Graham Zimmerman is an award-winning alpinist, writer, filmmaker, and climate advocate. We talked about his harrowing ascent of Mt. Bradley in his early 20s, getting injured in New Zealand, how his relationship with risk has evolved, losing friends in the mountains, the mystery of passion, the 100-year-plan, falling in love with his wife Shannon, getting shut down on K2 by global warming, the climate crisis, the concept of imperfect advocacy, and his new book, A Fine Line: Searching for Balance Among Mountains.

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Show Notes:  

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(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:01:38) – Daddy style

(00:03:59) – Mt. Bradley

(00:12:23) – The recipe for success

(00:14:32) – How I related to the book

(00:19:03) – Graham’s injury in New Zealand

(00:21:54) – The Burger King story

(00:24:04) – Falling for mountains

(00:30:24) – The mystery of passion

(00:32:07) – Mark Allen

(00:40:45) – What makes alpinism hard?

(00:44:04) – The logistics of mountain ascents

(00:48:11) – Building a relationship with places

(00:52:09) – The 100-Year Plan

(00:57:48) – Shannon

(01:04:06) – Compromise and purpose

(01:08:30) – Getting engaged

(01:16:13) – Loss and risk

(01:25:58) – K2 and climate

(01:34:16) – Imperfect advocacy

(01:43:15) – Voting

(01:50:40) – Energy and water

(01:51:39) – POW

(01:52:29) – Don’t stop climbing

(01:54:11) – Graham’s book and EXTRA teaser