Climbing and Running
7 marathons. 7 continents. 7 years.
Leadership attributes in climbing and running
February 28, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · 4 Comments
As someone who has done marathons on all seven continents and climbed the highest summits on five of the same seven continents, I’ve had time to reflect about how the challenges related to business and my own performance are intertwined. While some areas are easy to identify (life is a marathon for example), the whole [...]
Highlights of 2008
December 31, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
I was going to write a post recapping personal events and achievements of 2008 but while I was out during my last run of this year late this afternoon, I thought about the truly magical moments of the past year that were so wonderful that they took my breath away or made my eyes hurt. [...]
Why We Run and Climb
September 10, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
Most of us get asked from time to time, why do you do what you do? Why do you run marathons? Why do you want to climb mountains? Especially when the experience can be so – well – hard and distasteful. Sir Edmund Hillary gave the supposedly flippant comment, “Because it’s there” – referring to [...]
Why We Run
August 10, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Today we ran a solid three hours at Annadel Park just north of Santa Rosa. The total distance was around 16.2 miles but could have been more, my GPS decided not to work despite being charged overnight. We set out around 730am on trails that were largely deserted, later we saw some bicyclists and horses [...]
Antarctica – How the adventure started
February 20, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
So, how did I end up here on the way to Antarctica? I think it is pretty straightforward. In spring 2002, while still living in Stockholm, I decided I really needed to lose some weight and I needed to get serious about eating and exercise. At around that time I saw an advertisement for the [...]
Antarctica – Background and Travel
February 19, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Buenos Aires was the culmination of an emotionally and physically exhausting couple of months. We had already decided to return to the US and I spent two weeks in late January meeting with Ericsson and other companies in the US looking for a new opportunity in a good location, interesting company and challenging position. At [...]
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