Ep.47: Patrick Monday - Mt. Everest Expedition

Pat Monday discusses his summit of Mt. Everest in May of 2024. Pat is a prior Navy EOD Operator, Medical School Student, and Mountain climber. We discussed where he found his love of the mountains, how he turned his dream of climbing Mt. Everest into a reality, and how his summit expedition went. ----------------------- EPISODE SPONSOR: ----------------------- To sponsor an episode e-mail echooscardeltamk2@gmail.com ---------------  SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/echo_oscar_delta/⁠ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/EchoOscarDelta Donate: ⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=FXKKVEPDZSW7E⁠ Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerron-clark-b7144599/⁠ Amazon Affiliate: https://amzn.to/4018uus⁠ ----------------- PODCAST LINKS: Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/7syOy5nkVvozfYVhO0GaV9⁠ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLbV3wd_LX6E2DHWKhe-50Q Amazon Music: ⁠https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/4f39a29e-3801-443c-9380- 0fc7a51d0ab2/echo-oscar-delta⁠ Apple Podcast: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/echo-oscar-delta/id1662351080⁠ Google Podcast: ⁠https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9iZTk0NGQ3OC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw⁠ iHeartRadio: ⁠https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-echo-oscar-delta-106737255/⁠ Castbox: ⁠https://castbox.fm/channel/id5349816?utm_source=podcaster&utm_medium=dlink&utm_campaign=c_5349816&utm_content=Echo%20Oscar%20Delta-CastBox_FM&country=us⁠ ----------------- Ep.47: Pat Monday –

Timecodes

00:00:00 Start

00:00:30 Introduction

00:01:40 When The Mountain Climbing Passion Started

00:04:04 First Major Mountain Climb - Mt Fuji

00:06:08 2nd Major Mountain - Mt Rainier

00:07:17 Mt Whitney

00:07:45 Mt Shasta

00:08:25 1st of the 7 Summit Attempts - Aconcagua

00:11:43 Important Lessons to Learn

00:16:48 Seeing Bodies on Everest

00:18:16 Hypoxia on the Mountain

00:20:17 Deciding Point to Climb Everest

00:25:49 Mountaineering Fitness

00:31:37 Everest Training Plan

00:34:19 Medical School & Everest Mental Similarities

00:40:29 Critical Thinking is the Common Denominator

00:45:21 Starting the Everest Expedition

00:50:02 Everest Base Camp

00:58:16 Leaving Everest Basecamp

01:01:05 Khumbu Icefall

01:08:30 Acclimatization Climbs

01:11:00 Summit Attempt

01:15:04 Reaching The Summit of Everest

01:18:39 Being Ready Throughout Life

01:21:43 Oxygen For The Summit

01:22:52 Applying For An Everest Expedition Team

01:30:49 Decision Factors For Summit Attempt

01:34:52 Mitigating The Everest Withdrawl

01:38:36 Military Exit and After Everest Summit Similarities

01:44:46 Transition Your Identity

01:52:58 Navy EOD Operators Like To Do Hard Things