Why Every Man Needs a Rope Team

The Dad Edge Podcast

Larry Hagner

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🗓️ 6 April 2017

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Last week on the Good Dad Project, we had Erik Weihenmayer, the first and only blind man to summit Mount Everest. On this week's Thursday Throwdown, I'd like to expand on his concept of a rope team and why every man needs one. For the show notes and links mentioned in this episode, CLICK HERE.

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0:00.0	We are men. We are warriors. We are dads. Dads with a purpose. Dads with an edge.
0:10.0	We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others.
0:14.0	We have one shot in life to be a dad.
0:20.0	Why not make it epic?
0:29.0	Guys what is going on? Welcome to the Good Dad Project Podcast.
0:30.6	I'm Larry Hagner, your host and founder of the GDP.
0:35.0	And welcome to Thursday Throwdown 48.
0:40.0	48. We are just now a month away from being one year in this game with the Thursday throw-in on episodes.
0:46.7	I can tell you guys love them.
0:48.1	Downloads are sick for this short show. They're almost as big as the big show on Mondays, but I can tell you guys like these because they're usually packed with some decent nuggets that get you guys, you know, raring to go for the weekend and I mean guys, do you not agree? I mean what an amazing interview with Eric Weinmayer on Monday.
1:09.1	I mean I saw him speak at a corporate event for a company I used to work for in 2007 and his story blew my mind.
1:18.8	I mean he's a blind person.
1:20.1	He lost his sight at the age of 14 and somehow some way started
1:26.8	started climbing when he was 16 and then 16 years later
1:32.0	he is standing on the summit of Mount Everest most of us pretty much all of us will go our entire lives
1:40.3	without ever climbing to the top of Evers.
1:43.0	And we certainly can't fathom a feat like that even with sight.
1:47.0	But Eric did that feat being visually impaired.
1:52.0	I mean, think about that for a second. I mean can you imagine climbing nearly 30,000 feet in the air and
1:59.4	Summoning the top of Everest as a blind person.
2:02.9	I mean, it blows my mind when I really, really think about that.
2:07.2	And the thing I really wanted to hit home for you guys today,
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