Category: Climbing
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Why Ted Ran, Swam, Biked… and Never Stopped Competing Most people drift into hobbies.Ted Epstein ran straight into a lifetime of extremes. 🏃♂️ Why Run Ted didn’t start running to chase medals or records. He ran because it made him feel alive. The rhythm, the movement, the quiet battle between body and mind — it…
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Climbing Mount Vinson — The Top of Antarctica (1987) One Arm, 100 Pounds, and the Coldest Mountain on Earth Mount Vinson is the highest point in Antarctica, rising 16,050 feet above one of the harshest places on Earth. It sits 750 miles from the South Pole on the driest continent on the planet, where temperatures…
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Climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro – 1986 Before Ted ever set foot on Africa’s tallest mountain, he had to conquer a different peak — his fear of flying. Years earlier, Ted had been on an Air National Guard plane that suddenly lost cabin pressure. Passengers became violently ill, and Ted ended up in a San Antonio hospital,…