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The musician we featured this week was Jim Bryson. His newest album “The Falcon Lake Incident” can be purchased here!
We met up with Shawn Dawson, the Founder of Fatboys Southern Smokehouse, at his restaurant on Murray Street. He is a serial entrepreneur with boundless energy and also the Founder of the Dream Mountains Foundation. We spoke about:
– Him being the 8th person in the world to climb the 7 highest peaks in the 7 continents in under 2 years
– What brought him to Ottawa (He is living in Brockville now and commutes to Ottawa)
– Activities he enjoys in Ottawa, the Wolf Trail is one of his favorite hikes
– Write to the Bluesfest to get Fatboys as a vendor!
– A fan of Westfest and Westboro
– What made him think of starting Fatboys in the market
– The future of the restaurant and expansion plans
– The Sunday All you can eat Gospel Brunch which was inspired by the House of Blues
After the break we discussed:
– How he heard about the 7 Summit Challenge
– How the Dream Mountains Foundation came about and what it is and how you can get involved!
– What are his motivations behind it
– Everest takes 2 and a half months to climb!
– When is the best time to climb it?
– A crazy story of what happened in Papua New Guinea
– The training process to start climbing the mountains (lots of plyometric and stair climbing)
– The breathing training involved
– Dream Mountains has raised over $500,000 for the 7 charities
– Shawn@fatboys.ca is the best way to get in touch in Shawn in case you have more questions about the charity climbs
– To get on one of the climbs, it is a minimum of $5,000 they have to raise and then they can get personally tutored on training
– We committed to getting onto one of these climbs within the next 5 years, hopefully my knee is okay by then!
He has climbed this!!!!
