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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

Well, you know, it's, you have to go past people. It was what I was saying earlier in the podcast. You have to literally, Gary, I have to, I have a, I have a carabiner attached to the line and I have to, my stomach to your stomach, I have to come around you and put my other carabiner around. Every person, hundreds of people, you have to go around and you have this much to step on. And guess what?

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

Well, you know, it's, you have to go past people. It was what I was saying earlier in the podcast. You have to literally, Gary, I have to, I have a, I have a carabiner attached to the line and I have to, my stomach to your stomach, I have to come around you and put my other carabiner around. Every person, hundreds of people, you have to go around and you have this much to step on. And guess what?

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

Well, you know, it's, you have to go past people. It was what I was saying earlier in the podcast. You have to literally, Gary, I have to, I have a, I have a carabiner attached to the line and I have to, my stomach to your stomach, I have to come around you and put my other carabiner around. Every person, hundreds of people, you have to go around and you have this much to step on. And guess what?

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

It's a 5,000 foot drop if you fall. So it's terrifying. You're just, there's no way I'm getting down right now. And it's not just a walk in the park. You're going down, you know, the size of buildings, just, you know, trying to pass people, rappelling down. I would go over the Hillary step. After summon, I'm at about 28 and a half thousand feet. I go over the Hillary step.

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

It's a 5,000 foot drop if you fall. So it's terrifying. You're just, there's no way I'm getting down right now. And it's not just a walk in the park. You're going down, you know, the size of buildings, just, you know, trying to pass people, rappelling down. I would go over the Hillary step. After summon, I'm at about 28 and a half thousand feet. I go over the Hillary step.

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

It's a 5,000 foot drop if you fall. So it's terrifying. You're just, there's no way I'm getting down right now. And it's not just a walk in the park. You're going down, you know, the size of buildings, just, you know, trying to pass people, rappelling down. I would go over the Hillary step. After summon, I'm at about 28 and a half thousand feet. I go over the Hillary step.

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

30 minutes later, behind me, boom, the whole thing collapsed. No. Multiple people fell dead. No. Dead. And I'm just like, John, we got to get the fuck out of here. That is insane. I'm getting out of here, my man. Like, I'm not staying on this mountain. I know, you know, people take three, four days to get off Everest. Two, if you're good. I was like, we're out. I'm thinking one day.

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

30 minutes later, behind me, boom, the whole thing collapsed. No. Multiple people fell dead. No. Dead. And I'm just like, John, we got to get the fuck out of here. That is insane. I'm getting out of here, my man. Like, I'm not staying on this mountain. I know, you know, people take three, four days to get off Everest. Two, if you're good. I was like, we're out. I'm thinking one day.

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

30 minutes later, behind me, boom, the whole thing collapsed. No. Multiple people fell dead. No. Dead. And I'm just like, John, we got to get the fuck out of here. That is insane. I'm getting out of here, my man. Like, I'm not staying on this mountain. I know, you know, people take three, four days to get off Everest. Two, if you're good. I was like, we're out. I'm thinking one day.

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

Went down the whole freaking mountain in 20 hours. We were like, see you later.

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

Went down the whole freaking mountain in 20 hours. We were like, see you later.

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

Went down the whole freaking mountain in 20 hours. We were like, see you later.

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

Ice, snow, mother nature.

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

Ice, snow, mother nature.

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

Ice, snow, mother nature.

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

Yeah. yeah and the caribbean didn't didn't hold them to the yeah it must have it must have came out and so and if any families are listening man i you know and and you lost someone on everest like serious condolences because it's like it's it's it's scary man i would never go back there i you know and my blessings go out to everyone that tried but like shoot man it's It's really sad.

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

Yeah. yeah and the caribbean didn't didn't hold them to the yeah it must have it must have came out and so and if any families are listening man i you know and and you lost someone on everest like serious condolences because it's like it's it's it's scary man i would never go back there i you know and my blessings go out to everyone that tried but like shoot man it's It's really sad.

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

Yeah. yeah and the caribbean didn't didn't hold them to the yeah it must have it must have came out and so and if any families are listening man i you know and and you lost someone on everest like serious condolences because it's like it's it's it's scary man i would never go back there i you know and my blessings go out to everyone that tried but like shoot man it's It's really sad.

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

There's good climbers out there. You're not getting to the top of Everest as a bad climber. These are experienced people that have trained their life to do this. It's a sad, sad thing. I don't know. I think if you have a family, if you have a wife or a husband, man, I wouldn't recommend going to Everest. I just wouldn't recommend. I'm not going back. There's also...

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

There's good climbers out there. You're not getting to the top of Everest as a bad climber. These are experienced people that have trained their life to do this. It's a sad, sad thing. I don't know. I think if you have a family, if you have a wife or a husband, man, I wouldn't recommend going to Everest. I just wouldn't recommend. I'm not going back. There's also...