Tim Medvetz

Well, you know, I didn't want to show up to the mountain not knowing everything. I didn't want anybody to babysit me. Absolutely. I wanted to make sure that I showed up and I was a complete self-sufficient climber and knew everything, knew how to rescue people.

Well, you know, I didn't want to show up to the mountain not knowing everything. I didn't want anybody to babysit me. Absolutely. I wanted to make sure that I showed up and I was a complete self-sufficient climber and knew everything, knew how to rescue people.

Well, you know, I didn't want to show up to the mountain not knowing everything. I didn't want anybody to babysit me. Absolutely. I wanted to make sure that I showed up and I was a complete self-sufficient climber and knew everything, knew how to rescue people.

myself knew how to everything crampons and ice axes and you know reading avalanche control all that you know and so that took about three years of intense training and then i made my first attempt on everest in 2006 and then i got about 300 feet from the summit just missed it how do you get a football field

myself knew how to everything crampons and ice axes and you know reading avalanche control all that you know and so that took about three years of intense training and then i made my first attempt on everest in 2006 and then i got about 300 feet from the summit just missed it how do you get a football field

myself knew how to everything crampons and ice axes and you know reading avalanche control all that you know and so that took about three years of intense training and then i made my first attempt on everest in 2006 and then i got about 300 feet from the summit just missed it how do you get a football field

away from the peak and not make it?

away from the peak and not make it?

away from the peak and not make it?

Well, I was 275 pounds, six foot five, not the actual, you know, size of your average climber. Right. And then, you know, the higher you go in altitude, the more your body does no oxygen up there. And so the heavier you are, the less oxygen you have. So you don't really want to be that big. So I just got to the point where I was moving so slow and I just was running out of steam.

Well, I was 275 pounds, six foot five, not the actual, you know, size of your average climber. Right. And then, you know, the higher you go in altitude, the more your body does no oxygen up there. And so the heavier you are, the less oxygen you have. So you don't really want to be that big. So I just got to the point where I was moving so slow and I just was running out of steam.

Well, I was 275 pounds, six foot five, not the actual, you know, size of your average climber. Right. And then, you know, the higher you go in altitude, the more your body does no oxygen up there. And so the heavier you are, the less oxygen you have. So you don't really want to be that big. So I just got to the point where I was moving so slow and I just was running out of steam.

And then finally, you know, you got somebody down at base camp that's watching you and, you know, watching your oxygen levels and you got supplemental oxygen. And then, you know, after fighting a little bit about that, I decided to turn around.

And then finally, you know, you got somebody down at base camp that's watching you and, you know, watching your oxygen levels and you got supplemental oxygen. And then, you know, after fighting a little bit about that, I decided to turn around.

And then finally, you know, you got somebody down at base camp that's watching you and, you know, watching your oxygen levels and you got supplemental oxygen. And then, you know, after fighting a little bit about that, I decided to turn around.

But I want to know the psychology of it. Like, forget what those guys were doing. Like, in your head, you've just, how long did it take you to get to that point? Two months. No, no, no. You took two months to get to the top.

But I want to know the psychology of it. Like, forget what those guys were doing. Like, in your head, you've just, how long did it take you to get to that point? Two months. No, no, no. You took two months to get to the top.

But I want to know the psychology of it. Like, forget what those guys were doing. Like, in your head, you've just, how long did it take you to get to that point? Two months. No, no, no. You took two months to get to the top.

That's how long it takes?

That's how long it takes?