Ben Wessel played baseball as a pitcher at the University of Rhode Island (Class of 2017). Just turned 30, Ben has had Type-1 Diabetes for 23 years since he was 7 years old. Growing up playing sports year-round and earning scholarships to play baseball at the collegiate level, he has learned a lot about how to maximize performance while controlling blood glucose.

Thank you Ben for enriching our audience with an immense amount of knowledge and for providing us with multiple actionable items. Please enjoy our conversation.

Taylor Adams is a T1D mountaineer and flight nurse from Salt Lake City, Utah. He is the first Type-1 Diabetic to summit all of the Seven Summits (the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents, including Mount Everest) with an insulin pump.

On this episode, we sit down with Taylor, over video chat, to discuss both the physicality and the mentality that goes into climbing with T1D. Taylor is a wealth of knowledge. I hope you learn a lot from our discussion.

LINK: Taylor's climbing Instagram Page

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Today, we delve into my personal diagnosis events with Type-1 Diabetes. While future episodes will be conversational-based, I see this first episode as a chance for you, the audience, to get to know me as a host.

In a story-based format, we dive into my life leading up to my diabetic-ketoacidosis hospitalization. In July 2019, at the new age of 21, I lost more than 20lbs in less than three weeks ultimately discovering that I am a Type-1 Diabetic.

Being an avid hiker, and goal-oriented toward mountain objectives, my doctors told me it could be a full year before attempting any major excursion in the mountains. Less than three months after my diagnosis, I was standing on the highest summit in the Rocky Mountain Range.

These events implemented the mindset I'd take with me during my lifestyle change. Years later, this mindset has helped me create the concept of T1Determined.

Whether you are a T1D or not, I hope you can take something useful from this story. Please enjoy Episode 01 - The Origin Story of The T1Determined Podcast.