#13 The Double Mount Whitney Summit

Choose Strong

Choose Strong with Sally and Eddie McRae

Health & Fitness

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2022

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

On September 29th, Sally stood on the street corner of Main Street and Mount Whitney Portal Road in Lone Pine, CA. She had never summited Mount Whitney before, so why did she think she could pull off summiting the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states, not just once but twice? And as if the challenge of summiting twice wasn't enough, Sally chose to start at the very bottom, 23 miles away. The whole route was 92 miles and over 22,000 feet of climbing. In this episode, Sally and Eddie break down the attempt and the hidden story behind the double summit. Sally also explains why the Choose Strong Project took a surprise turn and ended in this way. The powerful meaning is one we know you will be encouraged by as Sally has reiterated again and again that this project was never about racing, finishing times, or recognition, but to send a message of hope to everyone. Topics Covered: *The story behind the attempt and why Sally chose this particular course *Training, the crew, and the various "unknowns" that made this attempt challenging *Eddie discusses his role crewing; the scare when he thought the truck was going to break down; and how he helped keep Sally going *Mindset and how to find strength to begin again- no matter you're journey *The Choose Strong Project, our newsletter; and what's coming next! Please consider supporting Eddie and Sally's work by downloading their Run and Strength app here. You can also sign up for their newsletter here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sallymcraepodcast/support

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0:00.0	I'm ready I was born ready. I was born ready. How you doing? Pretty good. How are you doing? How are you doing
0:17.6	listeners? I am sitting here if you are only listening through audio, I'm sitting here with my fall mug, which is candy corn men dressed up in their Halloween costumes.
0:33.4	And I have a cute little pumpkin.
0:37.2	Isn't that cute?
0:38.5	We are very festive over here today.
0:41.2	I love fall. I love this time of year. The weather starts
0:45.6	getting cooler. For some reason the sun sets too just seem to be so
0:49.9	amazing. We've had well Mackenzie grab the keys last night. This is so weird that she's
0:54.0	driving now. Right after dinner we had just finished up a nice little spaghetti
0:59.8	dinner and she's like oh myosh, look at this guy.
1:03.0	Mom, I need to drive over to the wetlands,
1:05.0	because we live like 800 yards away
1:08.0	from the wetlands here in Huntington Beach.
1:10.0	I need to drive over there, I have to get a picture.
1:12.0	I was like, that's my girl right there.
1:16.8	So yes, we are enjoying all things fall. I hope you are too wherever you are listening in, you know, around the world across the country.
1:25.0	I hope that in the month of October you are able to get outside at least once
1:31.0	and enjoy a fall sunset and whether that's a walk with the family, a run or just
1:38.6	pulling the car over like my daughter did last night to watch that sunset.
1:43.0	I hope that you can do that because sometimes those little special moments
1:47.6	in your day are just like little gifts.
1:50.8	That's what I think of the sunset.
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