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Mrs. Cody Townsend: When Passion and Fear Collide (Ted Talk)

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t_rob
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Nov 25 2013 1:41PM
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-SnowSnoli-
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Thanks for posting,

always am intrigued by peoples perspectives after such a thing happens.
Nov 25 2013 1:50PM
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p-fo
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That was pretty interesting. Did anyone else notice that the intro music was from Candide Kamera?
Nov 25 2013 2:07PM
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UncleGerry
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Hell yeah Elyse! Awesome to see.
Nov 25 2013 7:39PM
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t_rob
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I'm really surprised this only got 3 bites all afternoon. Sure a 17 minute ted talk might not seem like something you want to watch, but for the most part you can just but it on instead of whatever music you're listening to. Elyse's talk is about the Steven's pass avalache and he talks about what went on in her head during the avalanche. It's really worth a listen.

TL;DR: Turn off whatever music you're listening to, press play and keep doing whatever else you're doing.
Nov 25 2013 11:45PM
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hemlockjibber8
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good video. I thought the skiing montage was a little gratuitous but she sends it so its all good
Nov 26 2013 12:08AM
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NinetyFour
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Threads for when I'm not on 3G in the boonies; and a bump.
Nov 26 2013 12:29AM
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jca
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thread for when im procrastinating way harder.
Nov 26 2013 12:42AM
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division.bell
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threads for work in the morning
Nov 26 2013 12:46AM
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-SnowSnoli-
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Unfortunately a majority of NS hasn't seemed to quite grasped the interest of things like this. Might mean they actually learn something about safety in the backcountry etc.
Nov 26 2013 3:23AM
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HWW
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This was a great listen, and I can definitely relate to the points she brought up.

Have to say, I love the way Elyse skis. Instead of finding ways around the biggest cliffs in a line, she charges through everything and makes her way towards the largest drop, and stomps it! It's great to watch, and I wish more people skied like her.
Nov 26 2013 7:03AM
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.Rybak.
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Threads for when I'm not listening to music.
Nov 26 2013 7:11AM
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BLACKLIVESMATTER
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honestly hard to watch because of terrible focus
Nov 26 2013 10:39AM
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rach
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This. I liked what she had to say, but it sounded somewhat forced/rehearsed at times.
Regardless, it was interesting to hear her description of the avalanche. Her strategy of managing irrational fear felt pretty trivial and cliche, but for a non-ski audience I suppose it was appropriate.
Nov 26 2013 12:21PM
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turntwood
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It did seem like she probably dumbed it down a little bit for the audience she was presenting to, which was probs necessary but over all I really enjoyed it. It's pretty neat to see someone still shredding so hard after something so traumatic happened. Also cool to hear professional athletes talk about overcoming fear, something they really don't seem to have and isn't really talked about all too often. She stomps so hard.
Nov 26 2013 11:05PM
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Skithedeep
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threads for later. Looking forward to watching this.
Nov 26 2013 11:20PM
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