Always a pleasure to share another conversation with the legend himself, the one and only Chris Thrall.
Chris and I will be doing regular podcasts together going forward so if you have any topics, questions or issues you'd like us to discuss please do put your suggestions in the comments.
If it's your first time seeing Chris, allow me introduce a pioneer of the human experience.
Chris Thrall was born in South-East London. Aged eighteen, he joined the Royal Marines Commandos. Following active service in the Northern Ireland Conflict and training in Arctic warfare and survival, he earned his parachutist’s ‘wings’ and operated as part of a high-security detachment on board an aircraft carrier.
In 1995, Chris moved to Hong Kong to oversee the Asia-Pacific expansion of a million-dollar marketing operation he’d built part-time while serving in the forces. Six months later, he was homeless, in psychosis from crystal meth addiction and working as a nightclub doorman for the 14K, Hong Kong’s most ruthless triad brotherhood.
In 2011, Chris wrote the internationally bestselling memoir Eating Smoke, a frank, disturbing yet often hilarious account of his experience. He has spoken on numerous podcasts, radio and television programs and has co-produced two award-wining radio plays on his life and memoir. Forty Nights, Chris’s 2019 follow-up, details how he used chronic addiction as a springboard to achieve all of his life’s goals.
A qualified pilot, skydiver, snowboarder and ultra-runner, Chris has travelled across eighty countries on seven continents, including backpacking through all of North, Central and South America. He has run a sub-four London Marathon and completed a quadruple ironman of a 9-mile swim, 450-mile cycle and 107-mile run. In 2018, with zero training for three years following spinal surgery, he ran an ultra-marathon every day for 37 days, 999 miles from John O’Groats to Land’s End, solo, unsupported and carrying 14kgs of camping equipment, to raise awareness of veterans’ suicide and £18K for charity.
In 1999, Chris firewalked 120 metres over red-hot coals to raise money to work with street children in post-war Mozambique. He has driven aid workers from Norway to India and back on a 1978 British Leyland bus, dived off the cliff in Acapulco, fished for piranhas in the Amazon, scuba-dived with bull sharks in Belize and leopard seals and icebergs while exploring the Antarctic Polar Circle.
For his humanitarian approach to life, Chris was awarded the Second Level Commendation of the Finnish Nation on the grounds of human generosity. He has a degree in youth and community work, is a substance-misuse and addiction specialist and a life-changing speaker. He currently lives in Plymouth, England, where he still intends to become an astronaut, a dolphin trainer or the Milky Bar Kid.
CHRIS SOCIAL MEDIA AND CONTACT DETAILS
WEBSITE - www.christhrall.com
BOOKS - https://www.amazon.co.uk/l/B004HC7TOW
FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/christhrall
TWITTER - https://twitter.com/christhrall
YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/user/christhr...
PINTEREST - https://www.pinterest.co.uk/christhrall/
LINKEDIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christhrall
INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/chris.thrall/
Jimmy James SOCIAL MEDIA & PERSONAL CONTACTS
FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/jimmyjames.h...
INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/eottwithjj/
TWITTER - https://twitter.com/EOTT00104983
LINKEDIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-jam...
CANUND - https://canund.com/jimmyjames
MEWE - https://mewe.com/profile/5d89ea079f96...
EMAIL - [email protected]
LINKS FOR EOTT everything on the table vlogcast and podcast
YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiJl...
BITCHUTE - https://www.bitchute.com/channel/gq0o...
VIMEO - https://vimeo.com/user103213689
TWITCH - https://www.twitch.tv/jimmyjamesharris
SOUNDCLOUD - https://soundcloud.com/user-560506655...
MAILING LIST for upcoming book release - https://mailchi.mp/1d7d4eff05bd/priso...
