I would say this, it's the most physical thing I've ever done, period.

And that means that that includes NFL, pushing sleds, two a days, tough mutters, you know, marathons, all that kind of stuff.

And the reason why it was for me is because we were pulling 126 pounds in snow shoes, in deep snow.

Episode 280, Mark Pattinson goes from the NFL to climbing the Seven Summets.

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Now here's your host, Kurt Lindville.

Hi, friends. Thank you again so much for listening to the Adventure Sports podcast, and we have a

really fun one for you today. I have a man that is currently climbing the Seven Summits.

He's a philanthropist. He is a public speaker, and he has

started three multi-million dollar companies. And on top of all of that, he's a former NFL player,

wide receiver, Mark Patterson. Welcome to the program. Thank you so much. I love that intro.

It's just, you know, I take a step back and I hear that and I go, wow, I'd love to hear about that guy because it doesn't seem like it's me, but it is. Well, good for you, man. It sounds like you've had a lot of fun making the most out of life, so we're excited to hear about that today. Yeah, I know. I'm excited to share it. Yeah, very, very cool. Well, let's start with a backstory. I love to hear, you know,

where'd you grow up, first of all? I grew up in Seattle, Washington, and I like to refer to

Seattle as the center of the universe. And you wouldn't have known that, you know, growing up, you know, many years ago.

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