The brain tumour that taught me how to live

Lives Less Ordinary

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.6 • 814 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

How extreme kayaker Scott Lindgren's illness forced him to face his past. Scott’s hard, uncompromising attitude had made him one of the world’s top expedition kayakers in a sport that’s claimed the lives of many friends. But bottling up a harsh childhood and drinking for a release can only work for so long. When Scott became ill he faced a reckoning – be the tough guy and lose everything you love, or learn to embrace being vulnerable.

Archive is from a film about Scott's life called The River Runner directed by Rush Sturges for River Roots productions.

Presenter: Emily Webb Producer: Louise Morris

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0:00.0	On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.
0:06.9	It was an extraordinary news story.
0:09.1	The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,
0:13.7	mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.
0:18.0	One of the great mysteries in English criminal history.
0:20.7	We're still looking for Lucan. It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime.
0:25.9	I'm Alex Fontainezancellman. This is The Lucan Obsession. Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:31.7	On the podium, the podcast where Olympic and Paralympic athletes share their remarkable personal journeys.
0:38.9	It makes you proud to have believed until the end.
0:42.6	Search for on the podium.
0:44.0	We're ready to go. We're ready to have fun. We're ready to party.
0:46.7	Wherever you found this podcast. You're looking downstream at the next mood of running the rapid,
1:04.6	and sometimes you'll be cruising down the trough of a wave,
1:09.2	and there'll be like a four-story building in front of
1:12.1	you and you're not seeing anything but like a wall of water.
1:16.2	It's so quick so you're always really trying to stay one step ahead.
1:21.8	If you're caught in the moment, a lot of times you can end up getting in trouble.
1:29.3	Expedition kayaking, thrilling, fast and dangerous, and Scotland Grim was at the top of his game.
1:36.5	Scott's the first person to navigate over 50 turbulent rivers across three continents by
1:41.7	kayak, and he's made dozens of adventure films about his exploits.
1:46.4	On the outside, he was the ultimate action man, achieving what many thought impossible.
1:52.2	But inside, he struggled to deal with a tough childhood, and that wasn't going to go away.
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