Ep. 308: Mountaineering, Skiing, Rowing, Tragedy and Triumph - Laval St Germain
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2017
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
This is a must hear episode. Airline pilot, open ocean rower, mountaineer & back country skiier, Laval St. Germain visits for a very powerful discussion on climbing, skiing and open ocean rowing. Laval is currently the only Canadian to have successfully summited Mt. Everest without the use of oxygen. He also shares the story of his son's tragic death while out canoeing. However, he and his wife have managed to turn this tragedy into motivation to live life to the fullest. Tune in and let Laval inspire you for or on your next adventure!
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, I really stepped out of my comfort zone on that one when I pushed off in the North Atlantic |
| 0:04.5 | and it was sort of the ultimate way to deal with losing Richard to drowning was to be on that |
| 0:11.1 | 3,100 mile trip across the pond. |
| 0:15.2 | Episode 308, mountaineering, skiing, rowing, tragedy, and triumph with Laval St. Germain. |
| 0:22.0 | You're listening to the Adventure Sports podcast, brought to you by 180 Tech. |
| 0:26.2 | 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. |
| 0:34.4 | Now here's your host, Kurt Linville. |
| 0:49.5 | Music you're already there. Now here's your host, Kurt Linville. Hi, friends. Welcome again to the Adventure Sports podcast. Thank you so much for giving us your time today to listen to amazing adventures. And boy, do we have some amazing ones for you today. |
| 1:00.9 | LaValle, St. Germain is on the phone here. And LaValle is Canadian. He is an ocean rower, a mountaineer, an airline pilot, a keynote speaker. He's done six of the seven |
| 1:15.2 | summits. He's the only Canadian to summit Everest with no oxygen. He holds the world record |
| 1:22.4 | for the fastest ever solo row of the North Atlantic, from the North American continent to Europe, and he is here |
| 1:30.2 | to talk to us today about what he calls stepping out and shoving off, what it takes to do these |
| 1:36.2 | amazing adventures, especially in the face of extreme adversity. Levald, thank you for joining us |
| 1:41.7 | today. Hey, thanks, Kurt. Thanks for having me on. I love your podcast. I'm looking forward to chatting. |
| 1:46.5 | Well, thank you. We're really honored to have you here to share with us. |
| 1:50.7 | And before we hit record here, you shared a lot of stuff. And I'm just blown away. |
| 1:55.4 | I'm excited to hear the rest. So we have to kind of rewind and tell the listeners what we were talking about a little bit. |
| 2:02.0 | But let's get your backstory. So you said your family moved to Alberta from the eastern |
| 2:06.9 | part of Canada. And so did you grow up there? Yeah, my ancestors on my dad's side came from |
| 2:12.7 | the French-speaking part of Canada, Quebec. And they settled about 150 years ago in Western Canada |
| 2:19.3 | in the province of Alberta, which is where I live, but I'm from a town in northern Alberta, |
| 2:23.7 | just a very small farming community. My dad was, I guess, one of the townies. He lived in town, |
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