The True Philadelphia Podcast With Matt O'donnell

Ricky Singh is an amazing man. He climbed Mount Everest and made it back alive on May 21, 2019. Before even considering attempting this feat, Singh went and ran a marathon in every single state. Fifty of them! Doing both of these is a first. Singh says he is also the first American Sikh and second Indian-American to reach the top of the planet. He is also the first Everest summiter I've ever met, which is a far more insignificant accomplishment. Singh is an extremely spiritual man whose outlook on life needs to be shared during these difficult times. I spoke to him at his home in northern Delaware, a few weeks before the coronavirus outbreak in the US. It is fascinating to hear him take us up the mountain step by step by step. Recorded on March 5, 2020 in Greenville, Delaware. In this podcast: If Singh gets bored easily (1:35), what it is like to be on top of Mount Everest, an area about the size of "three or four ping pong tables" (1:50), some of the many dangers when on top (2:50), the spirituality of being