Ep. 299: Going Blind at the Summit of Everest - Brian Dickinson - Summer Rerun
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Rerun - Imagine the Hurculean effort it takes to summit 29,035' Mt Everest. Now imagine reaching the summit and enjoying the fruits of your accomplishment only to realize your vision is fading rapidly with no one around to help you get back down. Brian Dickinson is on the show to tell us about his Blind Descent.
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| 0:00.0 | And the earth just kind of came out from under me, just a slab avalanche. |
| 0:03.6 | It was getting warmer out. |
| 0:05.1 | And I just remember I was falling, and I remember that initial just falling, feeling. |
| 0:10.6 | And I grabbed the rope so fast and so tight. |
| 0:13.2 | It burned a line right through my glove. |
| 0:16.1 | Episode 299, a rerun of Brian Dickinson's recount of losing his sight at the top of Mount Everest. |
| 0:22.9 | You're listening to the Adventure Sports podcast brought to you by 180 Tech. |
| 0:27.1 | We talk with adventurers from around the globe to bring you the inspiration and motivation you need to get started in the outdoors or to keep you moving if you're already there. |
| 0:46.3 | Music to keep you moving if you're already there. Welcome back to another episode of the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 0:49.2 | This is Travis. |
| 0:50.4 | So imagine the incredible effort it takes to reach the summit of Mount Everest at 29,035 feet. |
| 0:56.1 | Now, imagine accomplishing your goal only to lose your sight once you've reached the top. |
| 1:00.7 | This is what happened to Brian Dickinson on May 15, 2011. |
| 1:04.5 | He's with me today to fill us in on how this all came about. |
| 1:07.4 | Brian, welcome to the show. |
| 1:09.0 | Thank you. Thanks for having me. |
| 1:13.5 | Good to have you. So let's dig into your background a little bit and talk about how it is you ended up being, becoming a climber. |
| 1:20.6 | I don't know. I think it was just kind of the evolution of who I am. I grew up in southern Oregon. |
| 1:27.0 | So there's mountains there, but didn't really get into |
| 1:29.6 | serious climbing until, I guess, in the early 2000s, because I was down in San Diego, living |
| 1:37.4 | down there, I was stationed in the Navy, so I was jumping out of helicopters, you know, as |
| 1:43.0 | an air rescue swimmer. |
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