#56 - Waldo Etherington: Professional Tree Climber On Attacking Your Dream With No Money
"If I end up in a gutter with absolutely nothing, I don't mind because I'm trying my hardest to do what I want to do." - Waldo
Waldo Etherington is the founder of Remote Ropes Limited, a rope safety specialist for remote wilderness expeditions.
In this conversation, we talk about:
Funding his entire early career on credit cards while living in a car and a hammock
Why he runs his business for experience and community over money
Using Google Earth to expose illegal logging and protect an indigenous rainforest
Rigging for climbers like Alex Honnold and why even he finds it scary
Twenty years of…
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