Ep. 437: Life Outside the Box - First Solo Human-Powered Circumnavigation of the Globe - Erden Eruc
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2018
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Erden Eruc has a world-class adventure resume. With 15 Guinness World Records, tens of thousands of miles of first-ever human-powered achievements, and an emotional story that started his journeys, you'd think he'd have a best-selling book and endless speaking engagements by now. As you'll hear, none of these things have come into fruition for Erden. It has been a grind from the beginning to the present. However, that hasn't crushed his thirst for adventure and need for bigger and bigger challenges. It certainly hasn't taken away from the amazing feats Erden has accomplished. Actually, the fact he doesn't have huge sponsors and crowds of fans makes his motivation all the more impressive.
What are you willing to go through to chase your dream? Will it be worth it in the end? Listen in on today's episode from someone who knows how lonely it can be on the top.
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| 0:00.0 | People ask me how I get across the oceans. Well, it's one day at a time, but quitting is not an |
| 0:05.2 | option. You just have to not get frustrated out there, not to the extent that one would |
| 0:11.6 | hang up the oars and say, okay, I'm done. Quitting was not an option. I had to keep going. |
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| 0:56.5 | But until then, here's the episode. |
| 1:03.0 | A lot of us dream about doing some grand adventure. |
| 1:08.0 | I'm not talking about, you know, a weekend marathon or something that can be done |
| 1:16.5 | in a pretty short amount of time. I'm talking about an adventure that is all-encompassing. It is |
| 1:23.5 | your life for months, if not years. |
| 1:27.7 | A lot of us wonder what that's like. |
| 1:30.8 | Today we have a guest who knows exactly what that's like. |
| 1:35.0 | He is the first person to circumnavigate the world all by himself, by human power alone. Think about that. He went around this little blue dot, |
| 1:49.5 | in a boat, on a bike, and on foot. With every inch he moved, being his very own power, if he was |
| 1:57.8 | lucky, nature was helping him along at certain points. |
| 2:01.6 | Have you ever thought about what an adventure that grand might cost you? |
| 2:07.6 | Yes, financially, but also relationally, mentally, emotionally, your friendships, your marriage, your retirement, your body, what would it cost you |
| 2:21.0 | to do something like that? And then ask yourself, what would you gain from doing something like |
| 2:25.8 | that? What if it did cost you nearly everything and you get back after years and no one really |
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