In this podcast, I speak with Scott Parazynski, who is about as unique an individual as you will find these days. Consider a small fraction of his achievements:

Five-time space shuttle astronaut, seven spacewalks, and a former NASA researcher.

Spent over 8 weeks in space with more than 47 hours outside on spacewalks, and traveled over 23 million miles in orbit.

Attempted Everest in May 2008, but was forced to turn back before the summit due to a ruptured disc while at Camp 3

Served as team physician for the Discovery Channel's Beyond the Limit series for IMG

May 20, 2009, at 4:00 am, he successfully summited Everest

Visited the wreck of the Titanic

Conducted a scientific dive in the summit caldera lake of the 19,700-foot Masaya volcano, the world’s highest lake

Life-long SCUBA diver and accomplished mountaineer

Commercial, instrument, multiengine and seaplane-rated pilot with over 2,500 flight hours

I hope you enjoy the episode and perhaps consider reading his book, The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed.

Climb On!

Alan

Memories are Everything

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