So you are officially the first guest who, when I said, would you like a drink?

You said, I'd love a scotch.

Yeah.

And so you're preparing yourself for what this conversation might be, and you are actually drinking.

But let's be clear, you know, you didn't pour it here.

No, I didn't pour a tumbler of it.

It wasn't like drunk history.

No, it's not drunk history.

Let's do the drunk history of your life.

What happens after you reach the top?

There's only one place to go.

Corey Richards has literally reached the top of the world.

As a National Geographic photographer and filmmaker, he climbed Mount Everest without

oxygen.

He's also the first American to climb an 8,000 meter or 26,000 foot

peak during the winter. You may know him from the iconic cover of National Geographic, the one with

the selfie he took after he survived an avalanche. But there's a twist. After all that success,

Corey did not find peace. Instead, he found chaos.

Corey's journey is about more than conquering mountains. It was raw, vulnerable, and deeply

moving in ways I did not expect. In fact, we talked for so long that we decided to cut his episode

into two.

It's about conquering mental health, identity, and what happens when we mistake our biggest goals for our true purpose?

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