🎙️ In this fearless episode of We're Out of Time, host Richard Taite sits down with legendary adventurer, former Hells Angel, and founder of The Heroes Project—Tim Medvetz. From outlaw biker to Everest climber, Tim’s journey is one of brutal transformation, resilience, and purpose. 💥 After a near-fatal motorcycle accident left him shattered and barely alive, Tim found himself at rock bottom—until a book and a spark of ambition set him on a path to the world’s highest peaks. With unshakable grit, he defied every prognosis, trained in the Himalayas and Thailand, and eventually summited Mount Everest—not once, but twice. 🗻 But the real story begins after the climb. Tim’s mission evolved: helping wounded veterans find their strength through extreme mountaineering. Through The Heroes Project, he gives those who've sacrificed everything a second chance at purpose, pride, and personal victory. 💬 This isn’t just a conversation—it’s a raw, unfiltered look into pain, purpose, and the power of the human spirit to rise, rebuild, and inspire. 👇 Tap in for links, resources, and more: 🔗 All things Richard Taite, We're Out of Time, and Carrara Treatment Wellness & Spa:https://linktr.ee/richardtaite 📧 Reach out to Tim Medvetz or support The Heroes Project:[email protected]://www.theheroesproject.org 📌 Key moments and highlights from this epic journey below ⬇️Intro 00:00 Tim's History Of Substance Use 01:26 Living Fast & The Hells Angeles 04:42 The accident that CHANGES Tim's Life 07:20 How did the accident lead to climbing Mount Everest? 14:16 Why did Tim turn back when he was almost at the peak of Mount Everest? 19:00 How visiting injured Veterans changed Tim's life forever 30:04 Why helping others is the best thing we can do for ourselves 36:40 How can YOu help The Heroes Project? 48:32
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The doc's saying, I don't know if we can save your foot. I'm like in shock, obviously, right? I'm going to have to amputate your foot. I basically shattered everything from my L1 to L5. My complete back has been put back together. I'm sitting in my apartment and I'm doped up. The sun comes through the blinds and the lights hit the bookcase. And it was Into Thin Air by John Krakauer.
I just was obsessed with this book. What was the book about? It's about the 96... commercial disaster on Everest. And I just couldn't put this book down. I wake up, I'm all sweaty. I look down, I see the book. I'm like, that's it. I'm done. I'm going to go climb Everest. I met this kid, Keith, stepped on an IED, missing his leg well above the knee.
And I was just like, hey, you want to go climb a mountain? He's like, I got no leg, man. I'm like, no, no, no. We'll figure it out, man. We can do this. And then we started training, fast forward, and he just wants to turn around and quit. And I'm like, just give me like just 30 more steps and we'll turn around, we'll go home. He's like, that's it, I'm done. And I go, look over your shoulder.
And he turns around and he looks over and he goes, is that what I think it is? I said, yeah. He got to the summit and he threw his arms up and he's screaming and he's yelling.
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Tim Medvets. Yes. That's... Med Vets. It's weird. The veteran. I know, it's strange. It's meant to be. It's meant to be. So, man. It's not my stage name either, by the way. Really? I'm not an actor. I don't have a headshot. And that is my real birth name. You talked about hitting rock bottom after your accident. Was addiction ever part of that chapter? And what was your turning point?
Uh, no, addiction was not in the picture, but I guess we got to kind of rewind the tape a little bit. When I was 15 years old, I probably grew up in a small town, suburbia in New Jersey. Um, I could see from the highest point in our town, I could see New York city. It always kind of drew me. Um, and then probably 12 o'clock, 12 years old, smoked my first joint.
And then that just sent me onto a path of, multiple arrests, simple assaults, destruction of property, theft, fake identification, possession of drugs, intended to distribute, probably about 12 arrests by time I was 15.
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