#ICYMI - Conquering Mountains, with Vanessa O’Brien

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🗓️ 4 October 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In case you missed this episode on the Playing with Science channel… Explore the world of mountaineering as hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly take a mental expedition to the world’s highest peaks alongside world-record breaking mountain climber Vanessa O’Brien and mountain guide and physician Alan Oram, D.O. Photo Credit: Photo taken by Vanessa O’Brien (using a timer) on October 4, 2011 near the summit of Shishapangma, the world’s 14th highest mountain climbing from Tibet. [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via http://vobonline.com/.

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0:00.0	I'm Gary O'Reilly.
0:10.0	And I'm Chuck Knives.
0:11.0	And this is playing with science.
0:14.0	Life it seems is full of mountains.
0:16.6	So we conquer, so we don't.
0:18.4	And then for some of us, one is not enough.
0:21.3	We have to find more.
0:23.0	Yes, that will be seven to be exact, each the highest mountain on each of the seven continents
0:27.6	and because it's still not enough.
0:29.6	Some of us have to do it quicker than anyone else before them.
0:33.4	Our special guest today is a rock star of the highest order.
0:38.4	Vanessa O'Brien is the owner of the seven summits world record, but even that was not enough.
0:44.8	She has conquered K2.
0:47.2	And this is the scariest thing I've ever said.
0:50.1	The mountain that claims one in four who attempt it.
0:55.6	And she has skied the last degree at both poles.
0:58.8	No doubt it's just for kicks and giggles.
1:00.9	As we know though, summer ting is incredibly dangerous for your health.
1:04.8	Yeah, really no kidding.
1:06.2	So Chuck, if you had to pick who would be your best mountain guy?
1:11.0	I'm going to go with God himself because that's the only way you will find me on a mountain.
1:15.9	It will be a cold day in hell.
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