{"id":201479,"date":"2026-01-20T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=201479"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:46:24","slug":"trekking-solo-to-the-north-and-south-poles-with-preet-chandi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/trekking-solo-to-the-north-and-south-poles-with-preet-chandi","title":{"rendered":"Trekking Solo to the North and South Poles with Preet Chandi"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/71b572fd-2b88-4000-be11-2cecdfe7658e?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/trekking-solo-to-the-north-and-south-poles-with-preet-chandi\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preet Chandi began her polar career in 2021 when she skied solo to the South Pole while hauling a 192 pound sled across Antarctica. At just 37 years old, Preet has already become one of the most accomplished polar explorers of our generation, completing three expeditions to Antarctica and setting a new Guinness World Record each time. She is currently training for a groundbreaking trip to the North Pole, which she hopes to set off for this spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Preet:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/polarpreet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/polarpreet\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/1025326955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Finding Mastery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the REI Co-op\u00ae Mastercard\u00ae<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Preet Chandi began her polar career in 2021 when she skied solo to the South Pole while hauling a 192 pound sled across Antarctica. At just 37 years old, Preet has already become one of the most accomplished polar explorers of our generation, completing three expeditions to Antarctica and setting a new Guinness World [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32542,"featured_media":201480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1726,1727],"tags":[1844,541,59,1452,1099],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-201479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-wild-ideas-worth-living","tag-expedition","tag-podcast","tag-ski","tag-wild-ideas-worth-living","tag-winter"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/trekking-solo-to-the-north-and-south-poles-with-preet-chandi","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Trekking Solo to the North and South Poles with Preet Chandi","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/trekking-solo-to-the-north-and-south-poles-with-preet-chandi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/trekking-solo-to-the-north-and-south-poles-with-preet-chandi"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Unknown-1.jpeg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Unknown-1.jpeg?fit=4624%2C3468"},"articleSection":"Wild Ideas Worth Living","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jenny Barber"}],"creator":["Jenny Barber"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":["expedition","podcasts","ski","wild ideas worth living","winter"],"dateCreated":"2026-01-20T11:00:00Z","datePublished":"2026-01-20T11:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-01-20T11:00:00Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Trekking Solo to the North and South Poles with Preet Chandi\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/trekking-solo-to-the-north-and-south-poles-with-preet-chandi\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/trekking-solo-to-the-north-and-south-poles-with-preet-chandi\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/Unknown-1.jpeg?resize=150%2C150\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/Unknown-1.jpeg?fit=4624%2C3468\"},\"articleSection\":\"Wild Ideas Worth Living\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Jenny Barber\"}],\"creator\":[\"Jenny Barber\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Uncommon Path \\u2013 An REI Co-op Publication\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"expedition\",\"podcasts\",\"ski\",\"wild ideas worth living\",\"winter\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2026-01-20T11:00:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-20T11:00:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-20T11:00:00Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/rei.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Unknown-1.jpeg?fit=4624%2C3468","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201481,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201479\/revisions\/201481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201479"},{"taxonomy":"internal-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-tag?post=201479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}