[Bonus] How To Make A Way When There Isn't One.

For Robert Peary, it was his life motto. The words inscribed on his tombstone. In 1881, he joined the US Navy Civil Engineers Corps, a job that sent him to Key West, Florida on one of his first assignments to do the impossible: build a new Navy Pier that other smarter, more experienced engineers said couldn’t be done. Most would’ve balked at the request, citing other engineers’ experience or environmental conditions.

An episode of the EDGY Conversations podcast, hosted by The EDGY Empire, titled "[Bonus] How To Make A Way When There Isn't One." was published on April 26, 2018 and runs 10 minutes.

April 26, 2018 ·10m · EDGY Conversations

Summary

For Robert Peary, it was his life motto. The words inscribed on his tombstone. In 1881, he joined the US Navy Civil Engineers Corps, a job that sent him to Key West, Florida on one of his first assignments to do the impossible: build a new Navy Pier that other smarter, more experienced engineers said couldn’t be done. Most would’ve balked at the request, citing other engineers’ experience or environmental conditions.

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