RHP #065. Simon McCartney, Mountaineer, Avid Adventurer, Author and Businessman
Channel: Ridiculously Human
Date: 2019-05-24

Once somebody has completed something, it gives others permission and the courage to give it a go themselves. As the great, Nelson Mandela, said: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

Our guest this week, Simon McCartney, is somebody who will go down in mountaineering folklore. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Simon enjoyed a wonderfully dare-devilish, courageous and brave time, climbing various peaks around the world with his buddies, which others have never tried again because of their complexity and difficulty!

In 1980, Simon and Jack Roberts, set their sights on Denali, the tallest (not highest) mountain in the world. At about 19,000 feet, Simon collapsed with cerebral edema, while Jack had frostbite. Jack had to decide whether to stay and die with Simon, or to leave and go for help….. 

The story that followed is truly courageous and movie-like! Simon and Jack, never saw much of each other again. In 2012, someone was looking for Simon in an online climbing forum. It was Jack. Simon soon found out that, Jack had died in a climbing accident. 

Simon, with the help of Jack and other climbers diary entries, decided to write about their time in Alaska together. The book, The Bond, came out in 2016, which served partly as a memoir, partly as wanting to tell their story.

We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.

Your fellow beings
Craig and Gareth

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SIMON MCCARTNEY

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