Whiskey and a Map: True Stories of Adventure.

Jim Davidson: Surviving Mount Everest's deadliest disaster and the pleasures of rancid yak butter tea.


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Jim Davidson is a high altitude climber who has spent a life-time climbing peaks around the world.

Raised in Massachusetts, he worked in the family business as an industrial painter of high-voltage electrical towers. Early on, the mountains called him.

He moved to Colorado to attend college and to climb its big mountains. 

Jim earned a bachelors and Master’s degrees in environmental engineering and has worked cleaning up oil and gasoline spills.

His climbing career has taken him to Alaska, Argentina, Bolivia and Tibet. He received commendations twice by the U.S. National Park Service for assisting on remote mountain rescues.

 Jim was on Mount Everest during the tragic earthquake in 2015, then returned in 2017 to reach the summit. 

He is an award-winning author and he has appeared on National Geographic, Smithsonian Channel and Discovery.

Support Jim and get his book the Next Everest here

Follow Jim on his website and blog at speakingofadventure.com

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