Reid Pletcher is one of the most talented fun adventuresome guys you will ever meet or hear of. Despite adversity Reid squeezes as much juice out of life as possible which I love. A few highlights include racing Nordic ski World Cups, Racing road bikes as a professional U23, winning Nordic ski NCAA championships, falling when rock climbing and incurring a severe long term brain injury including losing much of his ability to speak English, winning SuperTour races, returning to World Cup racing, river rafting guiding, ParaOlympic athlete guiding, rollerblading through Europe, climbing Peru’s monster peaks, making the national finals on American Ninja Warrior, speed skating on the US national development team, and becoming a professional custom van building worker. If you want to be entertained, if you want to be inspired, or if you want your heart touched, check this out and get to know Reid better.
This episode speaks a lot about mental health and also tells an incredible story of loss and then amazing adventure while living the "new" normal. I find Reid is an inspiring example of triumph over the most difficult adversity where his strong spirit and will overcomes the weakness of the body (or in Reid's case an extreme traumatic brain injury). I hope this episode inspires others to live more courageously and to "seize the day".
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