Adventuring at Any Age with Laurie Watt

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Laurie Watt is an ice climber and mountaineer who became a professional adventure guide at age 55. She is teaching us all that getting older doesn’t mean that we have to forgo our wild ideas. Some of us might even get better and wilder with age.

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0:00.0	On this podcast, we often interview athletes and people who make a living, accomplishing
0:08.1	incredible physical feats.
0:10.2	For many serious athletes, and honestly even for me, there's always something looming
0:14.5	over us.
0:15.5	We're aging.
0:16.5	It's inevitable.
0:17.5	As we age, we come up against physical limitations that can impact our athletic performance.
0:23.1	But getting older doesn't mean that we have to forego our wild ideas.
0:27.1	Some of us might even get better and wilder as we age.
0:34.5	Our bodies, they need care, they need support, you know, stretching and strengthening all
0:39.8	those things.
0:41.5	But if you support your body, it is going to perform for you at any age.
0:46.6	And I would just encourage people to seek out whatever support they need, whether it's
0:50.9	PT or yoga or nutrition, sleep, all of those things are incredibly important.
0:58.0	But if you're asking your body to do something that is supportive of your entire well-being,
1:04.6	meaning it feeds your soul, it feeds your spirit, feeds your brain, your body is going
1:08.2	to do its hardest to support that and make it happen.
1:14.6	That's Laurie Watt.
1:15.6	Laurie is an ice climber and mountaineer who became a professional adventure guide at
1:20.1	age 55.
1:22.7	Life as a guide can be pretty demanding.
1:25.0	You're carrying heavy bags of gear and keeping people safe in dangerous conditions.
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