Episode 55

From the summit of K2 to the wild landscapes of Antarctica, Rick Ridgeway has spent a lifetime exploring some of the most remote places on Earth. A legendary mountaineer, adventurer, filmmaker, author, and conservationist, Ridgeway has transformed his early pursuit of adventure into a lifelong mission to protect the natural world.

In this episode of Full Expression, Dan Imhoff visits Ridgeway at the Turtle Conservancy in Ojai, California, to reflect on an extraordinary life at the intersection of exploration, storytelling, and environmental activism.

Drawing from his memoir, Life Lived Wild, Ridgeway recounts the formative experiences that took him from sailing the South Pacific to climbing the world’s highest peaks, the tragedies that reshaped his understanding of risk and ambition, and the unlikely friendships that influenced his path—including his decades-long relationship with conservationist Doug Tompkins, who is Dan’s father-in-law.

The conversation explores Ridgeway’s work at Patagonia, the contradictions of sustainability in a consumer-driven world, and his latest effort to return grizzly bears to California, where they have been absent for nearly a century.

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