Eojin Yang - The Superhuman Athlete
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The Unwrapped Series - Eojin Yang
Hosted by Sarah Baek
In today’s episode, we interview a mountain-climbing, marathon-running, adventurer, Endless Jin! With a world record in climbing Breithorn mountain (4,164 meters tall) in Switzerland with 80 other women from 25 different countries, hear how Jin joined the first-ever all-female rope team in the world! 🧗♀️🏃♀️
Whether you care about sports or not, Jin’s inspiring journey and outlook on practising gratitude daily is one to marvel at. Joining us all the way from South Korea, the talktank is honoured to have Eojin with us live here in London! 🇰🇷
Follow Jin’s superhuman escapades:
https://www.instagram.com/endless_jin/
Timestamps:
00:55 Why are you called “Endless” Jin?
1:36 Jin’s record breaking mountain climb
2:10 Gender in athletic world records
3:02 What would Jin change about society?
5:03 “Just do it”
6:24 Stop blaming your failures on luck
7:01 Overcoming the fear of mountain-climbing
9:32 Travelling outside of your comfort zone (literally)
10:55 How a flight issue became an adventure
12:19 Jin’s advice to her younger self
13:29 How to become an adventurer
14:43 Sports: life’s best medicine
16:12 On running 8 marathons every weekend
16:45 Becoming an athlete model and influencer
18:10 No pain, no gain!
Thank you Valli Vikram for editing this episode! 🎧❤️
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