2025-05-17
27 分钟This is The Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.
I'm Alex Ritson and in this edition,
a woman who nearly died on South Africa's famous Table Mountain has climbed back up 64 times and hopes to inspire others in the way others inspired her.
I couldn't believe... that I am now inspiring other people.
For me to be on the happy pod, I cannot tell you how incredible because you've been my inspiration.
Now I can inspire other people.
The thing that's extremely important to me is to understand that you are so much stronger than you think.
Also, the children who used a computer game to design their own real-life park in Bolivia.
A chess master returning to the poor Nigerian neighbourhoods he grew up in to urge young people to dream big.
And why a group of businessmen in Japan have taken up cheerleading.
We start with a remarkable story of recovery and endurance from one of our listeners.
In September 2023, Tanya Morkle, an experienced trail runner and mountain guide,
fell 18 metres down a ravine while hiking on Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa.
She was 64 at the time and sustained numerous life-threatening injuries,
including a broken back, a skull fracture and a brain haemorrhage.
But, inspired by other stories of resilience she's heard here on The Happy Pod,
Tanya vowed to return to her beloved mountain and has just completed 64 climbs in 64 days to raise money for the Wilderness Search and Rescue Service that helped save her life.
She's been speaking to Holly Gibbs,
starting with the moment the ground just disappeared under her feet.
I didn't have the opportunity to say to my husband, I love you, goodbye.