How to conquer fear and live an intentional life with Super Frenchie, Matthias Giraud / DEKA
The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
“The first thing I thought was...you’re not dying today,” says Matthias, Super Frenchie, Giraud when remembering an epic ski-BASE jump on the North face of Matterhorn with one ski.
Spartan Up Podcast, DEKA Series hosts’ Jarod Cogswell and Yancy Culp talk with Matthias about how to conquer fear and live an intentional life. In this episode you’ll learn:
-The origin story for Matthias’ famous Eiger-Matterhorn-Mont Blanc alpinist trilogy ski-BASE adventure
-Humility and how to achieve it
-How to balance excitement with fear
-Matthias’ prep routine - both mental and physical - when readying for a world-record jump
-Why is Man’s Search for Meaning one of his favorite books?
-What is identity death and how did Matthias recover from it?
-How has Matthias’ focus from Ski-BASEING transitioned into his family-life?
-What is the most important lesson to teach your kids?
Connect with Super Frenchie
- Instagram: superfrenchieofficial
- Twitter: @matthiasgiraud
- Website: SuperFrenchie.Com
- Watch the trailer for Super Frenchie the Movie: https://www.superfrenchiedoc.com/
Learn more about Super Frenchie:
Matthias Giraud also known as “Super Frenchie” (born on September 24, 1983) is a professional skier and B.A.S.E. jumper. He was born in Evreux, France and grew up skiing at St Gervais-les-Bains/Megeve, France. Matthias is known for combining BASE jumping with skiing and completed several first descents and ski BASE jumps across the globe including the first ski BASE jump off the Matterhorn in Switzerland. Matthias Giraud currently lives in Bend, Oregon.
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| 0:00.0 | On that rock, it was the second I hit the diving board, it was survival. |
| 0:06.0 | My skis were cranked to 14, and that rock took my ski off just like this. |
| 0:12.0 | And last thing I know I'm about to jump into the north face. took my ski off just like this. |
| 0:12.8 | And last thing I know, I'm about to jump |
| 0:14.3 | into the north face of the Matohorn. |
| 0:15.7 | I have only one ski on and right there, |
| 0:17.7 | I'm like, the first thought that went through my head |
| 0:20.7 | is, you're not dying today. |
| 0:22.8 | Welcome to the Spartan Deca series on Spartan Up. |
| 0:26.0 | With Jared Cogswell, Director of Sport, and Nancy Cope, Director of Programming. |
| 0:30.8 | What's up Spartans? Welcome to the Deca series on the Spartan Up podcast. I'm your |
| 0:36.7 | co-host Jared Kogswell along with my brother, Yancey Cole, and we're going to be talking about overcoming fear. Yeah and who better to talk about it but |
| 0:49.0 | super Frenchy? Matius Jarrelloe. Listeners and viewers. |
| 0:54.0 | Pull your butt to the edge of your seat. |
| 0:55.0 | This is going to be a roller coaster ride. |
| 0:57.0 | This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by two sponsors, Head Space and The Ready State. |
| 1:02.0 | This episode of Spartan Up is... sponsors, Head Space, and The Ready State. |
| 1:03.4 | This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Head Space. |
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| 1:20.5 | This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by our friends Juliet and Kelly Sterret at the Ready State. |
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