#52: Nate Menninger | First Foreign Porter at Everest - a podcast by Oli Russell-Cowan

Nate Menninger is an adventurer, film producer and the first foreign porter at Everest. Growing up in Boston, Menninger was lucky enough to travel from a young age. At 20 years old as a sophomore in college he made his way to Spain for the Running of the Bulls. He fell in love with not only doing something extreme but doing it in the most extreme and local way possible. After graduating he booked a ticket to Argentina and lived over there for 6 months. He went backcountry skiing in Chile and even lived in a favela in Brazil. 

Menninger devoted himself to the notion of extreme adventuring. He taught himself Nepalese. He had no money but wanted to go to Nepal with the idea of filming a documentary on becoming a Himalaya Porter to aid a mount Everest expedition. He spent a month to do the trip and immersed himself in every aspect of porter life.  What he discovered being a porter was so much more. 

Food for thought:

• Getting addicted to extreme adventures
• The physical and phycological issues of being a porter on Everest
• The systemic problem of mountaineering around the world

We go deep on this one. Enjoy and get rad!

You can follow Nate on his YouTube channel Pathfinder Creations and be sure to check out the his film The Porter: The Untold Story at Everest.

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