Brian Dickinson is a former Navy aviation rescue swimmer who is also a mountaineer that has summited Everest. After summiting the world's highest peak solo, Brian lost his sight to snow blindness and completed his descent with the ability to see. His trek from the summit was expected to take 2-3 hours and ended up taking 7 hours of feeling his way down.

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00:00:00 Wagner Loves What?
00:07:16 US Navy Rescue Swimmer
00:13:53 Airliner Goes Down
00:20:07 Iraqi Fishermen Eaten By Sharks
00:26:27 Getting into Mountaineering
00:33:46 Advice for New Climbers
00:37:41 Mountain Bodies
00:43:49 High Altitude Climbing is a Lifestyle
00:50:34 Climbing the Highest Peak on Each Continent
00:58:04 Sherpa Culture
01:06:28 How Long it Took | Base Camp to Summit
01:09:45 Summit Day
01:22:14 Verifying a Summit | Himalayan Database
01:30:17 The Blind Descent
01:46:10 Snow Blindness