Some humans seem almost super-human.
Daredevils and adventurers have summited Everest, crossed the Antarctic and base-jumped off cliffs. How do they do it? To find out read on.
We asked the likes of former SAS captain Neil Laughton, extreme explorer Vanessa O Brien and American base-jumper and skydiver Jeb Corliss to reveal their mental tricks for conquering extreme situations - including lockdown.
Felicity Aston
Felicity Aston says: A lot of the lessons I have learned on expeditions I found myself later applying to my life generally, especially recently during lockdown
British polar explorer Felicity Aston MBE is an Antarctic scientist turned author, speaker and expedition leader. In 2012 she became the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica.
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End of an era as Robinsons closes in Malaysia Adrian David © Provided by New Straits Times Many customers rushed to the stores in droves upon hearing the news of Robinsons’ closure, hoping to snap up last minute bargains causing massive lines outside the stores.- NSTP/FATHIL ASRI.
KUALA LUMPUR: They managed to overcome both the first and second World Wars, the Great Depression, a fire, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) and the global financial crisis of the 1990s.
Yet even a giant megastore like the 160-year-old Robinsons could not withstand the devastating effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic .
Prominent chartered accountant, Datuk Robert Teo Keng Tuan, expressed his shocking sentiments at the recent closure of Robinsons in Malaysia and Singapore, which was a sought-after shopping store for aristocrats, sultans and even King Mongkut of Siam, who was then the most powerful ruler in Southeast Asia.