Dan Goodwin, better known as Spider-Dan, is a legendary climber, daredevil and high-rise safety campaigner.
In 1981, aged 25, he climbed the Sears Tower, then the tallest building in the world, wearing a homemade Spider-Man suit and using equipment he had designed himself.
He later climbed the World Trade Center, among a dozen skyscrapers, free-soloed both sides of the CN Tower and developed an unlikely friendship with Spider-Man's creator and Marvel founder Stan Lee.
We talk about controlling fear when one mistake means death, the moments he came closest to falling, why firefighters once tried to knock him from a building, and the real reason behind his spectacular climbs.
They also discuss his complicated feelings about Alex Honnold and the way modern climbing history is presented, surviving stage-four cancer, the power and limitations of positive thinking, turning 70, and why Dan hopes he still has another 70 years ahead of him.
This is a conversation about risk, recognition, survival and refusing to live an ordinary life. It's about challenging the possible.
Buy Dan's memoir 'Untethered' here: https://www.amazon.com/UNTETHERED-WHEN-SUCCESS-YOUR-OPTION-ebook/dp/B0GZ2PFL3Z
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After my younger brother Jordan took his own life, I sold the PR agency I’d spent over a decade building and decided to go all-in on creating something meaningful.
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Hosted by me, Rich Leigh, each episode explores the lives, minds and experiences of extraordinary people from business, sport, entertainment, academia and beyond.
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