I invite you to read this WSJ post from the past weekend, An Antarctic Explorer’s Mental Journey.
It is full of significance for men like us who are on the path to strength and freedom. We’are also finding and exploring the “flow” state. The edges of the world. May not be Antarctica, but nevertheless it is your world. I will buy Colin’s O’Brady’s memoirs, and I hope you do too.
“In the euphoria of his final push, “It was like I was hyper-present every single minute, like those 32 hours lasted weeks in my mind,” he says. “My senses were super heightened. I felt connected to all of the people in my life, which is very bizarre when you’re completely alone, surrounded by nothing but ice.” –
O’Brady
“They’re a continuation of that curiosity—what more am I capable of?” He hopes that his records create a ripple effect, inspiring other people to “take on the seemingly impossible in their own lives.”
WSJ
“He trained with an ex-Navy SEAL, who contrived exercises such as doing planks with his hands in ice buckets and wall-sits with his feet in ice buckets while solving a Lego set. “It seemed crazy at the time,” Mr. O’Brady says, but the ability to concentrate on tying a knot properly, for instance, in the middle of a storm with frozen hands would be key to his survival.”
WSJ
Fantastic!