In today’s episode of the ‘Finding your Summit’ podcast, host Mark Pattison, former NFL Player, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Mountaineer who has climbed the Seven Summits, talks with guest David Vobora (Former NFL Football Player I Professional Speaker I Founder - Adaptive Training Foundation). In this podcast they dig into the incredible work that David has been doing. David also shares that how he perceives his Foundation - ATF growing in the near future in terms of the level and the amoun...
Sep 10, 2021•43 min•Ep. 213
In today’s episode of ‘Finding your Summit’ podcast, host Mark Pattison, former NFL Player, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Mountaineer who climbed the Seven Summits, talks with guest Sean Swarner (Speaker | Author | Performance Coach | Adventurer | World Record Holder) – A cancer survivor and the only person in history to climb the highest mountain on every continent, trek to the South & North Poles, and complete the Hawaii Ironman. Sean talks about his personal and professional journey of...
Sep 03, 2021•35 min•Ep. 212
In today’s episode of ‘Finding your Summit’ podcast, host Mark Pattison, former NFL Player, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Mountaineer has now climbed the Seven Summits, talks with guest Art Muir who shares his personal experience and journey of climbing-up the mountains. They both discuss about their journey of climbing up the Mount Everest and recall their past experiences.
Aug 27, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 211
On this episode of ‘Finding your Summit’ podcast, host Mark Pattison, former NFL Player, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Mountaineer & SI Executive and Seven Summiter, talks with guest Trent Dimas about his incredible Gold Medal as a gymnast and his experience at the Olympics.
Aug 20, 2021•47 min•Ep. 210
On this episode of ‘Finding your Summit’ podcast, host Mark Pattison , former NFL Player, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Mountaineer & SI Executive has now climbed the Seven Summits talks with guest Brendan Suhr, longtime NBA, CBA & coach for the Olympic Dream Team. They talk about Brendan’s experience as a Coach and discuss about his early life of how he got into this profession.
Aug 13, 2021•48 min•Ep. 209
EP: 204: Journey to Adventure with Tom French In this episode of ‘Finding your Summit’ podcast host Mark Pattison, former NFL player, entrepreneur, philanthropist, mountaineer & S.I. exec talks with guest host Tom French, mountaineer talks about his adventure experience on Mt Everest. These episodes are all about people overcoming adversity and finding their way.
Aug 06, 2021•34 min•Ep. 208
On today’s episode of ‘Finding your Summit’ podcast, host Mark Pattison, former NFL Player, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Mountaineer who has completed the Seven Summits talks with Tyler Hamilton, a former American Professional Road Bicycle Racer and Tour de France Champion. Tyler discusses his experience on doping and how he is helping people ride the right way. These episodes are all about people overcoming adversity & finding their way.
Jul 30, 2021•42 min•Ep. 207
In this episode of ‘Finding Your Summit’ podcast host Mark Pattison, former NFL Player, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Mountaineer talks to a collection of climbers at Everest Base Camp on their "why" for climbing the highest mountain in the world.
Jul 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 206
In today’s episode of ‘Finding your Summit’ podcast, host Mark Pattison, former NFL Player, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Mountaineer who just completed the Seven Summits, does a solo podcast on his reflections and thoughts on his climbing experiences on Mt Everest. He talks about his journey of climbing the summit and various challenges he overcame throughout.
Jul 16, 2021•44 min•Ep. 205
While I am in Nepal preparing for my epic Mt Everest & Lhotse climb, here's a "Rewind" replay of one of my most popular episodes with the legendary Peter Cetera. On this episode I talk with Peter Cetera, American singer, songwriter, bassist, an original member of the legendary rock group Chicago.
May 28, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 204
While I am in Nepal preparing for my epic Mt Everest & Lhotse climb, here's a "Rewind" replay of one of my most popular episodes with Sean Evangelista. Sean is a former member of the U.S. Navy Seals, an entrepreneur and the owner of “Thirty Seconds Out”, a unique apparel company offering commando-inspired t-shirt and cap designs as well as other military-related items.
May 21, 2021•53 min•Ep. 203
While I am in Nepal preparing for my epic Mt Everest & Lhotse climb, here's a "Rewind" replay of one of my most popular episodes with Ed Viesturs. Climbing mountains is an incredible feat that takes incredible people with incredible goals. Ed Viesturs is one of these people who has climbed fourteen 8,000 meter peaks. It took him 18 years and 21 attempts to get to all those summits.
May 14, 2021•52 min•Ep. 202
While I am in Nepal preparing for my epic Mt Everest & Lhotse climb, here's a "Rewind" replay of one of my most popular episodes with Jake Olson. In life, there are different things that hit you at different times, but what’s important is how you get back up when this happens. One of the hardest thing that can hit you in life is being diagnosed with retinoblastoma as early as 8 months old. Because of this rare eye cancer, Jake Olson lost his eyes.
May 07, 2021•39 min•Ep. 201
McKenzie Johnson: Executive Director of Soulumination, a non-profit organization that takes photos of terminally ill children for their families for free, talks about how she overcame an addiction to alcohol that used to be so strong that she wouldn’t stop drinking until she was black-out drunk on a daily basis.
Apr 30, 2021•37 min•Ep. 200
Oz Sanchez What was it like growing up in Oz Sanchez’s version of Los Angeles as a kid? “My parents were first generation immigrants into the States. Despite having no education, no prior experience wanted to raise their family in a typical American Dream. So, never-the-less, they did the best that they could. But there were a lot of stumbles and falls and what not. My dad worked pretty much seven days a week, 12 hours a day, for a large part of his career while we were growing up.” On this epis...
Apr 23, 2021•43 min
198: John Waechter: Private Equity Investor and the 58th person to ever climb the Seven Summits, the seven highest mountains of each of the seven continents, shares how he worked his way into this ambitious mountaineering goal and expanded that same preparation and drive into the business world. John Waechter Today’s guest John Waechter discusses beginning his journey climbing the seven summits in 1993, including meeting Richard Bass who is the first man to ever climb the Seven Summits. “I got t...
Apr 16, 2021•54 min
Doug Lewis: Owner, President, and Director at ELITEAM and Alpine Analyst at NBC Universal Sports TV talks about his journey from two-time Olympic skier to his impressive career with ELITEAM and NBC.
Apr 09, 2021•42 min•Ep. 197
London Papamichael: Private Personal Trainer at Body By London and Strength Coach discusses how he went from losing communication with his father and losing his mother altogether, to becoming a source of strength for his family, finding forgiveness in his heart, and fulfillment in helping others become their very best.
Apr 02, 2021•35 min•Ep. 196
Guest Garrett Madison defines what he does with his business Madison Mountaineering. “As a mountaineering guide service, I organize and lead expeditions all over the world, to the seven summits, which is the highest peak on each continent, and also the highest peaks in Asia, like Mount Everest, K2, which is the second highest peak, Mount Lhotse, the fourth highest peak, and others.”
Mar 26, 2021•40 min•Ep. 195
Matt is a outdoorsman, Ultra Runner, Baseball Enthusiast, Writer, Speaker, and Coach, discusses the impact of surviving a tumultuous accident on Pico de Orizaba and how he is helping people change their lives for the better.
Mar 19, 2021•42 min•Ep. 194
Bill Burke is a retired lawyer, mountaineer, and extreme adventure enthusiast talks about moving towards mountain climbing later in life after retiring from his successful 45-year law career and becoming the oldest American to reach the summit of Mount Everest and return alive at age 67.
Mar 12, 2021•46 min•Ep. 193
He's the oldest American to stand on top of Mt Everest from the North and from the South. This guy is a real life Indiana Jones, always pushing himself for more adventure.. What a story. Bill Burke is a retired lawyer, mountaineer, and extreme adventure enthusiast talks about moving towards mountain climbing later in life after retiring from his successful 45-year law career and becoming the oldest American to reach the summit of Mount Everest and return alive at age 67.
Mar 12, 2021•46 min•Ep. 193
On this episode of Finding Your Summit Podcast, we talk with Laura Pence, PsyD, Therapist, and Founder of LIGHFBOX about signing up for her first Spartan race.
Mar 05, 2021•52 min•Ep. 192
On this episode of Finding Your Summit Podcast, we talk with Jerry Schemmel who discusses what was going through his mind when the plane was in the process of crashing.
Feb 26, 2021•39 min•Ep. 191
On this episode of Finding Your Summit Podcast, we talk with Benjamin Breckheimer why he felt compelled to join the military, overcoming his injury and his journey to climb the Seven Summits
Feb 12, 2021•45 min•Ep. 190
On this episode of Finding Your Summit Podcast, we talk with Lakpa Rita Sherpa about his early days in Nepal and eventually becoming an extremely experienced sherpa.
Feb 05, 2021•36 min•Ep. 189
On this episode of Finding Your Summit Podcast, we talk with Rob Urbach, Chief Executive Officer of the Iditarod long-distance sled dog race in Alaska about the differences between competing in the Ironman Kona and the Iditarod.
Jan 29, 2021•43 min•Ep. 188
On this episode of Finding Your Summit Podcast, we talk with Mike Schauch, Mountaineer and author about his experiences in Nepal.
Jan 22, 2021•42 min•Ep. 187
On this episode of Finding Your Summit Podcast, we talk with Steve Porino, NBC Sports Broadcaster and Alpine Ski Racer about developing as a skier while not growing up in an area known for skiing.
Jan 15, 2021•45 min•Ep. 186
On this episode of Finding Your Summit Podcast, we talk with Don Dow, former Huskies teammate with Mark Pattison and event production company owner.
Jan 08, 2021•42 min•Ep. 185
