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Devon Lévesque

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The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

And so we then went up and pushed the next day. It is so slow trying to get up Mount Everest after camp three. You can't move. I'm saying you might be not even half a mile an hour. I mean, you might be going 0.2 miles an hour. I mean, it's so slow because you're so exhausted. Right. Even, even if you do have a little oxygen. So,

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

fast track to camp four somehow we get there exhausted um people start thinning out you start seeing people turn around imagine being out there for 47 days going for summit and then all of a sudden weather comes in you're like i gotta turn around and that was your only chance maybe in your lifetime wow someone just spent 250 000 to be out there and they're in their their life and and their time and everything and all of a sudden they turn around so

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

fast track to camp four somehow we get there exhausted um people start thinning out you start seeing people turn around imagine being out there for 47 days going for summit and then all of a sudden weather comes in you're like i gotta turn around and that was your only chance maybe in your lifetime wow someone just spent 250 000 to be out there and they're in their their life and and their time and everything and all of a sudden they turn around so

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

fast track to camp four somehow we get there exhausted um people start thinning out you start seeing people turn around imagine being out there for 47 days going for summit and then all of a sudden weather comes in you're like i gotta turn around and that was your only chance maybe in your lifetime wow someone just spent 250 000 to be out there and they're in their their life and and their time and everything and all of a sudden they turn around so

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

That's kind of what's going on. I'm watching it. We get to camp four, you know, super bright outside. And, uh, by the way, there's a lot of trash at camp for a lot. Really? Yeah. And I'll tell you why, you know, as, you know, as I was coming down, I'll tell you after, but, um, so anyways, get to camp four, we then make the summit push, uh, try to get ahead of everyone.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

That's kind of what's going on. I'm watching it. We get to camp four, you know, super bright outside. And, uh, by the way, there's a lot of trash at camp for a lot. Really? Yeah. And I'll tell you why, you know, as, you know, as I was coming down, I'll tell you after, but, um, so anyways, get to camp four, we then make the summit push, uh, try to get ahead of everyone.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

That's kind of what's going on. I'm watching it. We get to camp four, you know, super bright outside. And, uh, by the way, there's a lot of trash at camp for a lot. Really? Yeah. And I'll tell you why, you know, as, you know, as I was coming down, I'll tell you after, but, um, so anyways, get to camp four, we then make the summit push, uh, try to get ahead of everyone.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

And what happened was my guy, Dr. John was trying to help facilitate me and Jen, Jen. And so he put an extra oxygen on himself. And so he got stuck behind, which I didn't know about. And so he has a little bit of double the weight on him. He's behind us. So now I get separated from him. So now I'm just with Jen, Jen, me on Mount Everest climbing. How did you get separated though?

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

And what happened was my guy, Dr. John was trying to help facilitate me and Jen, Jen. And so he put an extra oxygen on himself. And so he got stuck behind, which I didn't know about. And so he has a little bit of double the weight on him. He's behind us. So now I get separated from him. So now I'm just with Jen, Jen, me on Mount Everest climbing. How did you get separated though?

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

And what happened was my guy, Dr. John was trying to help facilitate me and Jen, Jen. And so he put an extra oxygen on himself. And so he got stuck behind, which I didn't know about. And so he has a little bit of double the weight on him. He's behind us. So now I get separated from him. So now I'm just with Jen, Jen, me on Mount Everest climbing. How did you get separated though?

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

You just climb faster? You can't even, you can't run. You can't walk faster. Everyone's going pretty much the same speed. So yeah, I mean, he was just behind. And when I say behind, a couple hundred yards and it wasn't, he was trying to do us a favor, which John's amazing. One of the best guys out there. He's a great guy. Highly recommend.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

You just climb faster? You can't even, you can't run. You can't walk faster. Everyone's going pretty much the same speed. So yeah, I mean, he was just behind. And when I say behind, a couple hundred yards and it wasn't, he was trying to do us a favor, which John's amazing. One of the best guys out there. He's a great guy. Highly recommend.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

You just climb faster? You can't even, you can't run. You can't walk faster. Everyone's going pretty much the same speed. So yeah, I mean, he was just behind. And when I say behind, a couple hundred yards and it wasn't, he was trying to do us a favor, which John's amazing. One of the best guys out there. He's a great guy. Highly recommend.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

He does, you know, a ton of, a ton of climbs around the world. Kilimanjaro, Aconcagua, et cetera. But,

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

He does, you know, a ton of, a ton of climbs around the world. Kilimanjaro, Aconcagua, et cetera. But,

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

He does, you know, a ton of, a ton of climbs around the world. Kilimanjaro, Aconcagua, et cetera. But,

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

know he got stuck behind we then make the summit push um i fell asleep i fell asleep on the summit push on the side of the mountain negative 20 degrees out i was exhausted gary i like i couldn't breathe i was tired and i just fall asleep on the line and all of a sudden my tank stops auction and i go And Jen Jen, my Sherpa, turned my oxygen back to level one. It was at level three. Oh, my God.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

know he got stuck behind we then make the summit push um i fell asleep i fell asleep on the summit push on the side of the mountain negative 20 degrees out i was exhausted gary i like i couldn't breathe i was tired and i just fall asleep on the line and all of a sudden my tank stops auction and i go And Jen Jen, my Sherpa, turned my oxygen back to level one. It was at level three. Oh, my God.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

know he got stuck behind we then make the summit push um i fell asleep i fell asleep on the summit push on the side of the mountain negative 20 degrees out i was exhausted gary i like i couldn't breathe i was tired and i just fall asleep on the line and all of a sudden my tank stops auction and i go And Jen Jen, my Sherpa, turned my oxygen back to level one. It was at level three. Oh, my God.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
119. Devon Lévesque: What Facing Death on Everest Taught Me about Living

And he turns it back. The problem was when you go to level three, you start to get relaxed. Because you're like, ah, I got a little bit of oxygen. Right. But the problem when you get relaxed and you're that tired is you fall asleep. When you fall asleep at negative 20 degrees, you freeze. And that's what happened. That's what happened to the two Mongolians before us. They froze on the line. Wow.