The Happiness Quotient

Thom Dharma Pollard
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The Happiness Quotient

Thom Dharma Pollard hosts inspirational, intimate and unfiltered Stories That Inspire with guests and drawing from his own adventures around the world. The Happiness Quotient: connected, engaged, passionate people who inspire us. 

  1. NOV 4

    Contemplating Kindness in a Brutally Cold World - White Mountains, Mount Field

    Well, we packed too lightly for such a chilly hike. But, we nabbed a 4000-footer before high-tailing back to the warmth of a smaller peak that offered us a sunny vantage point. Today, the topic of Metta, or Lovingkindness.Come along on our lovely hike in the White Mountains.Send us a text Support the show

    18 min

  2. OCT 25

    Sandy Irvine's Family STUNNED by Discovery of His Remains on Everest after 100 Years with Biographer Julie Summers

    Just imagine the surprise and shock you would get if when your telephone rings one morning and it's a call from Kathmandu, Nepal and on the end is a world famous mountaineer, that his team has found the partial remains of your long lost great uncle, who disappeared 100 years ago. That happened to today's guest, Julie Summers, the great niece of Sandy Irvine, who disappeared alongside his climbing partner George Mallory on June 8, 1924 endeavoring to become the first to stand on top of the wor...

    34 min

  3. OCT 11

    BREAKING NEWS: SANDY IRVINE'S Remains Have Been DISCOVERED! With Historian Jochen Hemmleb

    BREAKING NEWS: SOME OF THE REMAINS OF legendary mountaineer Sandy Irvine have been discovered on the Rongbuk Glacier of Mount Everest in Tibet by a National Geographic team that had been endeavoring to do a ski descent of the Hornbein Couloir.World's foremost authority on all things Mystery of Mallory and Irvine Jochen Hemmleb is interviewed here only hours after he learned of the momentous discovery.Here is the interview with Jamie McGuinness mentioned in the interview, Sandy Irvine's Body I...

    17 min

  4. OCT 4

    STRANGEST Things About Mount Everest (NOT what you expect) | Eight Huge Myths Debunked

    Mount Everest—legendary, dangerous, and shrouded in myths. But how much of what you've heard is actually true? Are climbers really lining up like rush hour traffic at 29,000 feet? Is the mountain littered with bodies and trash? Let's peel back the layers of Everest’s most shocking myths and separating fact from fiction. You’re NOT going to want to miss the last one because it’s a doozie!Videos referenced in this video:Ryan Mitchell: https://youtu.be/w1mJsdeE81QGreen Boots: https://youtu....

    19 min

  5. SEP 23

    Everest's Haunting MYSTERY: Did GEORGE MALLORY Contact Psychic Medium Geraldine Cummins After Disappearing on Mount Everest in 1924?

    Under the glow of séance candles a psychic medium sits trancelike at a table, in front of her is a blank notebook. She begins to write the words of a spirit claiming to be George Mallory - the mountaineer who disappeared with his partner Sandy Irvine high upon the north face of Everest only months previously:“I am Mallory” the words appear from her pen “I can remember still the struggle for breath….and the awful cold.”Today we’re going to explore something truly otherworldly, the automa...

    30 min

  6. SEP 7

    When The Strong Fall: The 1996 Everest Disaster - CONCLUSION

    They say that gong to the summit is only halfway. And nowhere was that more true than on May 10, 1996 on Mount Everest. On that day Everest became the stage for one of the most harrowing disasters in mountaineering history. Eight climbers perished in a brutal storm, and as the world tried to make sense of the tragedy, a chilling truth emerged: success on Everest isn't just about reaching the summit—it's about surviving the descent. In Part 2 of our deep dive into the '96 Everest disaster, we ...

    35 min
  7. SPECIAL SEGMENT | Shhh! Members Only Episode (for FREE!): How to Inflict Change by Pushing the Boundaries

    AUG 27

    SPECIAL SEGMENT | Shhh! Members Only Episode (for FREE!): How to Inflict Change by Pushing the Boundaries

    Today we hiked two lovely mountains in the Sandwich Wilderness of the White Mountains in New Hampshire....each offered limited views at the summit. MOST IMPORTANTLY, the hike revealed some insights on personal transformation and how one might bring that about.Here is the video about our try at this same hike a few days previously:https://www.patreon.com/posts/best-made-plans-109860264?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=joi...

    16 min

  8. AUG 26

    STORM Over Everest | The 1996 Disaster - What Happened and Who is To Blame?

    Famed mountain climber and guide Rob Hall once said that if you’re stuck near the summit of Mount Everest you might as well be on the moon. Little did he know that his words would one day come true. This is PART 1 of a two part series on the 1996 Everest disaster that claimed eight lives on May 10 and 11 of that year. We'll look into some of the key decisions that may have had an impact on the outcome of the storm.Key figures we'll be talking about include:Rob HallScott FischerJon KrakauerAna...

    28 min
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Thom Dharma Pollard hosts inspirational, intimate and unfiltered Stories That Inspire with guests and drawing from his own adventures around the world. The Happiness Quotient: connected, engaged, passionate people who inspire us. 

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  • Creator
    Thom Dharma Pollard
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    142
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 The Happiness Quotient
  • Show Website
    The Happiness Quotient

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