Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 minutes ago
Marcus has a great conversation with Nelly Attar, a Lebanese national born in Saudi Arabia, who became the first Arab woman to summit K2, the world’s second-highest mountain. As if that weren’t enough, Nelly also successfully reached the top of Mount Everest and has scaled 14 other peaks across the world, completed 2 Ironman 70.3 races, ran 6 global marathons/ultramarathons, and has completed about 100 scuba dives in a span of four years. Nelly is also a psychologist, life-coach, and held dance-fitness classes for females in her studio – Move – Saudi Arabia’s first dance studio, and one of the first studios of its kind across the Middle East. Even with such an impressive resume, Nelly states “I still don’t know what I want to do in life. I’m still figuring it out.”
In this episode you will hear:
Sports changed my life, and I strive to change the lives of many through movement and sports.
In Saudi Arabia, women can drive now.
5 to 7 years ago, everything was still segregated between males and females – even in weddings. Now everything is mixed.
Not long ago, women couldn’t even own a gym, and it was taboo for women to train on the streets.
Saudi was listed as the least active country in the world.
My mindset is: if it works out – amazing. If it doesn’t – come back home.
I’m grateful for the kingdom and the king for all the opportunities I have today.
In climbing, there’s a fitness component, altitude, and weather.
If it’s not a challenge, then why am I there? Why would I train so hard if I knew I could do it?
While climbing K2, I got a panic attack on the blue ice just a few hundred meters away from the summit. It took five weeks to climb.
If there’s one thing I do consistently right is that I take risks.
If you’re curious about something, just do it.
You don’t stop training because you age, you age because you stop training.
Just move. You’ll be helping yourself.
Support Nelly
instagram.com/nellyattar
nellyattar.com
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Special Thanks / Credits
Executive Producer & Artwork - Andrew Brockenbush
Audio Engineer - Joey Garza
Video Editor - John Fritzsching
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About TNQ Podcast:
Each week join Retired Navy SEAL and Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell, Morgan Luttrell, and Producer Andrew Brockenbush as they’ll take you into the “briefing room” to chat with incredible guests who share their greatest never quit stories. This humorous, heartfelt, and entertaining podcast is changing lives and has become a beacon of hope and resilience to those who are facing the impossible. One of the best ways we can support our community is to share their stories so that we might inspire others to Never Quit.
We’re bringing you real-life stories of men and women who took life’s toughest challenges and met them head-on, radically changing their own lives and inspiring others to do the same.
Marcus has a great conversation with Nelly Attar, a Lebanese national born in Saudi Arabia, who became the first Arab woman to summit K2, the world’s second-highest mountain. As if that weren’t enough, Nelly also successfully reached the top of Mount Everest and has scaled 14 other peaks across the world, completed 2 Ironman 70.3 races, ran 6 global marathons/ultramarathons, and has completed about 100 scuba dives in a span of four years. Nelly is also a psychologist, life-coach, and held dance-fitness classes for females in her studio – Move – Saudi Arabia’s first dance studio, and one of the first studios of its kind across the Middle East. Even with such an impressive resume, Nelly states “I still don’t know what I want to do in life. I’m still figuring it out.”
In this episode you will hear:
Sports changed my life, and I strive to change the lives of many through movement and sports.
In Saudi Arabia, women can drive now.
5 to 7 years ago, everything was still segregated between males and females – even in weddings. Now everything is mixed.
Not long ago, women couldn’t even own a gym, and it was taboo for women to train on the streets.
Saudi was listed as the least active country in the world.
My mindset is: if it works out – amazing. If it doesn’t – come back home.
I’m grateful for the kingdom and the king for all the opportunities I have today.
In climbing, there’s a fitness component, altitude, and weather.
If it’s not a challenge, then why am I there? Why would I train so hard if I knew I could do it?
While climbing K2, I got a panic attack on the blue ice just a few hundred meters away from the summit. It took five weeks to climb.
If there’s one thing I do consistently right is that I take risks.
If you’re curious about something, just do it.
You don’t stop training because you age, you age because you stop training.
Just move. You’ll be helping yourself.
Support Nelly
instagram.com/nellyattar
nellyattar.com
—
For More Fun, Follow:
Team Never Quit
Instagram: instagram.com/team_neverquit
Marcus Luttrell
Instagram: instagram.com/marcusluttrell
Morgan Luttrell:
Instagram: instagram.com/mojoluttrell
Andrew Brockenbush:
instagram.com/andrewbrockenbush
—
Support the Show
patreon.com/teamneverquit
—
Special Thanks / Credits
Executive Producer & Artwork - Andrew Brockenbush
Audio Engineer - Joey Garza
Video Editor - John Fritzsching
—
About TNQ Podcast:
Each week join Retired Navy SEAL and Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell, Morgan Luttrell, and Producer Andrew Brockenbush as they’ll take you into the “briefing room” to chat with incredible guests who share their greatest never quit stories. This humorous, heartfelt, and entertaining podcast is changing lives and has become a beacon of hope and resilience to those who are facing the impossible. One of the best ways we can support our community is to share their stories so that we might inspire others to Never Quit.
We’re bringing you real-life stories of men and women who took life’s toughest challenges and met them head-on, radically changing their own lives and inspiring others to do the same.
