137. Emily Harrington, Pro Rock Climber
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This conversation is magical. This week, I am so elated to bring you my chat with Emily Harrington, pro rock climber and adventurer. On Election Night, when most of us were glued to CNN and other coverage, she was making history — starting a free climb of the route Golden Gate on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Over the course of the next 21+ hours, she became the first woman to free climb this route in under 24 hours, a huge accomplishment. I knew instantly that I had to have her on the show, ASAP.
For episode 137, Emily talks to me all about this impressive goal — from the planning to the execution — and details a super scary moment when she fell during her climb, completely puncturing her forehead. She also gives me some of her backstory — how she got involved in climbing in the first place growing up in Boulder, Colorado — and how at one point she was deciding between becoming a lawyer or taking on the sport professionally. You want some motivation? This episode is full of it.
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| 0:00.0 | when you find those places of discomfort and fear, |
| 0:02.6 | it's when you learn the most about yourself, |
| 0:04.2 | and it's when you can really, like, do things |
| 0:05.7 | that maybe you didn't think could before. |
| 0:26.9 | Hey, Herdlers. Emily Abadi here, bringing you episode 137 of Hurdle. |
| 0:32.0 | A wellness-focused podcast where I sit down with inspiring individuals to talk about everything from their big wins to how they've gotten through some of life's toughest moments. |
| 0:36.7 | On the show, you can expect |
| 0:38.3 | vulnerability, motivation, and candid discussions with everyone from top athletes to aspiring |
| 0:44.3 | entrepreneurs on what it really takes to follow your passions. My mission is simple. To inspire you |
| 0:50.4 | to be your best self, move with intention, and have some fun along the way. |
| 0:56.6 | For today's episode, I am so geeked about this. |
| 1:00.8 | Like, I feel like such a total fan girl. |
| 1:04.2 | I am chatting with climber Emily Harrington. |
| 1:09.0 | Now if you don't know about Emily Harrington just yet, I'm about to blow your mind. |
| 1:14.7 | When so many of us had our eyes glued to the television on election night, Emily was doing |
| 1:22.0 | something absolutely insane, beginning a free climb of the route Golden Gate on El Capitan in Yosemite National |
| 1:32.9 | Park. Over the course of the next 21 plus hours, she became the first woman to free climb |
| 1:40.9 | this route in under a day. I can't even fully do it justice, just how risky it was |
| 1:48.2 | what she did, how big of a deal it is what she did. When I got the call that I would have |
| 1:54.0 | the opportunity to chat with her for hurdle, it was an absolute no-brainer. In today's episode, she talks to me all about |
| 2:04.3 | all of this and how long she had had this goal, what went into the planning to execute this |
| 2:10.0 | goal. And she also tells me all about a really scary moment when she actually fell during |
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