Intimacy with the world

Jenny Graham holds the Guinnes world record for being the fastest woman to circumnavigate the planet by bike. Covering about 30.000 kilometres, solo and unsupported in 124 days 11 hours.  We speak about how she got this crazy idea, and how she worked with her mind to make this happen. Jenny tells us about how it all comes down to our belief in ourselves and she tells us about her special relationship with the moon that she developed while riding

In this episode I speak to Lee Craigie,  a former U.K. mountain bike champion and world class athlete, now turned record breaking mountain bike adventurer, a high comisioner in the schottich government, and founder of the Adventure Syndicate. We are without a doubt talking about a high achiever here, and you might be surprised to hear the tenderness, the openness and vulnerability with which Lee seems to hold life with. She tells us how she sometimes finds, that life within the boundaries of four walls is so much more difficult and unfulfilling compared to the natural, open spaces of nature. She also speaks about how she is able to push up yet another mountain when everything hurts and she hasn't slept for days, and how she even sometimes finds sublime peace and joy in those extremes ...