And my partner and I were tied to a rope. We were about 55 feet apart or so. We both had big backpacks on. So both were carrying about 50 pounds. So imagine two people at about 250 pounds each. And he was just walking along, walking along. And suddenly he just disappeared. Literally the ground beneath him just collapsed. And it was a snow bridge that he was walking across,

cross across. And now a 250-pound person is hurtling, you know, free falling into this void.

Episode 335, climbing K2, a holiday flashback with Chris Warner. You're listening to the Adventure Sports podcast brought to you by 180 Tech.

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.

Hey friends, welcome back to the Adventure Sports podcast.

Thank you so much for listening in today. And man, I have a really fun show for you. We've had requests for a show on K2, the second highest summit on the earth. And I thought to myself, there's no one better to do this show than Chris Warner.

Chris was on the show all the way back in episode 180, and it's one of my

favorite shows. So if you've not heard that one yet, go to the Adventure Sportspodcast.com and look up

episode 180. You've got to hear that one too. Let me just give a little bit of his climbing bio and

what Chris is all about. Chris has led over 200 international climbing expeditions. He has been above 8,000 meters 15 plus times. He has

summited five 8,000 meter peaks, and he's the owner of Earth Trek's climbing gyms. There are

five gyms across the United States with two more on the way. Chris is also in a fantastic motivational

speaker. He uses his experiences, leading expeditions,

and high mountain climbs to teach motivation to corporate 500 companies. Chris, thank you so

much for joining the Adventure Sports podcast today. Oh, thank you, Kurt. I'm psyched to be here.

And the funny thing about being

a motivational speaker is I might motivate teams to work harder, but I'm actually the worst

marketer for the sport of mountaineering because all we talk about is everybody dies. Right.

Well, part of your story is that you're not dead, which is great because we can have you on.

But there's a reason for that.

And I think that it's probably, at the beginning of the show,

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