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54 Days Alone in Antarctica, Pulling 375 Pounds | Colin O’Brady
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Day 1 in Antarctica: Broken Strap, Frozen Tears, First Call to Jenna
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Colin describes the competitor waiting across the ice: Lou Rudd, British special forces veteran, the most experienced Antarctic skier in the world, watching this 'younger guy' with suspicion. [1] — Colin O'Brady "I literally start crying. But what happens when you cry when it's -25 degrees out? It freezes to your face. So I have frozen tears to my fa…" 26:34 They are dropped a mile apart, equidistant from the first waypoint. Within minutes of the plane leaving, Colin's sled strap snaps in the -25°C cold. An hour in, the 375-pound sled has him sweating — the cardinal sin of polar travel. He begins to cry, and the tears freeze to his face. He calls Jenna: 'We may have named our project the right thing.' She cuts through the despair with one instruction: get to the first waypoint, just half a mile away. That night, she gives him one more task: find the flow, even for a minute. The next morning, his alarm goes off, and for the first time, the mantra arrives: 'You are strong. You are capable.' He says it 54 days in a row from that moment on. [2] — Colin O'Brady "You are strong. You are capable." 28:06
