Colin O'Brady - First to Ever Cross Antarctica COMPLETELY Unassisted

That Creative Life

Sara Dietschy

Business, Design, Gary Vee, Technology, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Sara Dietschy, Sara Peachy, Arts, Filmmaking, Youtube, Gary Vee Audio Experience

4.8 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Colin O'Brady is a professional endurance athlete, author, and motivational speaker. In his book, "The Impossible First" he shares his journey from a tragic burn in the pacific to becoming the first person in the world to travel across Antarctica unassisted. COLIN O'BRADY Book: https://amzn.to/392Yyom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colinobrady/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/colinobrady Website: https://www.colinobrady.com/ THAT CREATIVE LIFE PODCAST Website: www.thatcreative.life Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thatcrtvlife/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatcreative.life/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thatcreativelife Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/Podcast_Apple Spotify: http://bit.ly/Podcast_Spotify Google: http://bit.ly/Podcast_GooglePod "JOIN" on https://www.youtube.com/saradietschy for the exclusive video version of the podcast. SARA DIETSCHY YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/saradietschy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saradietschy/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/saradietschy PODCAST GEAR USED Panasonic GH5: https://amzn.to/2NGLlaj Shure SM7B: https://amzn.to/2mSOyrR Travel Mics: https://amzn.to/2SanNAu Recorder: https://amzn.to/2JOzrdf Distributed via Simplecast: http://bit.ly/SimpleCast_TCE Welcome to That Creative Life, hosted by YouTuber & creative entrepreneur Sara Dietschy. On this podcast you will find candid conversations with the best artists and business professionals in the world. Artists, YouTubers, CEOs and everyone in-between. More information and content from the podcast can be found on Sara Dietschy's YouTube channel, Twitter & Instagram (@SaraDietschy) and also @ThatCreative.Life on Instagram. 💼 Business Inquiries Me: [email protected] & Management: [email protected]

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0:00.0	What was the first moment that you were like, oh my gosh, what did I get myself into?
0:04.3	Literally, like, this is pathetic.
0:06.5	The chapter title was actually called Frozen Tears because I get dropped off.
0:10.3	This tiny little plane drops me off from Antarctica and it's like a little ski plane basically.
0:14.3	And then it flies and takes off and I'm out there and I'm staying there completely alone.
0:17.4	I try to pull my sled.
0:18.4	It's 375 pounds.
0:20.0	I thought I had trained to be able to pull it.
0:21.8	And I just straight up can barely move it. Like I'm like, I cannot move it. And so an hour goes by, two hours goes by. I've only made it like a mile or something like this. And I have that satellite full in my pocket. And I realize I'm like, I start feeling this ice across my face. I had started crying because of the pain and I was like feeling so low
0:40.3	But what happens when you cry and it's minus 25? The tears like freeze to your face
0:44.7	Oh my gosh. So I like said in the world like I'm gonna do this thing that no one's ever done before. I'm at least gonna try people of guys like I thought maybe I'm gonna fail at this
0:52.6	But I'm gonna feel like you know 40, 50 days into this, like hour one.
1:00.3	Welcome to That Creative Life. Hi, my name is Seradici and I am your host. I talk with
1:06.7	artists, YouTubers, CEOs, and everyone in between. I hope this podcast helps you live your best
1:13.0	creative life. Enjoy. Hey guys, what's up? Welcome to another episode of That Creative Life. I am here
1:19.2	today with Colin, who is an epic human. We're going to get into it. I'm so excited to chat with you
1:23.4	today. Your new book is out The Impossible First. And what exactly was that impossible first?
1:30.2	Because I asked you when you got in here, how does it feel to be amongst mere mortals? Because
1:34.6	you were very impressive. That's very kind. It's great to be here with you. Thanks for having me.
1:38.8	Yeah, my book came out yesterday. It's called The Impossible First. It's a memoir of my life. It particularly
1:45.3	chronicles something I did last year, which is I became the very first person history to cross
1:50.2	Antarctica solo, so completely alone, unsupported and unassisted, it means no resupplies of gear,
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