Episode 61: Craig DeMartino—Amputee Climbing Champion

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Instead of allowing one event to define their lives, the aggressive make moves to take back control. Craig DeMartino was an accomplished climber when a ten-story fall completely changed his life. By a miracle he survived—and by aggression, he chose to amputate his leg so he could get back to climbing. It's a story you have to hear to believe.

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0:00.0	In the long run, passivity won't pay off.
0:08.6	It never pays off.
0:11.4	If you want a life of meaning and transcendence, you're going to have to move.
0:17.5	Aggression doesn't have to be toxic or damaging.
0:20.7	Healthy aggression risks.
0:22.4	It builds new things.
0:23.6	It breaks through barriers.
0:25.1	It's the key to living a life that matters.
0:28.4	I'm Brian Tom.
0:29.3	This is the aggressive life.
0:36.9	Music There are moments in life when everything changes, a phone call, a diagnosis, signing those papers.
0:51.1	How do you pick up afterwards?
0:52.6	How do you find the strength to get up off the mat and back into the fight?
0:56.4	Well, Craig DeMartino knows a little bit about that.
1:00.3	You might say, Craig DeMartino, who is that?
1:02.8	Well, you're going to find out today.
1:04.2	After years as an accomplished rock climber, his life changed dramatically on July 21st, 2002. It was an accident where he dropped a hundred
1:14.3	feet while climbing in Colorado. That's the height of a 10-story building. Miraculously, he
1:19.5	survives, but the most challenging things actually lied ahead for him. Lied ahead, lay ahead.
1:26.8	You understand. This is not the vocabulary grammar life.
1:30.6	This is the aggressive life. His accident resulted in a three months stay in the hospital as he slowly
1:36.2	recovered from his injuries. He later entered a rehab facility to rebuild his body. Climbing is in
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