<p>Molly Spark is a 22 year old from Canterbury, and she spends her spare time doing things that sound like a PTSD inducing nightmare for most of us:&nbsp;</p><p>Her sport is multi-day expedition races through mountains, rivers, forests and bush.&nbsp;</p><br><p>You may have heard of the iconic event called Godzone- it got a bit of mainstream coverage after Richie McCaw took part a few years ago- that’s an expedition race.</p><br><p>1000km in a week.&nbsp;Sleep deprivation.&nbsp;Hallucinations. Limited food. Carrying everything you need in a backpack.&nbsp;Navigating with a map and compass. And the wild part? She LIVES for this stuff.&nbsp;She is built different. </p><p>This podcast is a small part of the Molly Spark story.&nbsp;</p><br><p>We talk about resilience, fear, suffering, hallucinations, sleep deprivation, near-death moments, and why she genuinely believes discomfort is one of the best things a person can experience. There is also a great story about how Richie McCaw almost killed her.</p><br><p>This is one of my favourite podcasts so far- partly because the sport of expedition racing itself is so wild, but mostly because Molly is such a firecracker.&nbsp;She just oozes positivity and joy. </p><p>This chat definitely didn’t make me want to become an expedition racer….but it did make me wish Molly was my friend.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>