Ep. 14 The Ethos of Mountaineering and How to Make Decisions w/ Justin LoFranco

5:00 Preparing fro Denali while running a company, conversation to climb in 6 months 10:00 Moving back to CA after a career in politics in Washington, Horseback riding lessons 15:00 Not interested in climbing Everest, here's why 17:52 What mountaineering means to me 18:50 Why people climb mountains, fear factor, "risk worth what I'm looking for?" 22:00 8,000m Peaks 24:00 CrossFit and Mountaineering, why people reach for bigger summits, purpose of CrossFit 25:30 The general ethos of climbing 27:00 "I'm prepared to climb any mountain because of CrossFit, my fitness training for Denali 36:00 "I was completely prepared" 39:45 Logistics and planning, whittled life down to Denali and Work 45:00 Recent climb on Mt. Rainier, Making decisions when it's life or death 48:00 dealing with disappointment 50:16 "fear - by product of doing anything new" 53:10 overcoming fear to be able to take on challenges 54:00 "Riding the line between fear and chaos" 57:00 What happens when you're afraid 59:00 Going "back to school" and being a student  1:02:00 What being Fit For Adventure means Please visit morningchalkup.com for information, news, and articles about what's happening across the globe in the CrossFit space and find Justin at @chalkupjlo for cool pictures of mountains . . . See you on the Summit