Earlier this year, I worked on a book proposal for Chris Warner, a world-famous mountaineer, and Don Schmincke, a scientist and corporate trainer. The book is about leadership lessons learned on the peaks of the world’s most dangerous mountains. And this is no armchair speculation: even as we put finishing touches on the proposal to show to publishers, Chris was leading an expedition along the insanely dangerous Pakistan-Afghanistan border and on to ascend K2, one of the world’s deadliest peaks.

On July 20, Chris and his team summited. It was the most successful climb in the history of the mountain, though not without tragedy: two died in the attempt. This Sunday at 2 p.m. EST, NBC will air a one-hour special on the expedition.

Chris is an amazing man—a savvy entrepreneur and terrific writer as well as world-class climber. Working with him was an honor and a thrill. If you can possibly get in front of a television this Sunday, watch the broadcast; it’ll be worth it.

For more info, visit Chris’s web site: www.SharedSummits.com.

P.S. The proposal cleared its summit, too, and the book is in process; I’ll post a note when it’s about to release.

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