E145 - Kenton Cool: Finding your inner depths in the death zone

The High Performance Podcast

High Performance

Sports, Self-improvement, Mindset, Growth Mindset, Health & Fitness, Non-negotiables, Education, Life Lessons, High Performance

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Kenton Cool is an English mountaineer, a performance coach and co-founder of In Cool Company. He has climbed Everest a record 16 times and, among many other accomplishments, he kicked off the 2012 Olympics’ when he fulfilled an 88-year old pledge to take a gold medal from the 1924 Olympic Games to the top of Everest.

In this episode Kenton, Jake and Damian discuss how Kenton deals with ‘the death zone’ whilst on an expedition and the uncontrollables that comes with it. He shares how he mentally switches off from the pressures of expeditions, the stress during the expedition can be so high that coming back down to normal life can be challenging.

Kenton opens up about how he has struggled connecting to his own feelings, and how important working on himself has been. He tells the story of how a young boy in Pakistan illustrated to him a different way of living, completely shifting his work view.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Jake Cumpfrey and this is High Performance, our conversation for you every single
0:07.1	week that reminds you that it's within your ambition, your purpose, your story.
0:12.5	It's all there, but we just helped you unlock it by turning the lived experiences of the
0:16.7	planet's highest performers into your life lessons.
0:20.0	So right now, I allow myself and Professor Damien Hughes to speak to the greatest leaders
0:24.4	on the planet so they can be your teacher.
0:27.0	And remember, this podcast is not about higher achievement or high success.
0:31.7	It's about high happiness, high self-worth and taking you closer to a life of fulfilment,
0:37.8	empathy and understanding.
0:40.0	And before we start with today's episode, I have an announcement that I am so excited
0:43.4	to share with you.
0:44.6	We are putting on a very special live high performance event.
0:49.8	It's happening on the 5th of February in my hometown of Norwich and it's going to be
0:53.4	coming together of all the amazing things we've learned from high performance over the past
0:57.1	three years.
0:58.1	There's going to be live guests on stage.
1:00.4	There's going to be conversations with myself and Professor Damien Hughes.
1:03.4	We're going to be speaking to you, the audience.
1:05.6	It is a show that we have worked long and hard on to make it as exciting as possible.
1:09.8	It's not just a live podcast record.
1:12.6	It's a live show and I'd love you to be with us on the 5th of February and tickets are
1:17.4	on sale right now.
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