In this episode, Hazel speaks with climber, ex-base jumper and all-round adventurer Tim Emmett. They talk about Tim's relationship with all the risky activities he gets up to and what attracts him to sports with consequences. They talk about the extra risks in base jumping and how he has justified those risks in the past. Tim talks about being ready to walk away and focusing on controlling every controllable. Then they talk about why he eventually gave up base jumping. They then spend the final portion of the podcast focusing on Tim's recent process of trying to climb his hardest sport route which he hasn't yet done. Tim has been sharing a lot about this journey on social media which has been really positive but it has also added external pressure. He talks about how he's managed that and how he's tried to stay positive despite having not done the route.
In this episode, Hazel speaks with climber, ex-base jumper and all-round adventurer Tim Emmett. They talk about Tim's relationship with all the risky activities he gets up to and what attracts him to sports with consequences. They talk about the extra risks in base jumping and how he has justified those risks in the past. Tim talks about being ready to walk away and focusing on controlling every controllable. Then they talk about why he eventually gave up base jumping. They then spend the final portion of the podcast focusing on Tim's recent process of trying to climb his hardest sport route which he hasn't yet done. Tim has been sharing a lot about this journey on social media which has been really positive but it has also added external pressure. He talks about how he's managed that and how he's tried to stay positive despite having not done the route.
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Show Notes
0:00 | Intro
4:52 | Conversation Start / Catching Up
7:38 | Is Tim an adrenaline junkie or is he chasing flow?
9:48 | Why do all these risky sports such as base jumping, climbing, mountaineering and free-diving?
13:09 | The common thread between all these sports is that they all have consequences
18:49 | Talking about his experience on Meshuga
19:50 | Closing his eyes as a way to focus
28:05 | Tim’s closest calls base jumping and climbing
31:04 | Witnessing a fatality on Tim’s first-ever time base jumping
32:54 | How Tim justified the risk - "I’m different"
36:45 | Fatalities in base jumping
39:58 | How to walk away when it doesn’t feel right.
49:28 | Why has Tim gravitated towards so many diverse activities
52:39 | Talking about flow in sports
55:06 | Accessing flow in fast sports
58:21 | Wim Hof breathing
63:12 | Era Vella (his recent 9a project) - the overall story and why he picked this route
66:22 | How sharing the journey has been really fun but also added pressure
69:32 | How his positivity has been tested during this process
70:15 | The use of positive affirmations to bring positivity and psyche
71:49 | Tools he’s been using in the moment
81:47 | How sport climbing made him cry when all the other terrifying stuff he’s done didn’t make him cry*
83:37 | Everything he’s done to manage his psychology during this process*
88:57 | Whether he’ll go back
91:44 | Tim’s lucky mantra
95:18 | Focusing on what you can control
96:49 | Why he wants to go back
103:03 | Outro