Maxime Chaya is a Lebanese explorer and mountaineer who is the only man to climb the seven summits, three poles and row across an entire ocean.
We start by telling him how everyone in Lebanon has a Maxime story (1:10), him being a book smart student with pent up energy (2:40), discovering his passion for mountaineering by accident (4:27), and the extreme sacrifices he’s had to make (8:44). Maxime then talks about the intense conditions faced when scaling a summit (9:49), explains what the seven summits are (12:57), climbing his first summit Mount Kilimanjaro (14:24), encountering the effects of climate change on his journeys (17:55), conquering his inner summit (22:51), and whether he can afford to have any self doubt (25:11). Maxime recounts the insanity behind rowing across an entire ocean(31:59), hypothetically being more celebrated abroad (39:56), and being a massive inspiration for younger generations (47:10).