"Conquering Peaks and Waves, Tides and Trails" with Mohit Oberoi

Welcome to episode 26.

At the beginning of this year, I promised my friend and podcast mentor Keshav that I will just focus on releasing 52 episodes in this year, do as good a job as I’m capable of doing with those, and until we’ve done the amount of work, I will keep out that negative voice in my head telling me that I’m doing a shitty job, or that I’m wasting people’s time, or this isn’t up to the mark etc etc, that voice can get pretty ugly pretty soon.

I had promised to let that voice have no say until we’ve released 52 episodes and then evaluate and see where we want to go from there.

The release of Episode 26 means, we’re half way there. And I can’t help but think what an amazing journey this has already been. It’s allowed me the opportunity to sit with some remarkable humans who were generous enough to give me their time, and a peak into their minds. It has been one of the most rewarding things I’ve done.

Speaking of remarkable humans, I’m delighted to present to you a conversation with Mohit Oberoi, who’s a climber, a runner, a triathlete, an open water swimmer, an author, a teacher, and an entrepreneur.

He likes to live mostly off the grid so you many not have heard of him, but I can tell you he’s from our own tribe, and started paying these sports way before we had even heard of them. Consider this, he ran his first half marathon on 1985. I was born in 84. So, he’s super senior but he’s all of 54 and kicking ass as he’s out trekking even right now as I release this episode.

Just give you an idea of what he’s been up to, Mohit was among the first lot of climbers from India. He pretty much was among the very first people who started building a climbing culture in northern India, and he even wrote a book - A guide to rock climbing in and around Delhi. He’s climbed multiple well known and challenging peaks, and I’ve seen some Indian climbers refer to him as nothing short of a legend, when it comes to Indian climbing scene.

He then fell in love with long distance running - he ran a few ultra marathons, a few trail walks, and as recently as last month, he did a 600-650km long self-supported trail walk lasting 38 days, charting out a massive combination of 13 trails that can be done by anyone as one, or 13 individual trails with their own entry and exit points. This, along with a few FKTs are all work in progress.

In between he also fell in love with triathlons, and went on to become among the first few Ironmen From India.

Mo’s also an open water ultra distance swimmers, he has done numerous sea swims, and among those features the most sought after - the English Channel swim as a part of a relay team.

If this intro feels long, wait until you hear the richness, the variety and the depth of his experiences. I was honestly captivated, and blown away by some of these stories around each of these experiences and the honesty and humility with which he narrates them. They will give you a peak into what it feels like when you do things for the purpose love of them, and for nothing else.

And at 2 hours in, we dive into some of his personal life, family, raising kids, business etc.

It’s a wholesome conversation that I truly believe you should listen to right till the very end.

And so without further ado, I bring to you another life story that I promise will leave you inspired to follow your heart, head outdoors, and be one with the nature! This is me and Mo Oberoi in the find your ultra podcast episode 26, Indulge away!

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