Finding Your Summit

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Kevin DeRooy, an award-winning filmmaker and extreme adventurer who has turned personal trauma into transformative storytelling. In this deeply moving conversation, Kevin shares his remarkable journey from a devastating divorce to conquering mountains around the world, and ultimately experiencing clinical death for 15 minutes—an encounter that forever changed his understanding of life, purpose, and the spiritual dimension of extreme adventure. Find Kevin DeRooy at TrueSummit.LLC or email Kevin at TrueSummit.LLC to learn more about The Journey Within docu-seriessue extreme challenges aren't running toward something—they're running away from pain, trauma, and a life they're afraid to face. Kevin and Mark dive deep into the psychology of risk-taking, the healing power of mountains, and the mysterious "third man phenomenon" that guides people at the edge of survival. Key Topics Discussed: From Divorce to Denali: When Trauma Drives Adventur