Podcast: Patricio Escobar talks about navigating his life changing injury, mindset, confidence, and much, much more.

Today I'm joined by Patricio Escobar, from Columbia. Patricio has had a long and colorful riding career - Coming from humble beginnings and riding trails on the city streets as a kid, Patricio went on to compete in trails riding all around the world for over 20 years. He then doubled down on this success with numerous podium finishes on the enduro bike as a 38-year-old athlete. Most notably winning the 2017 National Enduro Masters Cup and placing second in the 2018 EWS Manizales Colombia. The peak of his racing career was tragically cut short in 2019 by a life-altering crash that resulted in the fracture of his C3, C4, and C5 vertebrae and left him unable to move anything below the chest.

He continues to have a huge positive impact on the Mountain Bike Community by sharing his 'glass half full' outlook via his hit YouTube channel @PatricioEscobarDH and as a motivational guest speaker.


I highly recommend listening right through to the end as we get into topics including:

- His race-winning mindset
- How to balance fear and confidence
- How to avoid riding for the Ego
- The early days of trials riding and his enduro racing career
- His crash. The strength to be alive, and what it has been like to mourn the death of his old self and re-create a new self, and a new stage of his career.


You can follow along for the ride and check Patricio out on Instagram @patricioescobar, YouTube @PatricioEscobarDH, and his website here: www.fuerzapatricio.com

Listen here or by searching for ‘Grit with Wisdom’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, or over on my website, and you can follow me on Instagram @the_mind_mountain

Happy trails - Jake Johnstone