1 hr 35 min

Moving Mountains, Scaling Mount Everest with the World’s First Vegan Mountaineer - Kuntal Joisher Sustainable Tea with Shreya Ghodawat

    • Nature

Do you have goals that seem impossible to reach? Where every step you take falls short, Every move you make feels lost with no particular direction in sight? You’re not alone. We all want to get to the top, but we may come to a point where the climb appears to be undoable. At this pivotal moment, would you dare to take up the challenge or sit behind your screen and let life pass you by? Driven by a profound personal mission, dementia awareness advocate, humanitarian inspiration, and the world’s first vegan mountaineer to scale Mount Everest twice, @KuntalJoisher’s story will inspire you to go after your dreams without compromising on your values. In this episode of Sustainable Tea with Shreya, Shreya Ghodawat and Kuntal talk about the life-changing experiences that led him to new heights, discovering the shocking truths about the egg, leather and dairy industries, going vegan in the 2000s, why vegetarians are actually non-vegetarians, the mismatch between old values and evolving ethics, questioning oppressive systems through the vegan lens, answering the call of Everest, the prep to climb the top of the world, successfully becoming an end-to-end vegan mountaineer, recovery on a plant-based diet, the misconceptions around soy consumption inspiring others with action, and moving mountains for veganism.



0:00 - Trailer

1:00 - Intro—Meet the World’s First Vegan Mountaineer to Scale Mount Everest, Twice!

1:40 -  Embracing Veganism in Unchartered Territory 

8:32 - Going Down the Rabbit Hole of the Egg, Leather and Dairy Industry 

12:31 - Are All Vegetarians Actually Non-Vegetarians?

14:53 - The Reconciliation of Compassion Thoughts and Cruel Actions 

17:57 - Addressing Oppressive Systems Internally

20:31 - The Journey from Militant Activism to Authentic Living

30:11 - Answering the Call of Everest for the Love of Mountains

45:28 - Save the Duck and the Mountain Climbing Activism

55:20 - The Mountain Diet Vs The Happy Herbivore

1:01:46 -  Plant-based Recovery and Debunking Soy Myths

1:19:37 -  Kuntal 3.0 – Chasing the Impossible 

1:27:17 - The Impact of Climate Change on the Mountains

1:32:19 -  Advice for Fellow Mountaineers


#mountains #mountaineering #vegan #veganism #humanitarian #inspiration #dreams #values #adventure #ethicalliving #awareness #consciousliving #plantbased #plantbaseddiet #health #dairy #dairyindustry #dairyfree #food #foodfacts #egg #eggfree #leather #soy #nutrition #nutritiontips #nutritioneducation #athlete #climatechange #sustainableliving #motivation #compassion #nolimits #nevergiveup #empowerment #selfbelief #mindset #dreamchaser

Do you have goals that seem impossible to reach? Where every step you take falls short, Every move you make feels lost with no particular direction in sight? You’re not alone. We all want to get to the top, but we may come to a point where the climb appears to be undoable. At this pivotal moment, would you dare to take up the challenge or sit behind your screen and let life pass you by? Driven by a profound personal mission, dementia awareness advocate, humanitarian inspiration, and the world’s first vegan mountaineer to scale Mount Everest twice, @KuntalJoisher’s story will inspire you to go after your dreams without compromising on your values. In this episode of Sustainable Tea with Shreya, Shreya Ghodawat and Kuntal talk about the life-changing experiences that led him to new heights, discovering the shocking truths about the egg, leather and dairy industries, going vegan in the 2000s, why vegetarians are actually non-vegetarians, the mismatch between old values and evolving ethics, questioning oppressive systems through the vegan lens, answering the call of Everest, the prep to climb the top of the world, successfully becoming an end-to-end vegan mountaineer, recovery on a plant-based diet, the misconceptions around soy consumption inspiring others with action, and moving mountains for veganism.



0:00 - Trailer

1:00 - Intro—Meet the World’s First Vegan Mountaineer to Scale Mount Everest, Twice!

1:40 -  Embracing Veganism in Unchartered Territory 

8:32 - Going Down the Rabbit Hole of the Egg, Leather and Dairy Industry 

12:31 - Are All Vegetarians Actually Non-Vegetarians?

14:53 - The Reconciliation of Compassion Thoughts and Cruel Actions 

17:57 - Addressing Oppressive Systems Internally

20:31 - The Journey from Militant Activism to Authentic Living

30:11 - Answering the Call of Everest for the Love of Mountains

45:28 - Save the Duck and the Mountain Climbing Activism

55:20 - The Mountain Diet Vs The Happy Herbivore

1:01:46 -  Plant-based Recovery and Debunking Soy Myths

1:19:37 -  Kuntal 3.0 – Chasing the Impossible 

1:27:17 - The Impact of Climate Change on the Mountains

1:32:19 -  Advice for Fellow Mountaineers


#mountains #mountaineering #vegan #veganism #humanitarian #inspiration #dreams #values #adventure #ethicalliving #awareness #consciousliving #plantbased #plantbaseddiet #health #dairy #dairyindustry #dairyfree #food #foodfacts #egg #eggfree #leather #soy #nutrition #nutritiontips #nutritioneducation #athlete #climatechange #sustainableliving #motivation #compassion #nolimits #nevergiveup #empowerment #selfbelief #mindset #dreamchaser

1 hr 35 min