by Jim Davidson | Apr 1, 2022 | Blog, Everest17, Lessons, Resilience, Speaking of Adventure, Uncategorized
When we’re going through a tough time in life, we often want it to just stop and be finished. None of us are super-human, so we get tired, cranky, and overwhelmed. If the challenging situation has been long, serious, or deadly, then it’s common to suffer...
by Jim Davidson | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog, Resilience
You know the path ahead will be difficult and maybe precarious. That probably doesn’t worry you much because you and your teammates have overcome tough problems before. What is bothersome though, is the uncertainty. That’s often what keeps us up at night. How big...
by Jim Davidson | Jan 28, 2019 | Blog, Lessons, Resilience
It’s exhilarating to think about big goals and empowering to reach them. The best rewards from pursuing big goals do not usually happen during some glorious moment when standing in the sunshine. The most significant rewards come as you’re climbing toward your big...
by Jim Davidson | Nov 12, 2015 | Everest 2015, Lessons, Resilience, Uncategorized
We huddled in our tent at Camp 1 just twenty-five minutes after the earthquake stopped. Because the avalanches had finally ceased pouring off the shoulder of Everest, the noisy powder blasts had quieted. The air was filled with urgent chatter gushing from the radio in...
by Jim Davidson | Nov 5, 2015 | Everest 2015, I Shouldn't Be Alive, Resilience, Uncategorized
The violent earthquake shaking Mount Everest had stopped. Converging avalanches had sputtered out before they could overrun us at Camp 1. Everything went momentarily still. Then, people scrambled back to their tents to check on each other. My tentmate Bart and I were...
by Jim Davidson | Oct 29, 2015 | Everest 2015, Resilience, Uncategorized
When the earthquake hit us at Camp 1 on Mount Everest, the whole Khumbu Glacier heaved up and down. Our tent shot vertically upward eight inches, then it dropped back with a jolt. I felt like I was being tossed about in a life raft on a violent sea. Massive avalanches...
