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Impossible Case Study: Sir Ernest Shackleton and The Trans-Antarctic Expedition

March 29, 2014 By Joel Runyon 6 Comments

This is the first in a series of case studies on adventurers, athletes and historical men and women who pushed their limits and challenged the status quo in order to the impossible and do things no one had ever done before. Enjoy. --- Ernest Shackleton was one of the main polar explorers of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. He led three expeditions to the Antarctic, including a disastrous expedition which saw his ship get trapped in ice before ...

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Creating An Adventure Bigger Than Yourself

September 2, 2011 By Joel Runyon 21 Comments

So you started something. You embarked on an adventure. You began a story. You started out doing the impossible. Something you believed in. Something you thought was a great idea. So you forged ahead. Threw off the excuses and got going. "Surely people will line up to join me!", you thought. So you got started and kept going and kept going, but slowly, as you began your journey, you began to look around and the followers you thought would come, ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, The Impossible Tagged With: an adventure bigger than yoursef, antarctic adventure, Impossible, men wanted small wages, safe return doubtful, shackleton, sir ernest shackleton

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