Mount Everest's DARK SIDE, living in a Brazilian favela, running with Bulls, and more: with filmmaker, explorer and THE PORTER: Nate Menninger [#28]

NATE MENNINGER is a free-spirit, an explorer, and a creative filmmaker. Since his days playing lacrosse at school in the US he's lived an extraordinary life, he's run with the bulls, spent time in a Favela in Brazil, and more recently, worked as a Porter for tourists in the Himalayas in Nepal. 

Nate wanted to make a documentary about the challenges he would face as a porter, and he did, but the final product ended up changing his life when he realised the true story wasn't his adventure, it was the harrowing conditions that Porters have to work in, and the low pay that they do it for.

We talk all about the twists and turns of his earlier life, battles with mental health, spirituality, his time in Nepal + his INCREDIBLE documentary THE PORTER.

HAVE YOU MET... NATE MENNINGER

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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/have-you-met/id1577838693 

🔋 Nate's links:

Website:  https://nmenninger1.wixsite.com/pathfindercreations
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathanieljmenninger/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MenningerNate

You can watch THE PORTER film here: https://youtu.be/MxAU4wWG2Hs

📱 Nate's YouTube:
▶https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO14gqqOXiq4cWllPF5k3yg/

🦩 Other links:
UIAA Mountain Worker Initiative: https://theuiaa.org/mountain-worker-initiative/
https://twitter.com/UIAAmountains

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🕓TIMESTAMPS🕓

[00:42] Nate being nice
[01:59] Nate's background + early adventures
[13:17] Learning languages
[15:51] From a Brazilian Favela to being a stripper to being a porter
[26:04] Filming THE PORTER
[31:03] After the film + spiralling down
[57:04] Feeling better + some spiritual stuff
[01:07:58] Best / worst / weirdest food & drinks
[01:09:20] Hardest experience
[01:11:09] Carrying 100kg with your head
[01:13:37] A memorable moment

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