{"id":66594,"date":"2017-09-19T10:40:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T15:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=66594"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:22:21","slug":"podcast-adventurer-laval-st-germain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-adventurer-laval-st-germain\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #340: Life Lessons From an Adventurer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inside many men is the call for adventure. My guest today<\/span> is one of those men and listening to that call has led him to pursue a lifetime of amazing expeditions around the globe, all while balancing a demanding career as an airline pilot and family responsibilities. His name is Laval St. Germain and today<\/span> he shares when he first heard the call for adventure on his grandparent\u2019s farm in western Canada and how he started taking action on it. <\/span><\/p>\n

We then go through some of the adventures he\u2019s been on, including being the first Canadian to summit Mt. Everest without oxygen, dodging landmines while climbing the highest mountain in Iraq, and rowing across the Atlantic Ocean by himself. <\/span><\/p>\n

Laval then shares how he tragically lost his son in a canoeing accident and how the habit of making checklists that he developed as a pilot helped him lead his family through the grieving process. We dig deeper into how Laval uses checklists as a pilot, adventurer, and family man. And we end our conversation talking about how regular joes can go on the kinds of adventures Laval regularly undertakes without breaking the bank and while still attending to their families and careers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inside many men is the call for adventure. My guest today is one of those men and listening to that call has led him to pursue a lifetime of amazing expeditions around the globe, all while balancing a demanding career as an airline pilot and family responsibilities. 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