Tate MacDowell - Summiting Grand Teton On Chemotherapy

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🗓️ 10 October 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Tate MacDowell is a skier, filmmaker, and all around awesome guy. He got his start as a filmmaker making ski movies for companies like Teton Gravity Research and Brain Farm. His current company, Death Cookie Entertainment, specializes in editorial action sports films. While undergoing treatments, he got the wild idea to climb Grand Teton after seeing a picture of the mountain in the hallway where he was getting cancer treatments. His journey to the top has been an emotional ride.

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0:00.0	Today's episode features filmmaker and cancer climber, Tate McDowell.
0:06.7	Welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living, an adventure podcast presented by REI Co-op,
0:12.0	the brand who helps get you outside through gear, classes, and
0:15.6	adventures.
0:16.8	We talk to experts who have taken a wild idea and made it a reality so you can too.
0:21.8	From people who have climbed the tallest peaks, started thriving
0:24.5	businesses, and even broken records, some of the wildest ideas can lead to the
0:29.1	most rewarding adventures. I'm your host Shelby Stanger and I hope you enjoy this show.
0:40.7	Tate McDowell is a filmmaker and the owner of Death Cookie Entertainment.
0:45.0	He got his start making movies for companies like Teton Gravity Research and Brain Farm
0:49.8	after he moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
0:52.6	As a skier, he loved living in the mountains.
0:55.7	It was also there in Wilson, Wyoming,
0:57.5	where he met his wife Laura Bodmer
0:59.6	on disco night at the stagecoach bar.
1:02.3	Since 2008, the couples lived in Cardiff, California,
1:05.0	which is in San Diego, and they have a five-year-old son,
1:08.0	also named Wilson.
1:09.0	I've known Tate and his wife
1:11.0	through the Outdoor and Action Sports Industry for a while now and I actually
1:14.3	randomly ran into them the night of their engagement when I was teaching surf lessons in Costa Rica.
1:20.3	I've always loved watching Tate's movies. He's made a few about some of my friends,
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