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29029. What do those numbers mean to you? To many, they represent the highest point on earth Mt. Everest, to others, 29029 is a community bonded by human achievement, adventure, and the best of humanity. It's a group of likeminded people who take on significant challenges and experience life, the way it should be. To some, 29029 is an opportunity to craft their unique stories.And we're here to bring those stories to life. 29029 is a new category of endurance sport — the challenge is to hike the equivalent height of Mt. Everest. A challenge for your mind, body, and soul
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- Yesterday30 min
Episode 71 | Mountain Sisters - Patty Jehling & Kelby Hicks
People come to 29029 for all kinds of reasons.Some come to prove something to themselves. Some come to find something they've lost. Others come simply to discover what they're capable of when they step outside their comfort zone.But sometimes, the greatest thing you find on the mountain isn't what you came looking for at all.In 2023, Patty Jehling and Kelby Hicks arrived in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as complete strangers.Two women. Two different stories. Two very personal reasons for taking on the challenge of climbing 29,029 feet.Neither had any idea that somewhere along those miles and thousands of feet of vertical gain, they would find something they didn't even know they needed.Each other.What started as a shared experience on a mountain quickly became a friendship that would extend far beyond it.Fast forward to today, and Patty and Kelby have each completed FOUR 29029 events.Four events. So many miles. And a friendship that has grown stronger with every step.These women embody everything I love about 29029. The heart. The soul. The grit. The perseverance. And perhaps most importantly, the COMMUNITY.Because sometimes the greatest gift of doing something hard isn't the person you become.It's the people who become part of your life along the way.Subscribe for more stories from our incredible community.Learn more about 29029 HERE.
- 3 weeks ago43 min
Episode 70 | Doing My Best - Casey Miller
It was Stratton 2025, and Stratton was doing what Stratton does best. A little rain. A little wind. And putting up one heck of a fight for those who came to find their Everest.The mountain brought the usual suspects. Beloved alumni returning for another climb and a whole new group of first-timers ready to discover what 29029 was all about.One of those first-timers was Casey Miller.Casey isn't necessarily the kind of guy who stands out in a crowd, but he doesn't exactly blend in either.I first noticed him because he was wearing something I'd never seen before. A bib with the words "CROP TOP."Clearly, there was a story there.Casey had arrived with a group of men known as the Mountain Pirates. Some of these guys I knew very well. But Casey? He was a new recruit.Over the next 36 hours, I watched Crop Top climb. Lap after lap. There was this wide-eyed wonder about him. Not necessarily excitement. Not an overwhelming display of happiness. Just a guy who was completely, undeniably THERE.Present. Determined. And making it happen.By the time Casey had a red bib on his back and a red hat on his head, I knew there was something more to this man than a funny nickname and a group of mountain-loving pirates.There was a story I wanted to hear.It took another year and another mountain, but I finally got my chance.And this time, I wasn't interested in what was written on Casey's bib.I wanted to discover what was written on his heart and in his soul.This is the story of Casey Miller.Subscribe for more stories from our incredible community! Learn more about 29029 HERE
- Sep 9, 202632 min
Episode 69 | The Seven Summits - Louise McEvoy
At 29029, we have a mantra: KEEP CLIMBING.The goal may be to accumulate 29,029 feet—the vertical equivalent of Mount Everest—but the mountain asks something more of you.Can you keep moving when you’re tired?Can you adapt when the plan falls apart?Can you take one more step, one more ascent, check one more box?Can you KEEP CLIMBING for 36 hours?Along the way, we mark progress by traveling symbolically around the world—through the Seven Summits, the highest mountains on each of the seven continents.Kosciuszko in Australia.Vinson in Antarctica.Denali in North America.Kilimanjaro, the Roof of Africa.Elbrus in Europe.Aconcagua in South America.And finally, Everest in Asia.For most of us at 29029, those mountains are names on the back of a bib. They are benchmarks—boxes we hope to check as we climb toward our own Everest.But there are a few people in our community for whom those boxes represent something very different.They represent passports and plane tickets. Months of preparation. Heavy packs. Crampons and ice axes. Bitter cold, brutal winds and impossibly thin air.They represent the actual mountains.In June of 2026, Louise McEvoy stood on the summit of Denali, 20,310 feet above Alaska.But this wasn't simply another summit.It was the seventh.With those final steps to the top of Denali, Louise completed a journey years in the making: standing atop the highest mountain on every continent on Earth.Seven continents.Seven summits.Seven boxes checked—not on the back of a bib, but across the globe.And behind every one of those summits is a story about what it really means to KEEP CLIMBING.
- Aug 12, 202641 min
Episode 68 | Practice What You Preach - Jake Thompson
Every year, thousands of people stand on stages and tell others how to overcome adversity.Jake Thompson is one of them.As a keynote speaker, author, and the voice behind Compete Every Day, Jake has spent years teaching people to embrace discomfort, honor their commitments, and become the kind of person who keeps showing up when things get hard.But there's a big difference between teaching those principles... and living them.Just seven and a half weeks after knee surgery, with business thriving and life going well, Jake chose to do something that made absolutely no sense to most people. He left to participate in 29029 Snowbasin.Thirteen climbs. Almost 30 miles all uphill. Twenty-nine thousand and twenty-nine feet of vertical gain—the height of Mount Everest.And somewhere on those climbs, the speaker became the student.Every ascent came with a perfectly reasonable excuse to quit. Every lap forced him to confront the same lessons he has spent years teaching audiences around the world. Discipline over motivation. Commitment over comfort. Action over excuses.After the event, Jake wrote something in a LinkedIn post that sums up his journey. "My worth was never going to be decided by a red hat or a missed cutoff. Only by what I left in the arena."What happens when life hands you a microphone... and then hands you a mountain?When your message is no longer something you speak, but something you have to prove.
- Jul 13, 202633 min
Episode 67 | How Change Really Works - Kristy Ellmer
At 29029, we often say that the mountain and trails don’t change you—they reveal you. They strip away distractions, exposing your habits, your fears, your stories, and ultimately give you the opportunity to become a stronger version of yourself. That’s why 29029 exists: to challenge people so intensely that they have the opportunity to evolve into someone they couldn’t have become any other way.But what actually causes lasting change?Is it the challenge itself? The decision to keep going? Or is there something deeper happening beneath the surface?Buckle up because you're about to find out how change really works. Read more about Kristy and her book "How Change Really Works" HERE. Want to know more about 29029? Click HERE. Subscribe for more inspiring content.
- Jun 22, 202647 min
Episode 66 | The Mountain Didn't Change. He Did! - Steve Caruthers
Snowbasin 2023: Steve & Crystal Caruthers were the newbies on the mountain. In Steve’s words “unprepared both mentally & physically”.12 months later…..Snowbasin 2024: Steve & Crystal, were no longer the new kids on the mountain, they were trained, prepared, but the mountain is never easy. Crystal earned a red hat. Steve didn’t. Steve kept climbing. Another year passed…..Sun Valley 2025: Steve alone would take on this new mountain. More prepared holding a toolbox filled with lessons from the mountains he already climbed. He’d earn a red bib. Then a red hat. Easier but never easy and it wasn’t the red carpet moment that lingers in his memory. Coach Caruther’s, as we lovingly call Steve, has a lot to teach you about this thing we call 29029. He’s allowed the mountain to change him. He’s evolved into more than just a guy who was inspired by our co-founder Jesse Itzler and thought “it’s JUST hiking”. The mountain didn’t change over three years. But Steve sure did.
- May 22, 202643 min
Episode 65 | The Cheat Code
At 29029 there are a subset of participants who take on the challenge of a mountain or a TRAIL event as a group:Some are families: spouses, kids with their parents. Some are friends: building their relationships. Some are co-workers, colleagues and leaders betting on the fact that doing hard things together creates exceptional opportunities for connection and growth. Wei-Li Shao started out as an individual tackling a mountain after the mountains in his personal life got big and scary and he needed a new definition of what was possible for himself.That first mountain at Snowbasin in 2023 changed Wei-Li. It challenged him so intensely that he needed to go back. There was unfinished business and untapped potential for growth. But he wouldn’t return alone. He would invite his team. At Snowbasin 2024 the Omada Health Team would celebrate Summit Saturday in red…..every single one of them! The team's success translated into individual lives at work and at home. Omada as a company would make BIG moves in late 2024 and 2025 in lock step with their commitment and training to another challenge: TRAIL Park City. If you are looking for the cheat code to building and leading strong teams, keep listening Wei-Li Shao, Arvind Stokes and Lauren Fix have something to share.
- Apr 27, 202647 min
Episode 64 | You Don't Always Choose Your Mountain - Amanda Melby
We hope you don’t mind if we pull back the curtain for this episode intro. This story is going to be powerful. This message is powerful. Listening might be hard , but we promise it will change your life and perspective. Meet Amanda Melby. We didn’t know the best place to start her story but it seemed right to let Amanda's own words speak for themself. So let's go back 98 weeks to an Instagram post on Amanda's profile.Listen to more inspiring content by subscribing.Learn more about 29029 HERE.
About The 29029 Podcast
29029. What do those numbers mean to you? To many, they represent the highest point on earth Mt. Everest, to others, 29029 is a community bonded by human achievement, adventure, and the best of humanity. It's a group of likeminded people who take on significant challenges and experience life, the way it should be. To some, 29029 is an opportunity to craft their unique stories.And we're here to bring those stories to life. 29029 is a new category of endurance sport — the challenge is to hike the equivalent height of Mt. Everest. A challenge for your mind, body, and soul
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