When an Athlete Refuses to Be Broken

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

For survivors of harrowing events, the most challenging part of the saga often comes after they’ve lived through what seemed like an impossible scenario. Such was the case of Joe Stone, who was a high-flying athlete addicted to the thrills of sports like skydiving and BASE jumping before a brutal accident left him paralyzed from the chest down and with limited fine motor skills in his hands. And so he faced a giant question: What am I supposed to do now? His answer was to do things that everyone told him would be impossible. Joe’s story, one of our favorites from the Outside Podcast archives, offers a remarkable lesson in resiliency that feels fitting for a moment when the whole world is wondering how we’re supposed to move forward after a really hard time.

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0:00.0	This episode of The Outside Podcast is brought to you by Sonos, maker of the Sonos move,
0:06.4	a portable smart speaker that delivers detailed sound and rich bass in every kind of room and outdoors.
0:14.0	Recently, I gifted my co-producer, Robbie Carver, a Sonos move as a way to say thank you for all his hard work on this show.
0:23.0	So, I thought I'd call in and see how he's been enjoying it.
0:27.0	I'm just curious, like, do you like it?
0:30.0	Yeah, man. I mean, it's become the go-to speaker for my family.
0:34.0	Robbie has a precocious four-year-old son who has taken quite a liking to the Sonos move,
0:42.0	a new as-reather, surprising taste in music.
0:46.0	He is super into 80s pop music.
0:50.0	And so, if there's music on, it has to be that.
0:54.0	As Robbie's little music lover has discovered, Sonos' true play tuning software makes the move sound good no matter where you set it up,
1:03.0	or what you're listening to.
1:05.0	And also works on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, is weatherproof and drop resistant.
1:10.0	And when you lift it off its charging station, the battery lasts for up to 11 hours.
1:17.0	Any moment we're home, that thing is on.
1:19.0	Like, if we're outside, jumping on the trampoline, we bring it out with us.
1:23.0	If it's bath time, we take it downstairs to the bathroom.
1:26.0	If it's living room, dance party time, we bring it up there.
1:30.0	And so, it kind of has just been his little, his little boombox.
1:34.0	It just travels with him wherever we go.
1:37.0	Okay, so if I get this right, I bought you a really nice present.
1:42.0	And your son stole it.
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