Colin O鈥橞rady on Crossing Antartica Solo
Chasing Excellence
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How Long Did You Train for an Artica?
Oukno wrote a full memoir about this crossing, but i also wrote in my journal every single day and on the day that i finish. It's taken me months and years to integrate the totality of the full experience. The intensity of the environment literally required me to draw on everything. If i hadn't had any of th experiences in my life of those 33 years beforehand, i would have fallen short of reaching the other side. I didn't know in that moment that i was training, basically training to be alone in silence. But there is no way i could have taken on 54 days of solitude and intensity like that, had i not done that.
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