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Ep. 26: Reaching the summit of Dead Women's Pass
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Join Stephy Steph and Bobby as they reach the summit on day 2 of the Inca Trail trek. This was supposed to be the tough part of day 2.
For Bobby it was a physical struggle of almost 6 hours of steps up. Stephy Steph lead the group pack and came back to get Bobby after reaching the summit early.
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Transcript
00:00:00
Speaker
Hey
Introduction on the Peak
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Speaker
there, guys. I'm Stephie Steph, and this is Bobby. And we are between two teeth on top of the highest peak on our way to Machu Picchu. That's right. We're kind of between two mountains.
Weather Conditions
00:00:13
Speaker
We're going to show you just a little glimpse of everything here. It is so cold up here. It is so cold. It is so cold, but worth the climb. Great view. The wind is howling.
00:00:27
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Yes. And if you're wondering what this little thing is on our microphone, this is a little, it's funny, it looks weird, but it's a little windscreen. Who knows? Maybe they can hear us, maybe they can't. Tell me
The Mental Journey of Day Two
00:00:42
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about today. This was day two, Inca Trail trek. This was a mental journey for me today because it was a lot of physical strength, but you get up these things because of mental toughness, because your legs fail you at some point.
00:00:57
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you know i didn't train as much as i should have we made this decision about a month ago so for me it was a pretty short runway it's pretty cold up here right now you know you're sweating from doing this thing what i was impressed with and this is day two of the trek basically
00:01:13
Speaker
Well, you probably took five hours.
Elevation and Physical Demand
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I was six hours straight up elevation. Couple thousand meters. Technically, we did the math. It was like an hour fifteen. Whatever. Like I'm talking from like the start of the day. You're brutal. Anyways, for me it was a slower pace. I didn't train as much as I would look like to. But here's what I learned about myself. I didn't even think about quitting. And it was brutal.
00:01:41
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Maybe it was kind of brutal, but like look at like there's the track be careful Let's not fall I almost fell getting up here, and you know and then we're going down Of course I don't think anybody really thought of quitting, but I do think I
00:02:03
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Well, that's not true. I think a lot of people probably thought about quitting. Well, I think committing to this, it's kind of a commitment. There's no really option to quit. There is a selection bias, yes. You really can't turn around. It's not
Commitment and Mindset of the Group
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like you're... You literally can turn around. No, you really can't turn around, especially at a certain point. It doesn't really make sense to. This would be that point.
00:02:26
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So the nice thing here is, is that you got a great group of people that all have a certain mindset coming into the hike. And I like what you said earlier, Bobby, about you can do a lot of different things with taking little steps at a time.
Advice: Baby Steps and Manageable Challenges
00:02:41
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Yeah, baby steps.
00:02:43
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Our guides would talk about baby steps, little tiny steps. These are like elevated stone steps. The steps kill me. You look at it and say, what's the shortest distance that I can raise my legs to manage?
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yep absolute
Embracing Adventures and Personal Discovery
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absolute blessing uh thanks for joining us on this adventure get out there make your own adventure i'm freezing you're bundling up i showed up make sure to get out and get it guys later get out and get it that's right get out and get it yeah this is like excitement of no longer going up i did have someone call me uh instagram on the way up
00:03:26
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Oh, nice. There you go. All right, guys, get out and make your own adventure. It doesn't have to be the Inca Trail, but if it is, make it happen. Great. Later.