Life Lessons from Pickleball™
Life Lessons from Pickleball™
Shelley Maurer and Sher Emerick
E100: Mark Palm: Saving Lives and Finding Strength Through Pickleball
38 minutes Posted Mar 24, 2026 at 10:00 am.
Welcome And What We Support
The Book And Operation PaddleLift
Meet A Mission Pilot Champion
How Pickleball First Hooked Mark
Cancer Diagnosis And Chemo Reality
Recovery And Playing With His Son
The Call To Serve Papua New Guinea
The First Life Saving Flight
How Villagers Reach The Team
Teaching Pickleball On A Helipad
Funding A Real Court In PNG
Tenacity And Living For More
How To Follow And Support
Share Subscribe And Final Charge
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What if pickleball became the one thing that carried you through cancer and then helped you change lives around the world? Mark Palm, founder of Samaritan Aviation, shares his incredible journey from mission pilot to USA Pickleball National Champion. After a cancer diagnosis, pickleball became his lifeline physically, mentally, and emotionally. Today, Mark is not only saving lives in remote villages in Papua New Guinea through life-saving flights, but also introducing pickleball to kids playi...