045: Will Roseman | Inside the Legendary Explorers Club

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2015

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Explorer Club members have ventured to the bottom of the deepest ocean, the top of the highest mountain, to both poles and to the moon and back. Next stop for their iconic flag - Mars. According to executive director Will Roseman, members of this venerated organization have undertaken extraordinary expeditions that have significantly advanced the cause of humankind, they’ve also used extraordinary means to survive everything from panther attacks to avalanche burials. Counted in their number are a US president, a hugely successful movie director, astronauts and many legendary explorers. Roseman tells their stories and reveals some of their secrets.

Lessons:
1. "Never give up. Never give up. Never give up." Winston Churchill
2. But, on the other hand, go into an endeavor mindfully: Assess risk. Do your homework. Be prepared.
3. The will to survive is indomitable.

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to Spartan Up Podcast. We're going to interview somebody every week from all over the world and see what they did in their life to become successful, no matter how they define it.
0:12.0	Am I going? We're on an expedition. Hey, hey, hey, oh Johnny, where are we going?
0:17.0	It's my turn.
0:18.0	Hey, welcome to Spartan Podcast. Let me start that one again.
0:22.0	So a while back we interviewed Leveson Wood and I guess Dell interviewed Leveson Wood and I said at the time
0:28.3	you will not meet a cooler more interesting dynamic person than that.
0:32.6	I think we can throw that out the window.
0:34.0	I think we have here.
0:35.0	On the side of the ocean.
0:36.0	Oh my God, this guy, executive director of the Explorers Club,
0:41.0	Will Roseman. Roseman.
0:43.0	I'm not going to tell anything because he'll tell it far better than I ever could, but you're
0:46.6	going to hear stories about choking a leopard to death with his bare fist.
0:51.7	And another story that honest to God, I don't even know if we're going to have to
0:54.0	edit out it's so shocking but it really is that good you just got to see this this
0:58.7	guys unbelievable. We are here for the Spartan Up podcast I don't even know what episode number this is at the Explorers Club, New York City with Will Roseman, the executive director. How long have you been?
1:10.3	Well, I'm, I'm the executive director and I'm also a member.
1:13.4	So I spend time in Zaire, now Congo living with the Baluba.
1:18.9	Who are they?
1:19.4	A Bantu tribe in the Shaba region of Zaire.
1:25.0	How did that go?
1:26.8	It was beyond interesting.
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