Joe Rogan Experience #2568 – Ross Edgley

• 0:00 Ross brings an 18-year-old single malt, and Joe tells the story of the whiskey deal he backed out of.
• 4:00 Sixty hours awake in the water, heat stroke, and what creatine kinase in the blood says about muscle breakdown.
• 10:00 Why do it at all, and a detour into people in India who get high from cobra bites to the tongue.
• 27:20 The world-record Yukon River swim: Whitehorse to Dawson, the Five Finger Rapids, and bears that smell blood.
• 31:00 Swimming around Iceland, berserkers, the Battle of Stamford Bridge, The Northman and fly agaric.
• 48:00 Finding out they were pregnant while planning a swim, the swim as a tribute to his dad, and a Dave Chappelle quote.
• 54:00 The anterior midcingulate cortex, fighters who overtrain, and Mike’s Gym in Amsterdam.
• 1:07:40 Whirlpools and the overfalls off Iceland, and why rescuing a drowning person is dangerous.
• 1:17:20 Cam McEvoy’s pull-ups, and Eddie Hall and Rich Froning at a CrossFit event.
• 1:27:40 Amundsen vs. Scott and the race to the South Pole, then overfishing and how Somali fishermen became pirates.
• 1:40:00 Cardio freaks from the Diaz brothers to Dagestan, the Exalt hypoxia chamber, and a backyard ultra still running.
• 2:30:00 LeBron’s recovery spending, peptide rules in the NBA, stem cells, and pain versus purpose in How to Hero.

18-year-old single malt Scotch — The smoky bottle Ross brings in. 0:20

Born to Run (Christopher McDougall) — Joe’s reference for the Tarahumara runners. Amazon 10:20

The Northman (2022) — “Amazing, and quite accurate apparently.” Amazon 36:00

Exalt hypoxia trainer — The altitude chamber Joe has at the studio. 1:41:20

How to Hero (Ross Edgley) — Ross’s new book on grit and purpose, out Nov 10. Amazon 2:40:00

Rhabdomyolysis — Muscle breakdown from extreme effort, and the creatine kinase test that flags it. Wikipedia 8:00

Berserkers — The Old Norse “bear shirt” warriors Joe reads about. Wikipedia 32:00

Yukon River — Ross’s record 510 km non-stop swim from Whitehorse to Dawson. Wikipedia 27:20

Iceland — The circumnavigation swim, whirlpools and sneaker waves. Wikipedia 31:00

Stamford Bridge — The 1066 battle and its famous lone berserker. Wikipedia 33:00

Mike’s Gym, Amsterdam — The kickboxing gym behind Melvin Manhoef. Wikipedia 1:00:00

South Pole — The 1911–12 race between Amundsen and Scott. Wikipedia 1:27:40

Somalia — Where, they read, fishermen turned to piracy after overfishing and dumping. Wikipedia 1:30:40

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