Rami Rasamny is a mountaineer, founder of Life Happens Outdoors (an adventure travel community for the first time explorers) and truly embodies the meaning behind following your passion.
Rami begins by telling us how he studied law (1:21) and the reasons behind not pursuing a career in the field (3:49). He then talks to us about his experience working in Libya and the insane incident of nearly getting kidnapped (5:18). Rami discusses the origins of his mountaineering career (20:00), ideology behind his venture "Life Happens Outdoors" (23:47), the experience that caused him to turn his life around (26:48) along with the mental (31:05) and physical (33:40) challenges in doing so. He explains to us what mountains mean to him (35:48) and his mindset towards hiking (37:56).
Disclaimer: This episode was recorded on September 10 and had to be stopped due to the fire at the Beirut port which is close by. Part 2 will be uploaded next week.