The Impossible First

…So many people are listening and inspired by your message because that's your Everest to do this. And so a big part of that is inspiring others. And ultimately, my new book, The 12-Hour Walk, at its core is just that. My first book, and I'm proud of it, New York Times bestseller, The Impossible First, is my story. It's a memoir of my life and that expedition…

…And I named my project The Impossible First, not as like a wink of, oh, I'm going to call it The Impossible First to show everyone to prove this wrong, to say like, this might be impossible, but I'm willing to try. I am willing to open up the possibilities of them being wrong or me proving them wrong.…

…The name of my other book, The Impossible First, as well as my actual project when I was crossing Antarctica, I named it that. I literally called my project The Impossible First. I was attempting to do something that no one in history had ever done before. People had tried it before me. Very tragically, people had literally died trying this project.…