Alison Levine: History-Making Polar Explorer + Mountaineer (ep. 390)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

Self-improvement, Bestsellingauthor, Education, Dailyinspiration, Society & Culture, Liveinspired, Johnoleary, Inspiration, Joebuck, Inspiredliving, Onfire, Relationships

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🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Alison Levine knows what it’s like to survive in the world’s toughest environments. She served as team captain of the first American Women's Everest Expedition, scaled the "Seven Summits," and skied to the North and South Poles.

Join us to hear Alison recount her history-making expeditions, the lessons in leadership they've taught her and how you can achieve more than you ever thought possible.

SHOW NOTES:

“Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top—it is the willpower that is the most important. This willpower you cannot buy with money or be given by others—it rises from your heart.”
“We can’t control the environment; all we can control is the way we react to it.”
Adventure Grand Slam: Alison served as team captain of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition, climbed the highest peak on each continent and skied to both the North and South Poles—a feat known as the Adventure Grand Slam, which only twenty people in the world have achieved.
Alison is the first American to complete a 600-mile traverse from west Antarctica to the South Pole following the route of legendary explorer Reinhold Messner.
Get a copy of Alison Levin's New York Times bestselling book On the Edge here.

ALISON LEVINE'S LIVE INSPIRED 7

Q. What is the best book you’ve ever read?
A. Span of Control by Carey Lohrenz.
Q. What is a characteristic or trait that you possessed as a child that you wish you still exhibited today?
A. Be more extroverted.
Q. Your house is on fire, all living things and people are out. You have the opportunity to run in and grab one item. What would it be?
A. My photo albums, especially those not digital.
Q. You are sitting on a bench overlooking a gorgeous beach. You have the opportunity to have a long conversation with anyone living or dead. Who would it be?
A. Pasang Lama Sherpa, the first female to scale Mt. Everest.
Q. What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
A. What you say doesn't matter as much as how the person interprets it.
Q. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
A. Be more compassionate to yourself.
Q. It’s been said that all great people can have their lives summed up in one sentence. How do you want yours to read?
A. She loved dogs. She encouraged others to try.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the intro to the introduction of the Live-inspired podcast with John O'Leary.
0:08.8	The reason for this introduction of the introduction that you're about to hear is yesterday here in St. Louis, Missouri, I recorded our guest live, and we streamed on social platforms, which means some of the interaction will take
0:22.5	place as people are tuning in on Facebook or on Twitter, on YouTube, on various other social
0:29.9	sites. And so you're going to get a flavor of what it's like when we send and stream the video
0:34.6	out live. That was yesterday.
0:41.9	But today is a new day, and we are grateful that you are part of the journey forward.
0:47.6	If you'd like to make sure that you have opportunity to join us for future episodes, such as this one that stream live, including next weeks when we have an opportunity to bringing
0:52.2	on another guest streaming live.
0:54.1	His name is Bob Costas.
0:56.6	Let me encourage you to check out more information on our podcast at johnoliriinspires.com.
1:03.9	And on that site, you can learn about not only the podcast, but all of the social channels that we share our good news with.
1:10.6	So without farther ado, let me bring you
1:12.9	up to speed on today's show. It was recorded yesterday. Her name is Alson Levine. She's an amazing
1:20.5	guest. She's an awesome overcomer. I love the conversation, sort of the folks who tuned in live.
1:26.9	And I think today you're going to
1:28.4	realize why they were so impressed, not with her, although she was impressive, but with what
1:34.1	remains possible in their lives. And now today, my friends, in your life going forward.
1:40.2	So without farther ado, welcome to the live- Inspired podcast with John O'Leary.
1:46.4	John is the number one national bestselling author of the book On Fire.
1:50.8	He's a world-class inspirational speaker and he's the host of the Live Inspired podcast.
1:55.8	John interviews extraordinary individuals on their life story so that you can wake up from accidental living and more fully live your life story.
2:05.7	Here's your host, John O'Leary.
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