Real-Life Spider-Man: on Stan Lee, Climbing the World’s Tallest Buildings and Alex Honnold controversy

<p>Dan Goodwin, better known as Spider-Dan, is a legendary climber, daredevil and high-rise safety campaigner.</p><p><br></p><p>In 1981, aged 25, he climbed the Sears Tower, then the tallest building in the world, wearing a homemade Spider-Man suit and using equipment he had designed himself. </p><p><br></p><p>He later climbed the World Trade Center, among a dozen skyscrapers, free-soloed both sides of the CN Tower and developed an unlikely friendship with Spider-Man&#39;s creator and Marvel founder Stan Lee.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about controlling fear when one mistake means death, the moments he came closest to falling, why firefighters once tried to knock him from a building, and the real reason behind his spectacular climbs.</p><p><br></p><p>They also discuss his complicated feelings about Alex Honnold and the way modern climbing history is presented, surviving stage-four cancer, the power and limitations of positive thinking, turning 70, and why Dan hopes he still has another 70 years ahead of him.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a conversation about risk, recognition, survival and refusing to live an ordinary life. It&#39;s about challenging the possible.</p><p><br></p><p>Buy Dan&#39;s memoir &#39;Untethered&#39; here: https://www.amazon.com/UNTETHERED-WHEN-SUCCESS-YOUR-OPTION-ebook/dp/B0GZ2PFL3Z</p><p><br></p><p>Follow me on Instagram here: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/richleighpod </p><p><br></p><p>=====</p><p><br></p><p>Interviews that might just change your life. </p><p><br></p><p>And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.</p><p><br></p><p>After my younger brother Jordan took his own life, I sold the PR agency I’d spent over a decade building and decided to go all-in on creating something meaningful.</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast is the result.</p><p><br></p><p>Project Possible is a podcast about success through adversity. About what&#39;s truly possible.</p><p><br></p><p>Expect famous faces and unsung heroes.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by me, Rich Leigh, each episode explores the lives, minds and experiences of extraordinary people from business, sport, entertainment, academia and beyond.</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe wherever you watch or listen.</p><p><br></p><p>=====</p><p><br></p><p>Sign up now to the free weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://projectpossible.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for behind the scenes, giveaways, ways to get involved and more.</p><p><br></p><p>=====</p><p><br></p><p>Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠rich@richleigh.co</p><p><br></p><p>More about Project Possible here: https://www.richleigh.co/podcast</p><p><br></p>