Climbing Mountains and Making History with Philip Henderson

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🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Philip Henderson is a legendary outdoor instructor, adventurer, and mentor. With 30 years of experience leading expeditions and teaching sports like whitewater rafting, skiing, climbing, and mountaineering, Philip has made a significant impact in the outdoor community. In 2020, he was honored with the Outdoor Afro Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2022, he made history by leading the first all-Black team up Mount Everest.

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0:00.0	Honestly, I don't really like guiding, because guiding means you're doing things for people.
0:11.8	And I don't want to do things for people. I want to help educate them so they can do things
0:17.3	for themselves. I want people to have a good foundation, a solid foundation.
0:23.8	You could be a very strong climber and all these things, but how does that help someone else?
0:29.5	Where I can actually teach them the knots that they need in a way that helps them learn
0:36.2	and then build in transformance from that activity to their
0:41.0	everyday life.
0:46.1	Philip Henderson is a legendary outdoor instructor, adventurer, and mentor.
0:51.6	He spent 30 years leading expeditions and teaching sports like whitewater
0:55.5	rafting, skiing, climbing, and mountaineering. Philip doesn't just train everyday folks. He also
1:02.1	teaches the teachers. He's worked with Sherpas and experienced guides in major mountaineering
1:07.4	destinations like Tanzania and Nepal. In 2020, Philip received the Outdoor
1:12.8	Afro Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2022, he became well known for leading the first
1:18.7	all-black team up Mount Everest. All of Philip's work circles back to the same mission, to
1:24.8	mentor the next generation of outdoor athletes. I'm Shelby Stanger,
1:28.7	and this is Wild Ideas Worth Living, an REI Co-op Studios production presented by Capital One and the
1:35.8	REI Co-Op MasterCard. Philip Henderson, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living. You've had many, many wild ideas, so we're
1:47.6	excited to have you on. Thanks for having me. I'm glad to be here. Yeah. And you're probably one of the
1:53.0	most recommended guests we've ever had. I mean, there's been so many people we've had who are like,
1:57.7	you should interview Philip, like he's the man. Huh. Interesting.
2:03.3	Interesting. Okay, let's start at the beginning. How did you get into mountaineering and the
2:08.7	outdoors? Oh, boy. You know, really, I think it's kind of inside from a long time ago.
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