Insulin And Summits: Luis Freitas On Climbing With Diabetes

Join Evoke coach Dave Thompson for a discussion with Luis Freitas. Luis is an ambitious and talented alpinist and mountaineer who seeks to survive and thrive while managing his type 1 diabetes in high altitude and technical terrain. Learn about how Luis approaches his objectives, and how he manages diabetes while training, and on expeditions. 

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:01:34 Why Luis chose to pursue climbing
• 00:02:31 Differences for a diabetic during high-output activities
• 00:03:54 How Luis fuels for activity.
• 00:08:47 Luis’ solo attempt of Aconcagua.
• 00:15:47 Surprising serum red blood cell increases with heat exposure training.
• 00:22:29 Luis’ observations of fellow climbers performance on Aconcagua versus his own.
• 00:24:08 How training re-framed Luis’ expectations of the trip.
• 00:24:59 Luis’ future climbing objectives.
• 00:27:18 The added risks of a diabetic engaging in technical climbing.
• 00:32:08 Luis’ long-term learning process.
• 00:34:02 Luis’ future projects and ambitions.
• 00:36:35 Luis’ final thoughts.