A story by previous Seven Summits Guinness Book of World Record Holder about the time she witnessed a man fall off Mount Cho Oyu, the world’s 6th tallest peak, and by the founder of running apparel company, Territory Run Co. about the miracle he experienced during a hike up a mountain in Ecuador to an ancient Incan settlement.
Adventure Storytellers: Sam Larson (Mountain Climber), Brett Farrell (Trail Runner)
From: Seattle, WA & Portland, OR
Sponsors:
TERRITORY RUN CO. An independent trail running apparel brand, created to empower the wild hearted.
This episode is a direct result of your support on Patreon. Thank you!
Adventure Storytellers: Sam Larson (Mountain Climber), Brett Farrell (Trail Runner)
From: Seattle, WA & Portland, OR
Sponsors:
TERRITORY RUN CO. An independent trail running apparel brand, created to empower the wild hearted.
This episode is a direct result of your support on Patreon. Thank you!
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Cho Oyu Mountain Climbing & Ecuador Hike
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This week's featured adventure stories
Samantha Larson's Adventure Story : Cho Oyu Summit Climbing
Samantha Larson pictured here in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the youngest female to climb the Seven Summits
Samantha Larson's a writer who covers science, the environment, and adventure. She loves to climb, run, ski, or just generally be outside.
She was raised in the mountains and was, at one time, the youngest person ever to have climbed the Seven Summits which landed her in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Follow Samantha Larson: Twitter, Instagram, Website
She was raised in the mountains and was, at one time, the youngest person ever to have climbed the Seven Summits which landed her in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Follow Samantha Larson: Twitter, Instagram, Website
Adventure Quote
Sam you’ve gotta keep moving. Come down here. As I slowly made my way to him, he was coiling up the rope and when I got down there, he attached one end of the rope to me and he held it taut behind him using a method called short roping to help me keep my balance. Now on top of the sort of fear I was feeling, I was overcome by a sort of shame of ‘what am I doing here that I can’t keep it together that I have to be short roped down this mountain?’ ~ Samantha Larson describing her Cho Oyu summit climbing experience after witnessing a man fall
Mount Cho Oyu Summit ClimbingCho Oyu
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Brett Farrell's Adventure Story: Hike Ecuador
Next up is Brett Farrell, originally from upstate NY. He moved to Portland, OR after a year long backpacking trip around the world. He just finished a build out on a campervan and is excited to start traveling around the US.
If you’re a long time listener of the Boldly Went podcast you’ll know Brett from some interviews we did with him featuring his trail running apparel business, Territory Run Co., a company whose support has been extremely important to the ongoing development of this Boldly Went production.
Brett's story in this episode is a raw and honest account of what it really means to go into a community, in this case in Ecuador, with the intent of helping through volunteering his time. As a result he was blindsided by his own privilege which was, as he reflected, the true miracle of the trip.
If you’re a long time listener of the Boldly Went podcast you’ll know Brett from some interviews we did with him featuring his trail running apparel business, Territory Run Co., a company whose support has been extremely important to the ongoing development of this Boldly Went production.
Brett's story in this episode is a raw and honest account of what it really means to go into a community, in this case in Ecuador, with the intent of helping through volunteering his time. As a result he was blindsided by his own privilege which was, as he reflected, the true miracle of the trip.
Looking out from the Peruvian Mountain Top over Manuel. Photo: Brett Farrell
Adventure Quote
We look out at the view around us, and I look at Manuel, and I realized that we have come from such different paths, and I don’t think he sees adventure in the same way that I do because I have grown up around all these adventure stories of friends who have told me they’ve gone to places like Ecuador who have given me the ideas and the confidence to do something like this. And the only stories he will most likely hear are the ones of leaving town to go find work in the city or outside of Ecuador. And I couldn’t help but think how ungrateful I was for complaining about my own experience in this town and how my dream didn’t go as I planned. ~ Brett Farrell's Ecuador Hike miracle |
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