Ep. 1141 - How Mountaineering Changes Lives with Lisa Thompson
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Lisa Thompson shares her transformative journey from a corporate executive to a passionate mountaineer and coach. After summiting Mount Rainier in 2009, she became an avid climber, eventually completing the Seven Summits. Lisa discusses the challenges of climbing K2, the importance of inclusivity in the sport, and how her battle with cancer reshaped her perspective on life and climbing. She emphasizes the need for accessible pathways for women in mountaineering and the significance of setting audacious goals. Through her coaching and the recent acquisition of Mountain Madness, Lisa aims to inspire others to embrace the mountains and their own personal challenges.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | Thanks for adventuring with us as we discover what incredible athletes and outdoor enthusiasts are doing all over the world. |
| 0:16.0 | Now here's your host, Kurt Linville. |
| 0:19.0 | Hey friends, thank you for listening to the Adventure Sports podcast today. |
| 0:23.7 | I am so excited about today's episode for multiple reasons. |
| 0:27.3 | One is because of our amazing guest, Lisa Thompson, and Lisa is a world-renowned mountaineer. |
| 0:35.4 | She has done the seven summits. |
| 0:37.0 | She has even climbed K2. She owns two |
| 0:40.0 | businesses to help other people do likewise, and it's just going to be fantastic to hear |
| 0:45.4 | from her and to hear how mountaineering literally changed the whole direction of her life. |
| 0:52.5 | But before we go there, it is finally time for the announcement that I've been hinting about, or promising, for months now. |
| 1:02.0 | You may recall that I've been saying this is an opportunity for the Adventure Sports Podcast family to make a very real and significant difference in the world. Let me explain a |
| 1:13.8 | little bit. Back in 1993, yeah, I know, many of you weren't born yet, back in 1993, I went to Africa. |
| 1:23.8 | We took on second jobs, we saved our pennies, we bought airplane tickets, and we went to Kenya. |
| 1:30.5 | And while we were there, we built a school. |
| 1:33.6 | And we met the most amazing people and saw the most amazing landscapes. |
| 1:39.4 | I fell in love with the land, the people, and even the wildlife. |
| 1:43.8 | Africa is a magical, wonderful place. And if you ever get the land, the people, and even the wildlife. Africa is a magical, wonderful place. |
| 1:46.8 | And if you ever get the opportunity, or make the opportunity, no matter how hard it is, |
| 1:52.5 | to get there, get off the beaten path, and see what the real Africa is about, man, I highly, |
| 1:59.9 | highly recommend it. One way that we got off the beaten path |
| 2:04.0 | as we found a man who had him a tattoo, which was essentially a van that he could use as a taxi cab, |
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