WEBVTT - Ant Middleton Compares Climbing K2 To Partying With Hayesy

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<v Speaker 1>He's a former UK Special Forces soldier turned sas Australia

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<v Speaker 1>Chief instructor. You can't calk.

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<v Speaker 2>Few, but what you can do is harnessing.

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<v Speaker 1>If he's not dancing with the stars.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm screaming and shouting at the recruits. Now my partner

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<v Speaker 2>is screaming, is shouting at me, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Is scaling the world's largest peaks.

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<v Speaker 2>You know you're going to be very near dead bodies.

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<v Speaker 1>This could be me and now climbing the most dangerous

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<v Speaker 1>mountain in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>He to the danger is really what enticed me.

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<v Speaker 3>The head of.

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<v Speaker 1>Killer K two's premier on seven Plus next Thursday, and

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<v Speaker 1>fresh from running into him at the Radio Awards in

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<v Speaker 1>Sydney last weekend, Please welcome and Middleton.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning guys. How are you?

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<v Speaker 1>Can I say something about you? And you have a

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<v Speaker 1>fierce reputation given what you do on sas right and

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<v Speaker 1>the way you can confront these celebrities and bring out

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<v Speaker 1>the best of them is wonderful. When I thought, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>he's so fearsome, and then you were in reception when

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<v Speaker 1>we arrived at the hotel. We've never met before and

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<v Speaker 1>you greeted me with the biggest smile and half an embrace,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, like, you're the nicest person.

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<v Speaker 2>Of all time.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know what to do, so I started doing pushups. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>good plan.

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<v Speaker 2>I was wondering why you're doing those push ups. No, no, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's who I am. You know, when I'm running a

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<v Speaker 2>military course or military style sort of event, then you

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<v Speaker 2>know it has to be serious because the military is

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<v Speaker 2>a serious organization. You know, at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 2>we go and do things that we don't necessarily want

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<v Speaker 2>to do or or enjoy doing, but we need to

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<v Speaker 2>do it. So when you see me on sas, a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people when they meet me in real life,

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<v Speaker 2>they think I'm going to be screaming and shouting at people,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's the complete opposite.

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<v Speaker 1>And this was the conversation on Saturday Night, Hazy. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not sure if you recall, but you were saying, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>my friend Cane Horns wants to go on the show,

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<v Speaker 1>and he'd be amazing and there's no way, and you

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<v Speaker 1>were like, I'd break him within three days.

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<v Speaker 2>It was quite funny as well, because I meet some

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<v Speaker 2>of the celebrities that don't even know they're coming on

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<v Speaker 2>the course, and they're all joking and laughing around with me,

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<v Speaker 2>and then all of a sudden I meet them on

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<v Speaker 2>the course and they look at me and go hi, ANT,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, who are you calling? ANT? Start to you,

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<v Speaker 2>and then then you see them like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm actually in and on the course. Yeah. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>don't be surprised if that smile turns upside down. See

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<v Speaker 2>me next.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I have to say to my husband sort of

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<v Speaker 1>was chatting to you for a little while, and he

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<v Speaker 1>confided in me afterwards, he goes Jones. I was so

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<v Speaker 1>close to saying to Aunt, you're a dead ringer for

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<v Speaker 1>Aunt Middleton. And then someone actually came up and said

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<v Speaker 1>hey Aunt, and he's.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, oh my god, it him.

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<v Speaker 1>He just thought you're a radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Person, right, did he? Yea is yeah, because I was yeah, yeah, absolutely.

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<v Speaker 3>The worst result was if you said to you, you're

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<v Speaker 3>actually a poor man's Aunt Middleton.

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<v Speaker 1>You look like Middleton, but not as good looking.

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<v Speaker 2>Shorter shorter Middleton. There's a lot of people seeming there

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<v Speaker 2>like they sort of looked me up and down, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know they think that I'm six foot two and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not. I'm five for eight. So it's like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I know they want to say something and I sort

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<v Speaker 2>of give them the death stare and I'm like, don't

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<v Speaker 2>you dare I am vertically changed. Yes, No, I keep

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<v Speaker 2>that to myself.

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<v Speaker 1>We've digressed very very much so in this interview. But

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<v Speaker 1>Killer K two with Aunt Middleton tell us about that place.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, K two is the second highest mountain in the world,

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<v Speaker 2>but the most dangerous and the most technical of the

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<v Speaker 2>eight thousanders. After I completed everes Ince twenty eighteen, sort

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<v Speaker 2>of the next one was was K two, And when

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<v Speaker 2>you climb K two, it sort of solidifies you as

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<v Speaker 2>a mountaineer. So when I got the call to go

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<v Speaker 2>and do it, I literally had the three weeks not

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<v Speaker 2>climb with myself and two sirpas, and we just sort

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<v Speaker 2>of self filmed everything to the point where when we

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<v Speaker 2>look back at the footage, there was a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>you know, celebratory moments, you know, when you're there and

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<v Speaker 2>you're feeling strong. But I realized there was a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of emotional moments. There was a lot of moments where

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<v Speaker 2>I was vulnerable. I was in a bad way emotionally

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<v Speaker 2>and psychologically. So we thought, do you know what, We're

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<v Speaker 2>going to put a documentary together where we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>show how tough high altitude climbing is and what it

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<v Speaker 2>does to the mind and what it does to your emotions,

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<v Speaker 2>and especially with myself. I climbed it in nineteen days unacclimatized,

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<v Speaker 2>and people put, you know, five to seven weeks aside

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<v Speaker 2>to climb any of the eight thousanders, you know, because

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<v Speaker 2>you have to acclimatize correctly. So when it comes out

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<v Speaker 2>in the twenty fourth of October on seven plus, you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to see quite a quite a hardcore and emotional

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<v Speaker 2>journey that I go on.

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<v Speaker 1>And after Saturday night, Andrew he's felt like he'd climbed

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<v Speaker 1>the mountain and been through an emotional journey.

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<v Speaker 2>And connect with you and fell from the top all

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<v Speaker 2>the way to the bottom, stumbled down big snowball.

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<v Speaker 3>Took it, took you bugger all there. It took me

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<v Speaker 3>three hours to get that top front And thank you

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<v Speaker 3>so much for journey us mate. Can I just say

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<v Speaker 3>as well, I don't want to embarrass you, but it's

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<v Speaker 3>actually really nice to say to my mates back in

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<v Speaker 3>Adelaide that I got to meet Aunt and he's as

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<v Speaker 3>big a legend as we hoped for.

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<v Speaker 2>In the flesh so cheers mate, You guys are legends.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks very much, Thank you so much.