel Journey. Check them out at masaisrael.org/twonicejewishboys * Exclusive subscription offer for podcast listeners: Get 6 months of The Forward for only $15: forward.com/2njb What do you do in your free time? Do you paint? Cycle? Study a foreign language? Well, our guest today climbs mountains. But not just any type of mountain. She climbs the mountains that are almost impossible to climb. Her most recent peak was Ojos Del Salado in Chile, the highest active volcano in the world. And this is what she does in her free time. Daniel Wolfson is a lawyer by trade but in her free time she runs marathons, does triathlons and conquers some of the highest summits in the world. We are super thrilled to have Daniel Wolfson on the podcast tonight to talk about the injury that led her to mountain climbing, the crazy dreams climbers have at high altitudes and the crazy dream she has at ALL altitudes - the dream of being the first Israeli woman to climb Mount Everest.

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0:00.0	This is Aiton Weinstein.
0:01.7	And I'm Naor Menninger, and you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.
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0:41.0	And last but not least, in collaboration with Australian Jewish News,
0:45.3	check them out at a.jn.timesofisrael.com. What do you do in your free time?
1:01.8	Do you paint, cycle, study a foreign language?
1:05.8	Well, our guest today climbs mountains.
1:09.6	Not hills, but mountains. Okay, and not just any type of mountain.
1:15.3	She climbs the mountains that are almost impossible to climb. Her most recent peak was
1:21.0	Ojos del Salado in Chile, the highest active volcano in the world. And this is what she does on her free time.
1:30.2	Daniel Wolfson is a lawyer, a corporate lawyer by trade,
1:34.3	but in her free time, she runs marathons, does triathlons,
1:38.5	and conquers some of the highest summits in the world.
1:42.3	We are super, super thrilled to have Daniel Wosun on the podcast
1:46.0	tonight to talk about the injury that led her to mountain climbing, the crazy dreams
1:51.3	climbers have at high altitudes, and the crazy dream she has at all altitudes, the dream of
1:58.2	being the first Israeli woman to climb Mount Everest.
2:03.0	Amazing, amazing, amazing.
2:04.7	I'm just blown away just by that introduction.
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