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Subject 1: (Interview). Subtitle: Bill Martin, William McQuay. Timecode In: 00:02:19. Timecode out: 00:14:33. Notes: North pole expedition discussion. Subject 2: (Interview). Subtitle: Celia Martin, William McQuay. Timecode In: 00:14:54. Timecode out: 00:33:38. Notes: North pole expedition discussion. Subject 3: (Interview). Subtitle: Bill Martin, William McQuay. Timecode In: 00:34:43. Timecode out: 00:43:04. Notes: North pole expedition discussion. Equipment Notes: Decoded MS stereo. NPR/NGS RADIO EXPEDITIONS Show: North Pole Log of DAT #: 7 ¿Eureka Station and Return Flight to Resolute¿ Date: 4/28/99 ng = not good ok = okay g = good vg = very good BM 2:21 One of the places we left it was, I think on this type of trip, especially this trip here, I would say everybody, probably except Paul, had pushed themselves beyond what they thought, you know, before the trip, they would have been doing. Yeah, I really do. I think that here no one, you know you never really have a good grasp on what's waiting for you, and, you know, I think that here that was surely true to case for the people on this trip. I think that their, like I say, everybody here pushed beyond limits that they would have otherwise expected. BMc 3:08 Do you think everyone did that because of some spiritual gain they expected to gain? BM 3:14 No, no. I think that one of the interesting things, I think that I would say, one of the terms I like, is sometimes the road to higher consciousness is you sneak in the back door. I think, though, that anybody, after going through an experience like this, they've definitely bumped themselves up a level. Do you know what I mean? Because I think there are so many people that take off on these journeys, and if you said to them at the beginning of the journey, ¿Do you feel this is going to raise your level of consciousness with the universe?¿, they would scoff at that and, but, I feel, as one that's been on a lot of these, and is truly a believer in that journey, that sometimes you sneak in the back door with the people who tend to scoff at those things, and then at the end of it, it has. I feel it has. I just haven't run into people who would embark on this type of thing and go through this type of thing that, you know, can't say at the end, ¿Gosh, there is an element here that I didn't expect.¿ And when they get home, weeks later, they find that this has a carryover into their life, and coming, as I always tell people when I take them to the mountains, ¿I hope you take the mountain home with you. And keep those lessons that the mountain told you close to your heart. And don't get involved in our everyday stuff to push that away.¿ BMc 5:05 What do you think that is? BM 5:07 Well, I think it's really bringing you close to a centeredness on your priorities in life and what truly is the essence and the importance of life. And we tend to get so wrapped up, I think, in stuff and we get wrapped up in business and not really getting close to the elements, relationships, and I think one of the things we all see here is that the true essence of living is your relationships and that's, everything else can be taken away from you, your money, your stuff, all the other things, but when you have relationships with people, that closeness, that intertwining of people, then that'll take you through anything and a good team. You know, that's one of the things we learn here, is being a team, coming close together through adversity, is that those relationships, and then you take that feeling home, you never grow apart from these people, but you also take that home to your family, and you take it home to the people you work with, and say, ¿Yeah, this is important. This may be a lot more important than I ever thought it was before.¿ BMc 6:30 Did you ever get to the point where the pain was so great th... (Notes truncated)
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