{"podcast":{"title":"The Podcast on alanarnette.com","slug":"the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790","podcast_index_feed_id":2136790,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/517727ec/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.alanarnette.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/13567635/13567635-1621121634228-21f563bcb9191.jpg","author":"Alan Arnette","episode_count":197,"summary":"Alan Arnette is a renowned mountaineer and Alzheimer's advocate. He is well-known in the mountaineering community for his extensive climbing experience and his blog at alanarnette.com, which chronicles his expeditions and provides insights into mountaineering. He summited Mount Everest in 2011, Mount Manaslu in 2013, and K2 in 2014 at 58, making him the 18th and oldest American to summit the second-highest peak in the world. https://www.alanarnette.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T20:17:18.605086+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790"},"episode":{"title":"Podcast with Astronaut & Everest Summiteer Scott Parazynski","slug":"podcast-with-astronaut-everest-summiteer-scott-parazynski","published_at":"2026-02-06T21:11:50+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790/podcast-with-astronaut-everest-summiteer-scott-parazynski","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alan-arnette1/episodes/Podcast-with-Astronaut--Everest-Summiteer-Scott-Parazynski-e3eoarp","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/517727ec/podcast/play/115140921/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-6%2F417617079-44100-2-b0f363b4fdace.mp3","summary":"In this podcast, I speak with Scott Parazynski, who is about as unique an individual as you will find these days. Consider a small fraction of his achievements: Five-time space shuttle astronaut, seven spacewalks, and a former NASA researcher. Spent over 8 weeks in space with more than 47 hours outside on spacewalks, and traveled over 23 million miles in orbit. Attempted Everest in May 2008, but was forced to turn back before the summit due to a ruptured disc while at Camp 3 Served as team physician for the Discovery Channel's Beyond the Limit series for IMG May 20, 2009, at 4:00 am, he successfully summited Everest Visited the wreck of the Titanic Conducted a scientific dive in the summit caldera lake of the 19,700-foot Masaya volcano, the world’s highest lake Life-long SCUBA diver and accomplished mountaineer Commercial, instrument, multiengine and seaplane-rated pilot with over 2,500 flight hours I hope you enjoy the episode and perhaps consider reading his book, The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed. Climb On! Alan Memories are Everything https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2026/02/06/podcast-with-scott-parazynski/","meta_description":"In this podcast, I speak with Scott Parazynski, who is about as unique an individual as you will find these days. Consider a small fraction of his achieve…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3068,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790/episodes/podcast-with-astronaut-everest-summiteer-scott-parazynski/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com-2136790/podcast-with-astronaut-everest-summiteer-scott-parazynski.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}