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It's Time to Get Your Dancing Shoes (and Climbing Gear?) with Mimi Zieman
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Featured : MIMI ZIEMAN, Tap Dancing on EverestWe humans are a risky bunch. It seems part of our make-up, or at least the make up of one small expedition of four climbers. Their mission: attempt a new route on the East Face of Mt. Everest, considered the most remote and dangerous side of the mountain, summitted only once before. That’s not all, though. They would climb without using supplemental oxygen, porter support, or chance for rescue. And going with them: Mimi Zieman, a woman still in her third year of medical school, as team doctor. And we have to ask… why? According to Zieman, she felt called—something she couldn’t resist drawing her on. In ways not so dissimilar to WHALE FALL by last year’s guest Daniel Kraus, Tap Dancing on Everest offers up a coming of age story about finding your own authentic self. As Zieman goes solo hiking through Nepal, she weaves her childhood as the daughter of Jewish immigrants raised in 1970's New York City, with adventure, medicine, and empowerment. Join us for a chance to ask Zieman about the how and the why, about what drives a person to extremes and what we can make out of such experiences.
Episode was recorded live May 22, 2025.
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