Thursday, July 14, 2011

Charlie Wittmack

"A FEW DAYS before he begins the push toward the summit of Mount Everest, during some of the monotonous downtime at base camp, Charlie sits in a tent with Brian Block, one of his climbing partners, and the two explore life’s bigger questions: Why are we here? What’s the purpose? And what does it mean to truly live?"

Human limits continue to be tested. Charlie Wittmack is the only person ever to have completed the "World Tri": swim the English channel (275 miles), bike from France to the Bay of Bengal (9000 miles), then run to the foot hills of Everest before climbing to the summit (950 miles). Incredible. Read the rest of the story HERE.

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