Weekly thoughts from the edge where comfort ends and reality begins. Raw insights on pushing limits, facing fears, and moving forward when everything screams stop. No carefully curated inspiration or polished self-help - just honest truth from someone navigating both physical extremes and human potential. For those battling inner demons, chasing impossible dreams, or simply tired of playing safe. Because transformation isn't about motivation. It's about movement. Into the unknown, where hands shake and doubts whisper, but you keep moving anyway.
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Gerry van der Walt
Weekly thoughts from the edge where comfort ends and reality begins. Raw insights on pushing limits, facing fears, and moving forward when everything screams stop. No carefully curated inspiration or polished self-help - just honest truth from someone navigating both physical extremes and human potential. For those battling inner demons, chasing impossible dreams, or simply tired of playing safe. Because transformation isn't about motivation. It's about movement. Into the unknown, where hands shake and doubts whisper, but you keep moving anyway.
Floor Week This morning I was supposed to hike 10km. Sat there looking at my shoes thinking about how much easier it would be to just sit on the couch and feel sorry for myself. Because that's the mood I was in. That's where I'd been all week. Went anyway. Did 11.5km. Don't know why I'm telling you that except it felt hard and I almost didn't. This week was a small tsunami. Not the dramatic kind. The kind that starts as nothing and then just keeps coming. Things that normally come easy were...
The Quiet Architecture of Anxiety Hi Reader, Been a crazy busy first week back from travels, loads on the go and still doing a lot of work on the backend of the website and newsletter as well as wrapping up details on a pretty amazing PVT trip I'm hosting at the end of November. So this week, let's get straight into it. Saw the following graphic online, really made me think and then I started writing: There's this thing that happens when anxiety becomes your baseline. You stop noticing the...
The Weight That Sets You Free Hi Reader, Just got back from the Pantanal in Brazil. Jet-lagged as hell, but the good kind. This trip was one of those rare ones where the group just clicked. Easy, fun, no drama and loads of laughs! Everyone got along without anyone having to work at it. Those trips remind you why you do this in the first place. They also remind me when it's time for things to change. For those who've been following along, you know where this is heading. For all intents and...