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The Rich Roll Podcast
"emily harrington" Discussed on The Rich Roll Podcast
"Not I should have been on the three out of the 5 of us to go to the summit, I should have been included in the conversation. And that's where things really went south. But if I compete you a picture of where we were, we left base camp with really like 8 days of food to go off into more absolutely unknown terrain. We made it up to this high ridge at about 18,000 feet and it's incredibly exposed. So maybe it's only 8 feet wide at most and 50 feet long and it just drops off into sheer cliffs all around it. So the wind was blowing gusting 50, 60 miles an hour and we're trying to have these conversations and figure out how we're going to go forward and the stress and the stress we were already fairly starving, we already felt like we just skirted death several times just even getting to base camp and there were, you know, really I conceived of this trip with a co leader on the expedition Mark Jenkins and he was a writer for National Geographic and has done tons of expeditions himself and as a writer. I said, and what happened was basically the disintegration of our relationship. As climbing partners on this expedition and I think my naivete, if you will, was that I thought the trip was about the two of us climbing. And to me, sometimes that's more important than really reaching the summit. It's really just maintaining that partnership and that interpersonal relationship. And Mark had this whole back history going on of where he'd been there to try this mountain before with his two best friends who in the intervening years had both been killed in climbing accidents. And I think his vision was that he was going to climb with renan and Cory and sort of reenact this moment that he wanted to relive to honor his best friends. Right. And I knew nothing about that. And so he just sort of manipulated the situation to where he was climbing with Corey and renan and just completely cut Emily and I out of the equation. Emily admittedly was Emily Harrington, who's an incredible climber. I mean, she kind of said like I'm done, I'm good. She was done. She was pushed to her point, but in no small part because of the pressures from the rest of the team put on her, but it was nutrient for her. So her stepping out of it was totally understandable and the right thing. And I think it was just the way it came across at high camp where I found myself in this position of like totally shocked and like, what do you guys talking about? What do you mean I'm not part of this climb to the summit? I know how to climb and my climbing came into question and it was just really an awful, uncomfortable situation. And sent me into quite a tailspin for months after the expedition of it was this a female thing because as a female and a mostly male climbing world, I am constantly feeling like I have to prove myself and, you know, at some point when I've been doing this long enough, it's like, all right, I am who I am. I am what I am. Your National Geographic adventure of the year. If you have anything to prove to anybody, but I can imagine how I can barely imagine how challenging that must have been. So these three guys go off, they make the push. They ultimately have to retreat. And then you've got like the movie just kind of suddenly flash forward and you guys are home. Basically, but you had to go, you had to do that hike again with yeah, we had to hike all that way out with the fractured there's no unity amongst the group anymore. Did you have to repair that to make it home? Yeah, we did repair it to some extent for sure with Cory and renan. And Corey Richards, who's an one of the most incredible photographers. I've ever been able to work with, and he's a National Geographic photographer, and he just has incredible raw talent, but he's also a very temperamental person. He is incredibly confrontational, and we've done stuff together, and we have these this interaction where we can like. Growl at each other and fight and then we get over it and we talk about it and we work through it and we move on. And that is exactly what happened with Burma. And renan is quite different in that he's very stoic. He's quiet. He doesn't go deep into conversation about these things, but. That's just his way of dealing with a situation, but we talked quite a bit as well on the way out. And really it was just Mark who really dug his heels in about both Emily and I and not considering our skills to be up to par, there was, I don't know if you read some of mark's blogs. Yeah, but I heard there was fairly villains there were some of the remarks that were made and then you were placed in a position of having to respond to that. Yeah. Are you guys like, are you good now? Or is that just broke? No, not really. And I'm okay with that too. No, no, we're not and I are great. And Corey and I are great and same with Emily, but Mark just beats to his own drum to begin with. And I am old enough in my wise enough if I could use that word to just not need to repair certain relationships and to be okay with that. Well, let's take it back a little bit. Okay. I think to really understand, well, I wanted to talk about that. And I appreciate your being open about that. In order to really kind of understand your career and what makes you tick, I think we really have to understand your background, your childhood a little bit. You know, you grew up in a very interesting adventuresome type of family situation. You can actually go on these crazy boat trips and it wasn't like you were that little kid skier from day one. Like you were playing all kinds of sports, right? Right. I grew up in Seattle. I grew up in Seattle. And I kind of had this same sort of life that I see myself in now, only minds a little more extreme, but we are the very normal moms stayed at home, dad went to work, I played traditional sports, sort of my brother and sister, who lived in the suburbs, and in the summers we would get on this old wooden criss-cross boat and then go off and have these crazy adventures up in the inside passage in Canada and be on the boat for weeks on end. Sometimes the whole summer, you name it. And this is before cell phones and things like that. So yeah, I mean, the freedom and the kind of, I don't know, openness of that, I would imagine kind of informed your path on some level. Right. Later. The way I kind of look at is I had these really two strong influences and one is that structure of team sports. And for me, it was basketball, which was the main one. And then I had this freedom in this wild side, whereas like a 5 year old, I'm running my own boat and black waters of Canada and on these beaches and there's bears and fishing and all of that. And kind of pairing those two sides to me is very. Sort of mirrors where I'm at now where I have this home life and kids and then I go off on these big expeditions and kind of how a lot of times I feel like I'm two different people. It sounds like dad was kind of intense. My dad was pretty intense. Yes. He was like the guy at the soccer games or the basketball games like getting heated. Yeah.
Out of Bounds Podcast
"emily harrington" Discussed on Out of Bounds Podcast
"A good cause. It's like, you just got to do it, you know? And you got to figure out how to do it. And I think that's like, yeah, it was pretty hard. It's pretty hard to do, but it's just important to me to get it out there at this point. You released it, when did it come out? February, or did it get released locally soon? Oh, it was like right in the beginning of March, but at the end of February we did some locals premiere here at ladies. How was that for you? It was cool. It was kind of like a dream come true. I'd remembered, I don't want to say it like that. But it was still amazing. Because I remember seeing the Michael Becky films and that guy really inspired me a lot, and it was cool to be standing in that same spot and hopefully doing the same for some younger people in the room. Just to like, you know, some new lifts or something, 'cause that was a new lift then. And watching the film his films and his late clips and wow, this guy's an incredible so for me, that was like, it was pretty cool to be in those shoes. And yeah, and it's a phenomenal story. It's a phenomenal film, kylen is did a great job of storytelling and you did a great job of, you know, you're the main character. So, you know, unfortunately you had to go through all those things to get there to tell the story, but it really is like, I think it's nice for people to hear, you know, we mentioned drew Peterson. We're all refreshing. We're all struggling sometimes, and we're all and maybe it's not even, it's just like a purpose. I have it and I ski every day. And it's like, should I be doing something else? And it's like, no, I think I'm okay. I contribute, I think, to society a little bit. And so it is so nice to watch. You know, I watched it this morning and I was like, this is nice. This is relatable. This is good. It's wholesome. It's real. It's not ski porn. There's some ski porn in it, which is nice. Yeah, there's some skiing in it, and it was just a great story. So thank you for sharing it. And thank you for taking 48 minutes to hop on the podcast and tell your story. Privilege to be here. Is there anyone you want to thank? Where can people follow you on Instagram? I know that's a weird thing, but it's a thing. Yeah. Yeah, this is kind of anyone you want to thank, where to follow you on Instagram and where to watch the film, really. Yeah, I mean, I had tons of people to thank. I mean, Kai on a specially Kyle for, you know, remembering my story. And getting it out there, like wanting to be motivated. And sponsors, of course, like high 5s and big Agnes and fat tie early. It's kind of a joy knowing the companies want to be part of it. And thank you for having me here. Absolutely. A lot of the people at Alta who've just like pushed me in the right direction. This guy named Warren Williams is really helped me out a lot. And just like, yeah, there's a lot of my Instagram is Taylor award Martin at Instagram. I never done that before. We'll tag it. It is weird. We'll put you in there. We'll be in your notes. It's just Taylor wood Martin. My final question is what's next? Do you have anything planned? Are you thinking anything? Another film, some personal journeys. What is next for Taylor? Oh, I'm gonna do a bunch of climbing this summer, hopefully. Go to the wind rivers and probably climb over I want to climb like the keeler needle over by Mount Whitney. And yeah, I'm sure like some other big ones I want to ski the highline trail. You want to highlight trail. I'd love to do some through hikes on skis. Just, yeah. Yeah, you know, I'd like to go to the big Alaskan mountains. It's like I remember I went walked into Lake I meet the other day and the guy was gave me the numbers, how much it was all going to cost. I was like, dang. But yeah, you know, dreaming of bigger mountains and bigger things and always trying to find the limit again. I love it. Cool. Well, thank you so much. Yeah, thank you, seriously. All right guys, episode 52. That means 52 weeks I've been doing this, which means one year. So from one year, I've gained a title sponsor. I've gained followers. I've gained Friends. And I think the storytelling has gotten better. So thank you. Thank you for listening. Thank you for caring. Sponsors, thank you for paying attention to our little collective and listening to our voices where you try to tell these stories and try to get more in depth and tell realers more real stories, real stories. But again, thank you. For listening. I wouldn't be able to do this without listeners. Numbers matter. And you guys listen, consistently. So please give any feedback. Let me know. Leave a 5 star review. If there's someone you want on the show, please let me know. I've got some super heavy heavy hitters and all my guests are heavy, but I've got Emily Harrington on the show. I've got Adrian ballinger on the show. This is amazing. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. And that's it. Thank you. Thank you for being you and keep being you. And I appreciate it. And we will chat soon..
How to Be Superhuman
"emily harrington" Discussed on How to Be Superhuman
"Seems a hardwired to protect ourselves. And i guess it makes sense that the strongest motivations come from within its primeval. I've found paisley that trying to prove to other people is far more stressful than doing things just to make yourself happy. Stress is just a negative vibe that you don't need so why increase it right. One thing that makes me more frightened than swimming in the ocean is being a great high with an imminent danger of death. Now emily harrington our next guest was the first lady to climb the golden gate of el capitan which is basically what are the most iconic pieces of climbing that you could do now on the climate is so. She had a huge phone. I've seen the photo. It literally looked like she'd been shot in the head either. Now anybody comes back from that. So let's hear her story. I think that a lot of people think that athletes like myself. Don't feel fear that we have some sort of glitch in our brains that doesn't allow us to to feel this emotion. I think that's a little bit unrealistic. I'm afraid all the time. I just have a really good relationship with like allowing it to happen. Not really like shaming myself for it. Not feeling bad about it. I used to beat myself up so much. When i was younger when i got afraid and just like go to battle with all of my like demons and and just kind of like bad and feel like i wasn't good and and all these things and now i have sort of recognized that my fear can actually be a really interesting way of being strong if i sort of allow it to exist. What i like to do is is like i tell people that i actually feel the fear like. If i'm feeling afraid of something. I i let it exists there like i let it be very prevalent in my in my consciousness and i sort of asked myself like why is the fear. They're like m. I in danger or is it more that i'm afraid of exposure because i haven't you know been in this situation a long time and if that's the case then like how can i sort of pushed the envelope. Little by little like not like launch into zone of discomfort really dramatically field. Traumatized in. never wanna go back. Can i sort of take baby steps to push that level slowly and so that the comfort just keeps growing little by little by little first of all a very very big question you. You're gonna hate me for this. Ronca is fear that is fear. Fear is the response from their mcdollar. It's part of our brain and it actually wants to keep us alive right so i'd want to tell us. Hey there's a danger out there and be careful you better be careful of any step you take. So that's fear and it can manifest itself in a lot of different ways. There's lots of different types of fair. You know not only was emily. An elite sportsperson trying. Something never been done before she had like the imminent fear for life as well all day the same the fear of basically failure as an elite spokesperson versus the same fear. Basically just to survive. Yeah so i think the body cannot see the difference so if it stressed body stressed. And it's just mind like either. We're stressed because we think we're going to die or we think we can fulfill our goal and the body doesn't know the difference maybe in the intensity it's probably higher when you're about to die but still if you don't reach a really big goal you were fighting for years like some of your athletes. It could also feel like the same like you're dying. The sense of your life is decreasing because you cannot reach that goal so kind of the same for the body but not for mine. How do you think. Emily was able to like sort of you know. She says she tried to take this affair in baby steps. But i can't imagine taking baby steps on dangling. You know half a kilometer in there. How could you engage your sense of self preservation to get rid of that. Fail all harness it. Yes so the big thing. Mindfulness comes into action. So i experienced actually also similar situation. I was stuck in the rich. I couldn't move forward than back anymore. I was really anxious. And so the first thing i did was getting rocked to sit on and then at two. Did some breathing exercises to calm us if down and yet to decrease the emotion because i was really overwhelmed in m indentified with the fear of falling and dying and this kind of helped me to slow down and it took A drink and a little bit of my bread to get back my energy. And then i was looking to the right okay. What's going to happen for fall to the right okay. I'm gonna die like really fast. And i'm probably won't feel much pain and then i looked to the left of the rich and i thought okay. Maybe i'm going to survive. Might be painful. Maybe we'll be unconscious and hopefully somebody will get me out of there at some point and like just knowing what's going to happen kind of decreased my anxiety would wait and then a focus on the here and now okay. I don't wanna fall to the right or to the left. So what am i gonna do now to get back safe. So i focused on the here and now like what can i do step by step and i also imagined like having roots from my feet down the mountain. Like it's gonna hold me. And i also imagine magnets on my hands like okay i. I'll just get stuck on that mountain and the gravity will be on my side. And then i use self talk like some of the athletes. Step-by-step okay let's take one step down and find a really good graphs and then i motivated myself. Hey good job keep on doing. You will get there and then also at some point. Imagine myself back down at the car. Everything's good and also with the breathing. It also helped me to decrease my motion and maybe look at the motion war as objective thing and not charge the emotions. Something bad and that helped me to stay more in the present.
Pat Walsh
Emily Harrington is first woman to free climb Golden Gate route on Yosemite's El Capitan in one day
"Herring to becoming the first woman to free climb El Capitan in a single day. She's a professional rock climber Emily Harrington. Made history when she scaled the 3000 FT Granite wall of Yosemite National Park's El Capitan in under 24 hours. There's someone who could care less about the election going on. She's like I have other things on my mind. And she is a five time US national champion. I guess in rock climbing. I don't know. Racing for this climb just a year earlier that hospitalized her And a 1 30 said 10 36 against it was To begin our ascent. 21 hours, 30 minutes 51 seconds later. Herrington reached the top of El Capitan, making her fourth Her the fourth person. The first woman to ever climb a ll Capitan in 24 hours. Says NBC Nunally Harrington has literally climbed her way to the top The 34 year old rock climber, becoming the first woman ever to free climb the famed golden Gate root of El Capitan. Doing it in under 24 hours in order to free climbed el cap in a day you have to cut corner for me. It was just about balancing what types of risk I was willing to take in orderto sacrifice. My safety for seed head wound from a bad fall during the climb almost prevented her from completing it. There was a part of me that didn't want to Going, But there was this other part of me that just knew that I could do it and I deserved. I owed it to myself to try again. Carrington pushed through, making her way up nearly 3000 Ft of El Cap, one of the biggest, most iconic walls known the world over for its sheer size and difficulty. Harrington is only the fourth person ever to free climb the Golden Gate route in a single day. Using just her hands to grip ridges, sin his dimes and ropes only as a safety measure not to aid the climb. I feel like anybody could conceivably die on any given day Sport of rock climbing, made popular in the documentary Free Solo, which followed Alex Honnold as he successfully attempted the first free solo climb of El Capitan. Scaling the vertical rock face without any protection from a fall and scary honestly, a big part of the appeal is to be in this position that should be totally scary should be crazy, but to feel super comfortable. Honnold, a longtime friend and climbing partner of Harrington accompanied her on the first two thirds of her historic climb. Her fiance, Adrian Ballenger, joined her for the final section, climbing much of the sheer rock in the dark of the night, ultimately achieving what she calls an impossible dream, setting a new record and scaling her way to new Heights. Amazing. Wow. NBC News that report.
Leo Laporte
First woman free-climbs Yosemite's granite wall in a day
"Emily Harrington has become the fourth person and the first woman to free climb Yosemite National Park's granite wall in a single day, The 34 year old started to scale the 3000 ft El Capitan early Wednesday, She reached the top in 21 hours, 13 minutes and 51 seconds despite banging her head on the Granite wall at one point