Hi there, I'm Nale Arakoglu, and welcome to the third and final part of our Women Who Travel series exploring journeying solo. In this podcast and at Condonest Traveller more widely, we often say that you can go just about

anywhere on your own these days. But Antarctica alone, few people can say that. However, my guest today, Preet Chandy, is an endurance

athlete who has broken records skiing alone in Antarctica on several expeditions starting in

late 2022. Antarctica isn't some lifelong dream for me. I don't know anything about it. It was about

pushing boundaries. And just to be really

honest about it, it was really hard. I am not superwoman. I struggled getting that. You know,

there were, some of it was incredibly difficult. Preet's competed in mountain races and ultramarathons,

but she took up cross-country skiing just a few years ago.

And it's only now she describes herself as an adventurer.

I kept doing different challenges, you know. And I think the more we do, the more we realise we're

capable of. And they just kept getting a bit bigger. And I wanted to do something big

that was proving that I could go and do stuff. You know, being told so often I couldn't, or I wasn't

smart enough or good enough. I think there was part of me that wanted to probably prove something.

And then it was bigger than me too. So it wasn't just to prove that I could do it,

but to show if someone like me can go and do it, you know, you can go and do anything.

I just had this idea that I wanted to cross the landmast in Antarctica,

and I, like, so fiercely I thought, no, I think I can do this and it wasn't through any

arrogance you know I'm coming as a novice like I was contacting everyone and anyone you know I

created poll a pre the website social media contacting literally everybody asking all the stupid

questions because I literally did not know,

advice, what kit to get, borrowing everything I could to do training trips.

Preet is a physiotherapist for Britain's Royal Army Medical Corps.

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