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Four times a day, towards the end. and that got me charged up to do it. forget about half dome, climbing 16 flights of stairs at 93 is very impressive! john, what was it like for you when you got to the top, experiencing this with your dad and your daughter. what did it feel? like gosh, i got to tell you paula, you think about some pretty momentous occasions in life. and this certainly will rank as one of the top for me. my dad had been training for this for several months, and never at any one time do we know for sure that he was going to be able to do it. we kept thinking that there would be setbacks, and there would be something that would be allowed, but he kept from, run get going and going and going. and so to finally reach that summits. we get past the cable section. my daughters, their my dad s there, we feel like we re on top of the world. and, the emotion of the moment just really got to all of this. and we got in ....
and actually, we were in the airplane, so that was fun. well, that is interesting, that this is even higher than the skydiving. but john, what did you think, when your dad asked you to do this with him? so, this was in preparation around christmas time. he is trying to decide what to do next. he says he wants to climb half dome. i thought he was pretty nuts, jumping out of an airplane was already kind of out there. but you know, jumping out of an airplane, gravity is going to do its piece, right. and all the sudden, having to climb up a mountain and be fits, and as a backpack or myself, i know it s pretty strenuous. i kind of thought he was joking, but no, he was dead serious, he wanted to do it. how long did it take you guys to get to the top, john? you know, it was about, so we actually broke it into three days. a lot of people do this journey in just a single day. and, we want to make sure that we were giving my dad every advantage to make it happen. so, we broke the tri ....
to capture with both my daughter and my dad. all right, everett, skydiving, half dome, what is next for you? what is next on the bucket list? i must honestly say i have no idea. i must also honestly say i am looking and we will find out. i have no doubt you will. everett kaelin and john kaelin, thank you for joining us to share this incredible story. thank you very much. coming up, the new video lebron james just shared of his son, after ronnie cardiac arrest scare. plus the milestone the swimmer katie ledecky just reached, that puts her past fellow ....
Not for the faint of heart. but, for 93-year-old evart kaylin, it was a chance to accomplish another life goal, with three generations of his family. so joining me now to talk about this incredible feat is everitt kaylan him self, and his son john, who joined him on the . i should also note that his granddaughter sydney, also went on the climb, but she could not be with us tonight. because she, is that the taylor swift concert. so, everett, i want to ask you, what made you decide to do this now, at 93? well, i try to think of something i could do two years ago. i jumped out of an airplane, up in nevada where we live. and, as i thought about it, it seemed like it just would be a wonderful opportunity to climb this higher height. john, what did you. ....