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How to persevere after hitting the wall | Matthew Spence | TEDxSonomaCounty
TEDx Talks· 2026-03-31 15:53
In 2024, I signed up to do the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. Signing up for the 29029 Everesting Challenge in Sun Valley, Idaho. This is an ultra endurance hiking event in which you attempt to climb the vertical equivalent of Mount Everest.29,029 ft. But you do it at a ski run in the summer. You hike 2,000 ft up the mountain and you take the gondola down and you head right back on up.Sounds fun, huh. Well, you do that 15 times and you've got 36 hours on the clock to get it done. In my case, I was ...