

Nickademus Hollon is one of a handful of people who have ever completed the mythical Barkley Marathons - a race where it is common for there to be zero finishers.

In 2013, Nick finished in 57h 39m 24s.

The Barkley Marathons has been designed specifically for people to fail.

There is 60,000 feet of elevation change (equivalent to ascending / descending Mt Everest twice), a 60 hour cut-off, there is no up-to-date website and application process is shrouded in mystery.

The entry fee for first time entrants is $1.60 and you need to bring a car license plate from your home state.

If you are one of the lucky 40 people to be accepted each year, you are given a letter of condolence.

Nick shares some hellish insight into the race that eats its young.

Links mentioned in this episode:

 	* Ultrademus
 	* Lucky 13 Endurance Coaching (website)
 	* Lucky 13 Endurance Coaching (Facebook)
 	* Matt Mahony

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#38: Nickademus Hollon – Barkley Marathons Finisher

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Martin Kern was the winner of the inaugural Great Southern Endurance Run (GSER100) in 29h 20m, beating second place by 4.5 hours.

The GSER is the toughest 100 mile trail ultramarathon in the Southern Hemisphere and is in the top five most difficult in the world.

It covers 181km from Mt Buller to Bright in Victoria with 10,058m of vertical gain and 11,338m of vertical loss, and runs across some of the most spectacular, rugged and remote alpine back country.

In this episode Martin talks about what he went through, as well as shares invaluable knowledge around his approach, mindset and motivating factors.

Links mentioned in this episode:

 	* Facebook
 	* Instagram

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#66: Martin Kern – Winner of the Great Southern Endurance Run



Ed Stafford was European Adventurer of the Year in 2011 and holds the Guinness World Record for walking 4,000 miles along the entire length of the Amazon River from source to sea.

Ed filmed and blogged his deadly journey and engaged followers all over the world for two and a half years.

Ed is also the star of a number of survival-based, documentary TV series on the Discovery Channel, including,

 	* Walking the Amazon
 	* Marooned with Ed Stafford
 	* Ed Stafford: Into The Unknown



Links mentioned in this episode:

 	* Ed Stafford (website)
 	* Walking the Amazon
 	* Facebook

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#65: Ed Stafford – Walking the Entire Amazon River



Yossi Ghinsberg is an Israeli-Australian adventurer, musician, tech entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker.

In 1981, Yossi ventured into the remote and unchartered Bolivian Amazon jungle with three other backpackers, in search of adventure.

After a series of events and accidents, Yossi was separated from the others and spent 3 weeks alone and lost, deep in Amazon.

Yossi was faced with tremendous hardships including almost drowning in white-water rapids and going over waterfalls, starvation, hallucinations, multiple full-body wounds, trench foot, coming face-to-face with a Jaguar at night, being enveloped by tens of thousands of fire ants, flooding, being trapped torso-deep in a swamp, sleep deprivation.. all of which happened during the heaviest torrential rain season in a decade.

Yossi's famous story has now been made into a feature film called Jungle, which will be released in 2017 - starring Daniel Radcliffe, from Harry Potter fame.

Yossi goes into detail around his extraordinary experience and chance rescue, and has since gained enlightened wisdom.

Yossi's book Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival in the Amazon is available as an audio-book from Audible, or hard-copy from Amazon.



Links mentioned in this episode:

 	* Ghinsberg (website)
 	* Facebook
 	* Twitter
 	* Youtube

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#64: Yossi Ghinsberg – Lost and Alone for 3 Weeks Deep in the Amazon Jungle



Peter Thompson from the UK completed a gruelling test of physical and mental endurance by running 44 marathons, across 44 European countries, in 44 back-to-back days.

Starting in St Petersberg, Russia and snaking his way across Europe, Peter's 44th consecutive marathon finished in Dublin, Ireland.

In this episode Peter talks about what it was like and shares some of his experiences along the way.

Links mentions in this episode:

 	* Marathons for the Mind
 	* Twitter
 	* Instagram
 	* Facebook

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#63: Peter Thompson – 44 Marathons across 44 European Countries in 44 Days



Herbert Nitsch is the greatest freediver of all time, current freediving world record holder and “Deepest Man on Earth”.

Herbert can hold his breath for more than 9 minutes and has set a total of 33 world records, across all of the 8 recognised freediving disciplines.

On June 6th, 2012, Herbert dove to a world record 253.2 m (830.8 ft), in the No-Limits sled-dive discipline.

On the ascent, at 80m, Herbert temporarily fell asleep due to nitrogen narcosis and consequently missed the critical one-minute underwater decompression stop. Upon surfacing Herbert was alert and asked for a mask to immediately return underwater to re-compress on pure oxygen - but it was too late..

While decompressing underwater, Herbert felt the onset of severe decompression sickness, which would eventually result in multiple brain-strokes.

Herbert arrived comatose at hospital and his future did not look good. With a prognosis of remaining a "wheelchair-bound care-dependent patient", he dismissed himself from long-term facilitated care, and took his healing into his own hands.

Today, against all odds, Herbert is fit, training and deep-freediving again.
"Each time I think I've reached a limit there's a door.. it opens.. and the limit is gone."


Links mentioned in this episode:

 	* Herbert Nitsch (websaite)
 	* Facebook
 	* Twitter
 	* Instagram

All photos are copyrighted:

 	* HN = © herbertnitsch.com
 	* HNPS = © Herbert Nitsch & Phil Simha 

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#38: Nickademus Hollon – Barkley Marathons Finisher

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