>>> WE ARE BACK WITH OUR
SISTERHOOD SERIES, AND WE HAVE A
FULL HOUSE IN STUDIO 1A.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE
WELCOMED THIS GROUP OF WOMEN.
>> WHAT A GREAT CREW WE HAVE
HERE.
WE FIRST MET THEM IN 2022 WHEN
THEY EARNED THAT NAME BY
CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN IN AFRICA,
MAKING THEM ONE OF THE LARGEST
GROUPS TO REACH THE SUMMIT.
>> IF THAT WASN’T ENOUGH, NOW
THEY’RE BACK TO SHARE THEIR
LATEST ADDVENTURE TO ANTARCTICA.
LET’S WELCOME CHRISTINA,
DANIELLE, ERIKA.
IN THE BACK ROW WE HAVE TENESHA,
JENNIFER, LISA, MARYANNE, NAJA
AND CHRISSY.
WE GOT EVERYBODY IN.
>> IT’S LIKE THE CAST OF TWICE.
>> THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR
COMING IN THIS MORNING.
IT’S BEEN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
CAN YOU EVEN BEBEGUNGIN TO DESCR
ANTARCTICA.
>> YES.
THE WORD I USE TO DESCRIBE IT IS
SURREAL.
IT WAS MAJESTIC.
JUST WAKING UP EVERY MORNING
LOOKING OUT THE VERANDA IN MY
ROOM WAS LIKE LIVING OUT A
DREAM.
>> JUST AS YOU USE THOSE
BEAUTIFUL WORDS, I THINK ANOTHER
ONE MIGHT BE COLD.
>> IT WAS COLD.
>> TELL ME ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE
OF SLEEPING ON SNOW AND ICE.
>> THAT’S INSANE, YES.
>> IT SOUNDS BRUTAL.
>> WE THOUGHT WE WERE CAMPING
EXPERTS HAVING DONE EIGHT DAYS
IN KILL MAN JAR ROW.
NOTHING COULD PREPARE US.
IT WAS COLD.
IT WAS WET.
THERE WAS VERY LITTLE
CIRCULATION IN OUR LITTLE BB
SACKS.
THAT’S WHAT THEY CALL IT.
IT WAS VERY WET INSIDE BECAUSE
OF THE CONDENSATION.
SO IT WAS REALLY COLD AND REALLY
UNCOMFORTABLE.
BUT BECAUSE WE ARE ADVENTURERS,
WE STUCK THROUGH AND STAYED ALL
NIGHT.
IT WAS REALLY ROUGH, THOUGH.
>> YOU WERE ALSO CRAZY ENOUGH TO
DO A LITTLE POLAR PLUNGE, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT.
>> YES.
>> THIS JUST SOUNDS NUTS.
THIS IS SORT OF LIKE A METAPHOR
FOR THE SISTERHOOD.
IT IS A SIMILARABLE.
>> FOR ME, I DON’T KNOW HOW TO
SWIM.
AND I DID THE POLAR PLUNGE.
>> WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
>> YOU KNOW, THE MIND-BODY
FIGURES IT OUT.
I HAD A LIFE VEST ON.
I WAS TETHERED TO THE ROPE.
MY BODY WAS OUT OF THAT WATER
BEFORE IT COULD EVEN RECOGNIZE
HOW COLD IT WAS.
>> MY GOODNESS.
HERE’S THE REALITY OF THIS.
YOU GUYS ARE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF
COLOR.
YOU DON’T OFTEN SEE US CLIMBING
MOUNTAINS OR CERTAINLY SLEEPING
IN THE SNOW FOR FUN, ALL THESE
THINGS.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO DO THIS?
A PART OF IT IS BREAKING THE
STEREOTYPES OF WHAT WE CAN DO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK WE ARE ALL TRAVELERS AT
HEART.
WE GOT THE BUG FOR TRAVEL.
I THINK COLLECTIVELY ANTARCTICA
WAS SUCH A GREAT NEXT STEP FOR
US TO REALLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
>> LET’S DO A SHOW OF HANDS HERE
AND GET EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
WHO HERE HANDLED THE COLD THE
BEST?
>> NOBODY.
>> WHICH WE ALL BROUGHT HOME
BECAUSE WE LOVE IT.
IT WAS AMAZING.
>> THE PARKA?
>> THEY GAVE US A PARKA.
THEY GAVE US A PARKA AND THEY
GAVE US OUR BOOTS AND THOSE
REALLY, REALLY WORKED TO KEEP US
WARM.
I THINK WE ALL REALLY HANDLED
IT.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS COLDER IN NEW
YORK THAN IT WAS IN ANTARCTICA.
>> THERE WAS ALSO SOME
SEASICKNESS.
WHO HANDLED THAT THE BEST?
>> CAN YOU HAND HER THE MIC.
>> GOING THERE WAS FINE.
THE DRAKE PASSAGE WASN’T AS
INTENSE AS WE THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE.
COMING BACK, WE HAD THE DRAKE
SHAKE.
BUT IT WENT WELL.
>> YOU GUYS ARE SO IMPRESSIVE.
JUST THE IDEA YOU WOULD GO TO
ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLACES AND
HAVE THESE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES IS
SOMETHING WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM.
WHAT STRIKES ME ABOUT THIS GROUP
OF WOMEN IS THIS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN 2022.
LAWYERS, DOCTORS, WHAT IS IT?
27 KIDS BETWEEN YOU IN THIS
GROUP.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE THE LASTING
MESSAGE IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
HEARING THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT
NOW IS ABOUT YOUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS?
>> I THINK FOR US IT IS REALLY
JUST TAKING TIME FOR YOURSELF
AND BEING ABLE TO GATHER WITH A
GROUP OF WOMEN LIKE THIS.
WE’RE ALL FROM DIFFERENT WALKS
OF LIFE.
BUT BEING ABLE TO TAP INTO
SELF-CARE AND TO TRAVEL THE
WORLD AND TO SEE THINGS FOR
OURSELF.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE,
THEY’RE DEDICATED TO THEIR
FAMILIES AND THEY’RE ON THESE
STRICT SCHEDULES.
BUT HERE WE GET TO COME
TOGETHER.
WE GET TO LEARN ABOUT EACH
OTHER.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US DIDN’T
KNOW EACH OTHER BEFORE THE TRIP.
BUT THIS TIME WE HAD A LOT OF
TIME TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER
AND REALLY SPEND TIME AND LAUGH
AND DO ACTIVITIES TOGETHER TO
BUILD THE SISTERHOOD, WHICH IS
WHAT WAS SO IMPORTANT.
>> CHRISTINE?
>> BE CURIOUS ABOUT THE WORLD.
AND STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT
ZONE.
SO I DON’T THINK ANY OF US
PLANNED ONGOING TO ANTARCTICA A
COUPLE YEARS AGO.
BUT JUST DO SOMETHING YOU DIDN’T
THINK YOU COULD DO OR WANTED TO
DO.
>> DO YOU HAVE A BUG FOR
SOMEPLACE NEXT?
HAVE YOU TALKED ABOUT IT YET?
CAN ANYBODY SAY?
>> SO WE HAD TWO THINGS WE’RE
CONSIDERING AT THE TOP OF OUR
LIST.
ONE IS GORILLA TREKKING IN
ROWANDA WHERE WE WILL SEE
GORILLAS IN THEIR NATURAL
HABITAT OR MOUNTAINOUS TREKKING
IN BHUTAN, WHICH IS CONSIDERED
THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD.
>> YOU GUYS DON’T MESS AROUND.
>> NO.
I SAID THIS THE LAST TIME YOU
GUYS WERE HERE, AND I WILL SAY
IT AGAIN.
I THINK ON THE 3rd HOUR WE TALK
ABOUT NOT GIVING UP YOUR DREAMS.
I TALKED ABOUT RUNNING THE
MARATHON.
A LOT OF TIMES WE’RE 50 PLUS.
WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS AND FAMILIES
AND JUGGLING JOBS, YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU ARE STUCK.
KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR GETTING
TOGETHER.
YOU DIDN’T KNOW EACH OTHER AND
YOU SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?
LET’S DO THIS.
I HOPE THE PEOPLE WATCHING WILL
SEE YOU GUYS AND THEY’RE
INSPIRED BY YOUR SISTERHOOD.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR
MAKING THE TREK HERE TO "THE
TODAY SHOW".
>> THANK YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.