Episode #977
Jeff Evans & Bud Brutsman
Books mentioned
Tribe
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 01:33:38
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Jeff Evans, an adventurer and high-altitude medic, and television producer Bud Brutsman discuss Everest expeditions, high-altitude rescue, Sherpas, commercialization, and the physical and psychological dangers of climbing. They also explore elite free-soloing, Evans’s trauma medical work in Iraq, humanitarian medicine in Nepal, bow hunting on Lanai, microdosing, and an upcoming expedition.
What they talked about
- Summiting Everest with a blind climber
- Rescuing a stranded climber on Everest
- Dangers of the death zone above 8,000 meters
- Free solo climbing and Ueli Steck's speed records
- Microdosing psilocybin for performance
- Hunting axis deer on Lanai
- Medical work in Nepal earthquake aftermath
- Running a trauma clinic in Mosul war zone
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