I like everyone is calling him a fraud and that he didn’t even go that far in Antarctica. Yet most of the people in the comments section wouldn’t go outside if it was too cold that night for them and probably don’t even have a passport.
Most people in the comment section wouldn’t walk half a mile on the treadmill let alone a half a mile outside during the winter. It’s impressive as fuck
Yeah, and those worthless humans commenting on here are not expecting fame or wealth from there ventures either. They are not portraying a controlled situation to be a life and death survival story whilst purposefully omitting information about what actually took place. It is an accomplishment but he doesn't need to say he was alone and was struggling to survive to make it seem as something that it wasn't. "I was all alone" Who filmed it? "Oh, the film crew" with their state of the art equipment and vehicles that can get me to safety in hours. It's dishonest and really lowers the overall feel of what otherwise would be a great accomplishment. He must have been hanging around with Joey Diaz. Be honest and hold integrity in high regard. : )
@@owenjasmine7030 your the type who also get mad at watching a video of a person helping another person.. why did they have to record it? Now it doesn't mean much.. lol
@@donaldmartinez7428 Dude, you are entitled to your opinion. I spoke too soon and didn't know anything about him and shouldn't have said anything. I just am jaded by the deception we as Americans have had to sift through. I shouldn't let my brain assume everyone is trying to be manipulative. You can hate me of you want, but just know if someday your house collapses on you in an earthquake, I still will be the first dude to be digging you out trying my hardest to save you. Have fun. : )
This guy is full of shit, my bs detector went through the roof. I’ve been in temperature at -30• with wind chill and I couldn’t stay outside more than 30 minutes without getting frostbite. There is no way he was able to survive in that thin ass tent at -80• with wind chill without any electric heating apparatus. Idk how joe doesn’t call bs on that. Believe this scrawny fool if you wish.
No doubt this is very very impressive, and a huge accomplishment. It does remind me of what I personally think is the greatest solo adventure ever, which is John Muir's solo walk across Australia. He walked 1600 miles over 128 days, solo, with no navigation technology and no external help, and no stopping to resupply. He filmed it himself and made it into a doco called Alone Across Australia, it's a fantastic film, definitely worth checking it out
I guess Muir’s American adventure wasn’t enough for him? I’m assuming that was before Aussie? His forest, woods & wilderness photos are the finest in b&w. I’ll have to check out his Alone Across Australia. THANK YOU for bringing it to our attention!
Yeah, but in a way is being dishonest by letting people assume that he did. Not much different than what advertising companies do. C'mon, anybody with true integrity would specify that. Have fun. : )
Do you even begin to understand all the verification processes that go into G.B.O.W.W. in? It's in there, so I guarantee you he did exactly what he said he did.
@@adamaquino8 yes,and watching him on that news talk show ,the way it was done in the early years of television was quite fascinating. His description of what he found paints a much different description of Antarctica than that of the official story.The strange part for me though,is why would an Admiral be on a Sunday morning news talk show with an announcement of that magnitude?
This guy is full of shit, my bs detector went through the roof. I’ve been in temperature that are -30• with wind chill and I couldn’t stay outside more than 30 minutes without getting frostbite. There is no way he was able to survive in that thin ass tent at -80• with wind chill without any electric heating apparatus. Idk how joe doesn’t call bs on that.
People on here are asking how he is keeping warm inside his tent. He is not being specific. I believe this is the wind chill, -80 F, because the average temperature during Polar Summer for Antarctica is -4 F to 23 F. If you are out in full blown 60 mph (is he estimating that, did he have an anemometer?) it will FEEL close to -80 F. However, when you get out of the wind, into your tent (I would have chosen a black tent), the temperature can increase 50+ F. His body is the furnace. He can also boil water in his tent, adding water vapor to the air(a greenhouse gas), drink the warm liquid. He can put the tent in a depression (if he is able to), lowering the wind speed GREATLY. I am sure he had the best of the best for boots, crampons, socks, under layers, sleeping bag and the tent itself. I would imagine his diet HAD to be high in fat, as fat is 9 calories per gram as opposed to 4 cal/g for carbs/protein. This helps his body generate more heat. I have never done what he has done, but I have camped, overnight, in 18 F temps, with a little wind. My sleeping bag was rated to 0 F, but my tent is a three season tent. The key is to have an excellent sleeping pad. I had on my puffer jacket, under armor mock, hat, two pairs of socks (with toe warmers). I slept like a baby, but in the morning, because you are stationary, you start to get cold which gives you inspiration to get off your ass and start moving. I could totally see how he did it, if you know the science behind it. Hope this helps.
@@zachpeat5076 Probably arrested for not getting permission. You have to get a permit and agree to bring out everything you bring in. It’s the most desolate place on earth and they don’t want ppl just wandering around down there, throwing trash around. They also want some assurance that they won’t have to spend millions on a rescue effort if you get into serious trouble. These are all common sense measures by an internationally owned region. There’s no conspiracy, no ice wall, no dome, no giant hole, no vast lands beyond the ice wall, etc.
Yeah I sorta agree...he did walk across but then walking across Florida is walking through North America. I think the point of walking across something is walking from the coast to the midpoint, and continue to the other side. In this example the South Pole was the midpoint, but it’s not really the midpoint of Antarctica but rather close to an edge, by the looks of the map.
Calling bullshit on pulling a 375lb sled for 54 days. He. Looked like he was going for a walk in the park in that clip of him pulling the sled. I've pulled a lot of weight in sleds Deer, bear and ice gear, you don't move like that with that much weight on your shoulders. BULLSHIT. he might of crossed it but not pulling 375lb for 54 days.
I was on an airplane once that went up to Greenland to get down to eastern Europe cause like he said planet's curved so it was shorter trip from Boston.
His accomplishments on this journey were absolutely amazing. Doing the Explorers Grandslam, which is climbing the tallest summit on each of the 7 continents and trekking across the north and south poles, is crazy enough by itself. But then setting out to not only do it but to set out to do it in the fastest time ever is insane. He completed the grand slam in just 139 days!!! We’re talking about summiting Everest in Asia, Denali in North America, Kilimanjaro Africa and the summits for the other 4 continents. Then also you have to trek across both the north and south poles on foot, dragging all your supplies in a sled behind you. That’s not only just traveling to all of these places which is enough headache on its own, but then completing the challenge when getting to each location. It’s mind boggling to complete this in that short of time. When he summited Everest he literally climbed back down and just 3 days later was near the top of Denali in Alaska pushing for the summit there! It’s an insane story man, people should check out his story and read about it. It’s hard to comprehend just what the human body is capable of going through and achieving when we make up our mind that we will not quit. That’s the biggest thing, telling yourself you are not gonna quit when shit gets hard. And unfortunately most people don’t have to strength to stay true to that and we quit, but a few people out there do and they have accomplished some crazy stuff.
@@BudFuddlacker it means homeboy walked halfway across Antarctica then turned around and walked back so the distance he walked was equivalent to walking across Antarctica and therefore OP's Florida analogy was dumb AF.
If u pay attention to the routes these hikers take across Antarctica, they never go northeast of the South Pole. They’ll come in from northwest and once they reach the pole, they carry on southwest. I noticed some kind of cavity there on the gps tracking some of these hikers. I guess nobody wants to see what it could be
If you look at a map with his route on it it's abundantly clear that he did not travel across the continent. He crossed part of it, sure. But he didn't traverse the continent at all
Hate to be that guy but he took a short cut and I'm glad that he made it back alive but this type of stuff convinces me that too many people nowadays are really making it look too easy so when people really try to do some thing thats difficult they underestimate it, look at all the people climbing Everest these days and all the bodies from those who undersetimated it bc of the gear heavy millionaires w the Sherpa parade. I'm glad he got back but a cutstraight across Antarctica I'm sure it would've been a 110% chance he'd be trapped in the bottom of a crevasse , eaten by emperor penguins or frozen in a storm eating his own idk whatever
There are actually a few people who have crossed it. There were even commercially run ski tours there for a while. Most people don’t get any recognition outside of the exploration community though. This guy marketed his trek well (in terms of getting recognition, not in terms of honesty) so he is getting noticed.
Forest gump went on a run one day and he kept running for 3 years 2 months 14 days and 16 hours. He crosses the United States twice and partially another couple of times. Forrest ran 19,024 miles. BEAT THAT
I can’t believe people are really talking shit about this guy... that’s the fuckin route, and he made it. No one else has ever done that, and you wouldn’t even think of trying something like that.
Well done on is successful adventure! However he doesn't tell the full truth, he wasn't alone in the plane or Trek! Lou Rudd Former (British Special Forces officer) was on the plane and started on the opposite side of Antarctica. Due to the team and money behind Colin O'Brady he had the advantage of a professional team, nutritionist and Sponsors. Lou Rudd fundraised all his project and his only team was his Military training. It would of cost him £100,000 just to start at the same point as O'Brady going over ridge then down slope! So actually Rudd did the more difficult route and came in 2 days later!! He did it too honour his fallen friend Lt Col Henry Worsley (UKSF) that trained him up and died (2016) only 100 miles before his own success. So the truth is slot more grey than Black and White. I'm honestly more impressed with Lou Rudds trip and journey at 49 yesterday but. If both had the same support, my money would be on the RMC, Para and UKSF trooper!! Hope that gives some extra info. Chris Thrall interview with him is a great eye opener from his point if view.
I dont understand why people say he is lying? He by definition went across because he went through the center? It may not have been the longest route but that doesnt matter
PLEASE Look at his route. He Did NOT cross Antarctica. look at the pictures. He went inland a bit to reach the pole then turned back out to the sea ice. It's almost comical how this is considered a "crossing" in his mind when others have actually crossed it not just a little half circle looksy doodle. I mean hey he walked a long time in antarctica that's incredible but still the more u read the more ur like "OHH, this wasn't that at all it was all PR for his book"
well i think you are not allowed to leave human waste behind... at the science outposts anyways. So he probably shitsicled into a bag and took it with him hahahaha
Going through the full podcast, basically, when it was nice out he'd dig a hole and do it there but when it was frostbite level temperature then that same hole was dug but within one side of the tent he was in. Edit: and yes, he did still needed to bag it.
@SHRED SHREDDER Not that I know of, but he did mention that by the end all packed food was in shit form. Sled hardly got lighter. So of the over 300 lbs. in food and gear, the portion that was originally food being in near equivalent shit form.
Interested to know what is/was harder, this trek or the Everest summit? Sounds like this is worse...does anyone know if he's been asked this question before?
I think a teenage girl from australia also walked across antarctica.it must be the route set for the people who get the idea...."I am going to walk all the way across the continent of antarctica"
@@sgtpepper6379 please, when you say across, most normal people would assume he means crossing the average total diameter, not jumping a few rocks on the edge. your interpretation is infinitely reduced to a molecule if you go that route.
clearly he didn't walk across the south pole not to take his journey away from anything iam sure it was hard but it isn't like he walked across the continent
"O'Brady's claim of being "the first person in history to traverse the continent of Antarctica coast to coast solo, unsupported and unaided" is disputed by polar explorers and experts, including Eric Phillips, Damien Gildea, David Roberts, Mike Horn, Alexander Gamme, Roam Media, Explorer's Web, and Børge Ousland for two main reasons: that O'Brady was aided by traveling on the McMurdo-South Pole Highway, and that the expedition was not a proper "coast to coast crossing" The McMurdo-South Pole Highway, or the South Pole Traverse, was constructed by leveling snow and filling in crevasses, flags mark its route so no navigation is needed. Polar veteran Eric Philips commented to Explorer's web: “It is a highway that more than doubles someone’s speed and negates the need for navigation. An expedition cannot be classed as unassisted if someone is skiing on a road." -Wikipedia
Pure technicality. It's all because someone (who?) decided that kites are support but a highway to the Pole is not. Each achievemnt should be taken as its own thing ever since Fuchs (with Hillary's help) crossed the Antarctic in 1958 that was it for major achievements there rest is arbitrary. Who will be the first to cross the Antarctic solo wearing only pajamas? Or walking backwards?
And he didn't fall of the edge of the Earth... And he didn't find the entrance to Hollow Earth... And he didn't find Alien Pyramids... Whhhhaaaaaaaatttttt????
FlatTimes I really feel bad for you man. You have fallen under a spell of lies and delusion. One day you’ll come back to sanity and look back at your beliefs in a laughable way. I hope that day comes soon for your sake. The earth is not flat, do some genuine calculations and you’ll find that easily
yuh. Gotta love how joe keeps just glancing all of these touchy subjects. Gatekeeper af. Antarctica is an enigma and this guy gave no insight whatsoever
Perry Caulkins ya this dude must not care about society and only himself. He could have easily settled the flat earth theory by taking pictures and video of the landscape rather than taking selfies. All about himself
Yes he did, if i walk from the east coast of ireland to the west coast of ireland it means i walked ACROSS ireland, walking from south to north ireland is a lot longer but completely irrelevant to meaning "across"... the dude went south untill south was behind him - then north to the coast - he did walk across Antarctica... thats like saying taking the shortest route across an ocean is cheating because he didnt sail the circumference of each country...
@@boyloboyle5327 he walked across across a very thin part of it it's like saying you walked across America but instead of east to west it's south to north much quicker he kinda cheated a little
@@boyloboyle5327 He didn't "cross" the continent though. He crossed a part of it, sure. But he didn't touch a single coast, how could that be considered crossing the continent?
