25 hours 40 minutes. Rope climb Everest the plan was most distance in 24 hours but with 200 climbs left we were not going to just quit

While I was climbing it’s estimated while I was climbing 1,540 men committed suicide around the globe. That’s a number that I can’t even fathom. Men’s mental health is constantly just shoved under the rug. No one talks about it, no one asks questions about it, and no one wants to deal with it. Men are supposed to be always tough, emotionless, and independent.

This climb would have ended at 500 climbs if this were the case.
This is how needing a team, dropping my ego, and having emotions saved this climb:
500 climbs in I slipped on the rope and felt a sharp pull in my bicep. Now we now that it was a partial tear. Paul and Kaige started doing way too much math and figured to lower stress on the bicep to switch to 12 foot climbs. It added 400 extra reps. I was against it cause it didn’t look as good as going to 15-16 feet. But the reality is, if they didn’t make the call I probably would have torn my bicep.

Every other climb I needed someone to massage gun my bicep to keep me going. Someone to feed me. Someone to tell me to get back up the rope.

4:00am I broke down fully from the bicep and the rips on my hands. I had 700 climbs left. If I kept to myself the climb would have been over. I would have fell victim to the one thing I was trying to bring awareness to, mental health. I felt alone and scared and had an impossible task I couldn’t imagine going up the rope one more time let alone 700. Maggie came over saved the day. She made me remember why I was doing this and I have so many people inside and I’m not alone and we are going to finish these climbs today together.

Here’s what kept me going.
“For those who can’t”
We don’t realize how lucky we are to get up and go to work every day. We don’t realize how lucky we are to get up and walk to the kitchen. We don’t realize how lucky we are that we can talk to other people. So please don’t be scared to ask for help. To share your emotions. I promise it only makes you stronger. Thank you to everyone who got me through this climb.