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>>> LAST
>>> LAST TIME WE HAD DISCUSSED ON OUR SHOW, HE JUST FINISH
WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN IMPOSSIBLE
CHALLENGE, AND NOW HE IS
GETTING READY TO TAKE ON
ANOTHER ONE.
ANOTHER ONE. OF COURSE IT IS EVEN CRAZIER HE
PLANS TO CROSS ANTARCTICA,
COAST-TO-COAST BY HIMSELF
WITHOUT ANY HELP.
IT WOULD BE SO AMAZING, WELCOME
BACK, COLIN O BRADY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> OKAY, SO WHAT FRESH?
YOU WERE HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO
IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WAS IN
JULY YOU SET THE WORLD RECORD
BY CLIMBING THE HIGHEST PEAK ON
EVERY CONTINENT, IN EVERY
STATE, THE FASTEST.
THAT ANYONE HAS EVER DONE IT,
AND WHEN WE TALKED TO YOU THEN
WE SAID WE ARE GOING TO REST,
YOU HAVE CRAZY THINGS PLANNED?
AND YOU SAID I DO I CANNOT TELL
YOU WHAT IT IS,
>> HERE WE ARE.
>> SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER
BEEN DONE BEFORE?
>> KNOW WHAT HISTORY HAS EVER
CROSSED THE CONTINENT OF
ANTARCTICA SOLO AND
UNSUPPORTED, SO NO SUPPLY 70
DAYS ALONE 1000 MILES CROSSING
THE CONTINENT.
THE CONTINENT. >> YOU LEAVE IN TWO DAYS?
>> ON WEDNESDAY, YET.
>> ARE YOU READY?
>> I HAVE BEEN DREAMING ABOUT
THIS FOR WELL OVER ONE YEAR
THINKING ABOUT IT FOR LONGER
THAN THAT, THE ZEITGEIST OF
EXPLORATION, ONE OF THE
REMAINING UNCONQUERED FIRST,
SO, EXCITED TO GIVE THAT A TRY.
>> MOST OF US AT LEAST MYSELF
HAVE NEVER BEEN TO ANTARCTICA,
OR REALLY RESEARCHED, WHAT
WOULD A VACATION BE LIKE?
WHAT IS THE WEATHER THIS TIME
OF YEAR?
OF YEAR?
OF YEAR? IT IS THE COLDEST WINDIEST, AND
DRIEST CONTINENT ON THE PLANET?
>> INDEED, YES, AVERAGE 9000
FEET, THAT IS WHERE THE SOUTH
POLE IS ABOUT THAT HIGH, -40
DEGREES, AVERAGE TEMPERATURE,
AND 24 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT, IT
WAS SO COLD LAST TIME I WAS
DOWN THERE, I THREW A COUPLE OF
CUPS OF BOILING WATER INTO THE
AIR AND IT TURNS TO ICE,
DRAGGING A SLED DO THAT
EVERYDAY?
EVERYDAY?
EVERYDAY? [ LAUGHTER ]
>> ALL OF YOUR SUPPLIES YOU ARE
BY YOURSELF IT IS NOT LIKE YOU
HAVE A THAT IS FOLLOWING YOU,
THAT WILL FEED YOU, -40 DEGREE
TEMPERATURES?
TEMPERATURES? >> ON AVERAGE.
>> WHAT TYPE OF FOOD AND HOW
MANY CALORIES?
MANY CALORIES? >> BURNING 10,000 CALORIES PER
DAY I HAVE AN AMAZING SPONSOR
WHO DID A YEAR-LONG RESEARCH
STUDY ON ALL OF MY NUTRITION WE
HAVE A SPECIAL SPORTS FOOD AND
NUTRITION SO I CAN EAT THAT AS
BEST I CAN TO STAY HEALTHY
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
>> YOU WILL BE OUT THERE BY
YOURSELF BUT THERE WILL BE
PEOPLE BACK HOME TRACKING WHERE
YOU ARE?
YOU ARE?
YOU ARE? >> ANYONE CAN TRACK THIS MAINS
TO GRAB AT COLIN O BRADY I CAN
POST A PHOTO EVERY SINGLE DAY,
BUT ALSO THERE IS A SATELLITE
DEVICE THAT ACTUALLY PINGS A
SATELLITE ONCE EVERY 10
MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. IF YOUR EVERY BOARD, CHRISTMAS,
NEW YEAR'S, YOU CAN CLICK ON
THE LINK AND SAY YES, THERE HE
IS ANOTHER 10 MILES TODAY
HOPEFULLY THAT PROVIDES A
LITTLE BIT OF INSPIRATION.
>> THAT IS AMAZING, YOU SAID
YOU WERE THINKING 70 DAYS?
>> THAT IS THE PROJECTED
NUMBER.
NUMBER.
NUMBER. WE WILL SEE.
>> WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO DO IT
AT THE END OF THIS?
SIT IN A HOT TUB OR SOMETHING?
>> FOR ME THESE PROJECTS THAT I
DO ARE NOT JUST FOR MYSELF OF
COURSE IT IS NICE TO GO OUT AND
SET A WORLD RECORD BUT THEY ARE
ABOUT INSPIRING OTHER PEOPLE,
WE CALL THIS THE IMPOSSIBLE
FIRST THE IDEA IS THAT ANYONE
STRUGGLING WITH INNOVATIONS, OR
BIG IDEAS, SAYING HEY, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SAID IT
IS IMPOSSIBLE I AM PROVING THAT
SOMETHING IS POSSIBLE, WHAT CAN
PEOPLE DO TO SET THEIR MIND TO
THAT, TAKING ACTION, AND
PROVING PEOPLE WRONG.
>> ALSO, YOU DID A TRIATHLON,
AFTER GOING THROUGH SOMETHING
THAT NO ONE WOULD EVER WANT TO?
>> YES, I WAS SEVERELY BURNED
IN A FIRE IN THAILAND AND THAT
WAS 10 YEARS AGO, 10 MONTHS IN
A HOSPITAL BEING TOLD I WOULD
NEVER WALK AGAIN NORMALLY BEING
HERE 10 YEARS LATER WITH REAL-
WORLD RECORDS, HOPING TO SET
ANOTHER ONE, IT IS A TESTAMENT
TO THAT STRENGTH BUT FOR ME IT
IS FUN TO USE THIS PLATFORM NOT
JUST LIKE I SAID FOR MYSELF BUT
TO INSPIRE OTHERS, MY NONPROFIT
WORKS WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS
TO EMPOWER THEM FOR THEIR LIVES
THROUGH THIS PROJECT ENACT
ARCTICA WE ARE ACTUALLY
CONNECTING WITH TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLKIDS AROUND
THE COUNTRY WHO CAN ASK ME
QUESTIONS AND FOLLOW ALONG, THE
JOURNEY FOR THEM TO KIND OF
EXPAND THEIR MINDS AND THEIR
HORIZONS.
HORIZONS.
HORIZONS. THAT IS WHAT INSPIRES ME TO
KEEP GOING.
KEEP GOING. >> YOU INSPIRE ME TO DO
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING. IF I WAKE UP TOMORROW MORNING
AND HAVE ANYTHING TO COMPLAIN
ABOUT I WILL SAY: IS ON HIS WAY
TO ENTER THE