Climbing and Running
7 marathons. 7 continents. 7 years.
Leadership Lessons from Everest
June 4, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
Between 22,000′ and 26,000′ I spent time mentally on some big thinking about leadership examples and tried to consolidate into one coherent list and words. When your own life and goal are in danger and success is not guaranteed, you can manage and lead in some areas. My top ten as below. 1. Set big [...]
On Caring
February 26, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
We are all so fortunate to live in a world where most people want to leave the planet in a better place than when they entered. I’ve been so amazed and blessed to see the reaction from friends, colleagues and loved ones to the Caring aspect for the Everest climb and the legacy that I [...]
Jamie Clarke on Everest
January 15, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
The house lights dimmed on 2,200 of my fellow colleagues in a massive ballroom at the Venetian Hotel. The speaker was introduced, “He has climbed the seven summits and Everest” … “Please welcome Jamie Clarke“. For the next hour plus, the audience was either so quiet and spellbound that all you could hear was the [...]
Advice from Dan Mazur on Everest Expedition
December 30, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · 2 Comments
With less than three months separating the start of the Everest climb, we had a call this afternoon with Dan Mazur, the head of SummitClimb, our guide on the mountain and well known for his rescue of Lincoln Hall on Everest and guiding the K2 expedition that was the basis for Greg Mortenson’s Three Cups [...]
On Moving On
October 16, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
Life as we know it. Or think that we do. Always changing. What we believe and might knew. Our time is so short. Still waters run deep. Mountains don’t move. But friends we must keep. Live life to it’s fullest. For we have to move on. Wherever that is. And towards a new dawn. No [...]
Urban Cow Half-Marathon: Overcoming adversity
October 4, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · 3 Comments
What a week. Continuing lessons on overcoming adversity, finding the good in tough situations, remaining (mostly) optimistic and finishing with a bang. Although I had no idea on Monday morning that I would be running a half-marathon in Sacramento on Sunday or that a business opportunity would turn out to be a landmark win, here [...]
Salvation
September 29, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · 2 Comments
One Hell of a Tale. My youngest son Nick was visiting last night as he prepared for an interview with YouTube (Google) that was today. He has always been obsessed about flying (since I got him Flight Simulator when he was young) and he got his private pilot’s license during the past year. Proud dad [...]
Brotherhood of the Rope
August 7, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
I’m finishing the book High Exposure by David Brashears, the famous IMAX filmmaker and mountaineer (five Everest summits). The following photo is from his website and rights: What is interesting is to read about the Everest disaster of May 10, 1996 from his view, where having read it from Jon Krakauer’s point of view in [...]
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