Between the Summit and the Grave

A Himalayan veteran of 25 years faces his hardest climb yet, and its not on a mountain.

Matt Fioretti has been a high altitude mountain guide and climber in the Himalaya for 25 years. He has spent 43 seasons in altitude. At age forty, when he was at the peak of his climbing career, he suffered with life threatening Aplastic Anemia for 4 years before ultimately receiving a bone marrow transplant. Matt's unique perspective on survival, and the power of the mind body connection, grew from his epic medical journey and his high and wild journeys into the remote Himalaya of Nepal and Tibet. Ironically his hardest climb was not in the high, cold, thin air of the Himalaya.

Matt Fioretti is an American Alpinist, entrepreneur, and writer. He was born is Seattle and now lives off grid on 140 acres in the North Cascades of Washington. He is the owner of "Four Winds Expeditions" and has lead 24 successful expeditions and has 44 seasons at altitude in the Himalaya. He guides bi-annual trips to the Nepal and Tibet.