#340: Life Lessons From an Adventurer

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 19 September 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Inside many men is the call for adventure. My guest today is one of those men and listening to that call has led him to pursue a lifetime of amazing expeditions around the globe, all while balancing a demanding career as an airline pilot as well as family responsibilities. His name is Laval St. Germain and today he shares when he first heard the call for adventure on his grandparent’s farm in western Canada and how he started taking action on it. We then go through some of the adventures he’s been on, including being the first Canadian to summit Mt. Everest without oxygen, dodging landmines while climbing the highest mountain in Iraq, and rowing across the Atlantic Ocean by himself. Laval then shares how he tragically lost his son in a canoeing accident and how the habit of making checklists that he developed as a pilot helped him lead his family through the grieving process. We dig deeper into how Laval uses checklists as a pilot, adventurer, and family man. And we end our conversation talking about how regular joes can go on the kinds of adventures Laval regularly undertakes without breaking the bank and while still attending to their families and careers.

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0:00.0	Bret McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.9	Inside Mini Men is the call for adventure.
0:21.2	My guest today is one of those men, and listening to that call has led him to pursue a lifetime
0:25.2	of amazing expeditions around the globe.
0:27.6	All while balancing a demanding career as an airline pilot and family responsibilities.
0:31.7	His name is Laval Saint Germain, and today he shares when he first heard the call for
0:34.9	adventure on his grandparents farm in western Canada and how he started taking action on
0:39.1	it.
0:40.1	We go through some of the adventures he's been on, including being the first Canadian
0:42.2	to summon Mount Everest without oxygen, dodging landmines while climbing Mount Dumbvon
0:46.2	in Iraq and rowing across the Atlantic Ocean by himself.
0:50.0	Laval then shares how he tragically lost his son, the canoeing accident, and how the
0:54.1	habit of making checklists that he developed as a pilot helped lead his family through
0:58.4	this very tragic time in the grieving process.
1:01.0	We then dig deeper into how Laval uses checklists as a pilot, adventurer, and family
1:05.1	man to improve his life.
1:06.6	We enter conversation talking about how regular Joe's go on the kind of adventures Laval
1:10.7	regularly undertakes without breaking the bank while still attending to their families
1:14.5	and careers.
1:15.5	After the show's over, make sure to check out the show notes at aowim.is slash laval.
1:19.5	It's L-A-B-A-L, where you finally see resources, re-delt deeper to this topic.
1:27.4	Laval, Saint Germain, welcome to the show.
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