Team Geared Up

CHICAGO, UNITED STATES (Team Geared Up) - We’ve talked about it for over a year. It was time to just get it moving! In this first episode of the Team Geared Up Podcast I talk with 22 year old Julie McElroy about her trip to the Andes with the BBC documentary Beyond Boundaries (great article in the Times last month).

The series follows a team of physically disabled adventurers as they take on some of the toughest expeditions on the Planet under the guidance of EX SAS Major Ken Hames.

10 physically disabled teenagers cross the Andes, one of the highest mountain ranges in the world. Over a period of four weeks and 400km, these young people will have to fight their way from the edge of the Amazon Basin, climb to over 5000m to reach the snowline on Cotopaxi, the highest active volcano in the world, and then descend to sea level, wading through miles of swamp before reaching the Pacific Ocean.

Julie’s achievements are huge. She motivates people all over the world to overcome their troubles and achieve things for themselves.

Episode 1 - Show Notes
00:00 Julie talks about the Beyond Boundaries trip
01:30 Weather in the Amazon
02:35 A typical day was 8km pushing a wheelchair
03:36 What strengths did different people have?
05:28 Julie continued work with the BBC
06:30 What piece of gear did Julie miss most?
08:32 How did locals react to the Beyond Boundaries group passing through?
09:36 What’s the next challenge?

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Julie is looking for her next challenge. Please leave suggestions in the comments :-)

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-Robin