Measuring Up
Out There
Willow Belden
4.6 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
It's easy to measure achievements based on what other people are doing. But how do you know what you should really expect from yourself?
This episode takes us from a mountain in Arkansas to an attempted thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail and explores how much better life can be when you realize your shortcomings might not be your fault.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Jessica Taylor and I am the advertising manager at Out There podcast and I'm actually in the middle of the Grand Canyon right now. |
| 0:10.1 | And I'm out at Plateau Point. So I'm right above the Colorado River and I've opened up my PeakVisor app. |
| 0:19.0 | PeakVisor is one of our sponsors for this episode. |
| 0:23.3 | Their app helps you figure out what you're looking at when you're out on adventures. |
| 0:28.1 | Let's say you're in a national park and you see a mountain in the distance. |
| 0:31.8 | And you want to know what it is. |
| 0:33.7 | PeakVisor will tell you. |
| 0:35.5 | It'll show you the name of the summit, how tall it is, how far away it is, plus other info. |
| 0:41.3 | It's really cool to be able to see every single point and every single elevation of the entire canyon all the way around me. |
| 0:50.6 | If you'd like your own personal mountain guide, check out PeakVisor in the app store. |
| 0:56.4 | You just might love it. |
| 1:03.1 | Hi, I'm Willow Belden and you're listening to Out There, the podcast that explores big questions |
| 1:10.4 | through intimate stories outdoors. |
| 1:14.2 | This season, we're exploring the theme Things I Thought I Knew. |
| 1:19.1 | Each episode, we're sharing a story about an outdoor experience that changed someone's |
| 1:23.9 | understanding. |
| 1:26.2 | Today's story is about the expectations we set for ourselves. As humans |
| 1:32.2 | and as hikers, we often compare ourselves to others. We worry about whether we're too slow. We wonder if |
| 1:40.0 | we can go longer or harder or faster than other people. |
| 1:47.8 | It's easy to get caught up in comparisons, to measure our achievements based on what other people are doing. |
| 1:53.0 | But how do you know what you should really expect from yourself? |
| 1:56.7 | And what do you do when it feels like you're always coming up short? |
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