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Interviews with hard-core adventurers, serious outdoor misfits, and those who have found themselves in extreme survival situations. Hosted by Michael Atkinson (Outback Mike), an experienced survivalist and adventurer, we discover how they handled hardship and the transformative power of adventure and risk-taking. There's plenty of 'lessons-learned' and 'how-to' to keep you alive and sane on your next adventure too, whether it's Antarctica or hiking a local trail with kids. Be warned though, ...
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‘Adventure Before Dementia’ is a radio show for camping enthusiasts. Whether you like staying in caravan parks or bush camping, be it up the river, along the coast, discovering unsealed national parks or more remote outback explorations, ‘Adventure Before Dementia’ is your weekly dose of escapism. Hosts Anita & Mike Pavey have worked as photo-journalists for some of Australia’s most popular 4x4, camper trailer and caravan publications. They have travelled widely including a 13-month Big Lap ...
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Crossing the Gobi Desert on foot, mountaineering in Nepal, paragliding in Bolivia, Elise goes from one epic adventure to the next, squeezing the most from each finite year of life. Strap in, as she re-lives the dream so far including the odd turns and hardship. Check out her ripping new book Take It Outside…
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My guest today has a long history of working and playing in some of the most rugged and remote parts of NSW. So, with a few days up his sleeve, a bit of research and the right kind of skills and experience behind him, he set off for another steep n’ deep trip through Kanangra Boyd National Park, bound for Katoomba on the traditional K2K route. WARN…
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Luke lives by the motto 'One Life One Chance', where he pursues adventure as if he had five years left to live. Climbing mountains, rowing oceans, base jumping, the list is endless and in between he writes books and speaks about them to recharge the bank account for the next one. He's just published his third adventure memoir and they're all highly…
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There’s something about the immense power of lightning that has fascinated cultures and people throughout the centuries. How it behaves, how it moves through the sky and the force and damage that it can bring. If news reports are anything to go by, it would be easy to think that being struck by lightning only happens to golfers or beach anglers. My…
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At just under 2000m, Mt Bogong is the highest peak in Victoria. It looms over the small township of Mount Beauty, not too far from Falls Creek, and is a classic multiday trip for bushwalkers - who don’t mind over 1200 metres of vertical ascent - or in snow - for keen backcountry skiers. Sitting within what’s called the “Bogong Remote and Natural Ar…
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There is so much more to Mike Atkinson (aka Outback Mike) than what we saw of his 64 days, toughing it out in the wilds of Tassie’s west coast, on the first season of SBS’ Alone Australia (season 2 kicks off 27/3/23). He’s been having epic expedition style adventures since his first long hike at 11 years old with his family and building towards his…
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Callie has been camping in the North American woods for the last 12 years... straight! Tragedy, the call of the wild and courage to commit to the unknown have shaped her differently. She is also one of the most prominent and much-loved characters on the US Alone TV show, appearing in Season 7 and Alone Frozen. Oh, and she lives with 11 goats. You d…
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What better way to wrap up 2023 and season 1 of the Rescued Podcast, than by loading you up with fresh stories and podcasts for your Aussie Summer Christmas road trip listening. I'm delighted to introduce you to Ashley Saupe and her immense library of work on The Sharp End podcast. Download the Transcript here LINKS The Sharp End - Episode 53 // Th…
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These tips come from personal experience with my own kids (from babies to teenagers) on adventures such as a week-long unsupported hike through remote Tasmania, a fourteen-day high altitude trek in Nepal, and a four-day ski traverse through the Snowy Mountains in a blizzard. Learn what works and what doesn't from the technical side to parental regr…
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In what must be the most basic of human fears, James woke up to find himself buried alive. Outside, the wind buffeted the Main Range, out past Mt Kosciusko, but all was quiet inside his cosy, white snow cave. In this episode of Rescued, we hear from James and his mate Dylan, as they talk about their two very different experiences of this epic backc…
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Lisa sailed solo around Antarctica (twice!). The third person ever to have done it, and the first woman, she broke the world speed record on the second attempt. Narrowly escaping death during a complete dismasting she was impacted by the ship that came to her aid and survived countless rollovers and knock-downs on the planets roughest ocean (even d…
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24 year old Tom built a plywood boat in his Brisbane backyard, shipped it to Peru and rowed solo back toward Australia across the Pacific. A totally authentic, epic adventure ensued until.... on the final leg he was capsized by a rogue wave. In gale force winds, naked and freezing, he secured himself with a single rope to the upturned hull and acti…
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The Hayes family lives a very different life. With three YouTube channels in one family they have the freedom to go where their outdoor passions take them. First I chat to Liz about the pros and con's of such a life and then Clay (winner of Alone season 8). We dive deeper into the ethics of bowhunting in the US and raising kids in such a unique way…
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Clay is a highly experienced American woodsman. We chat about his upbringing and the experiences that prepared him for the show, like hunting and fishing as a kid, his masters in wildlife ecology, 17 years in the Idaho Fish and Game Department and the YouTuber lifestyle that allows his family to 'live the dream' in wild and remote places. Follow Cl…
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We venture into wild places to get away from it all. But when it comes to calling for help, letting someone know that we’re delayed or even just giving our loved ones peace of mind, we have to rely on satellite communication methods - because mobile phone coverage often doesn’t reach to where we want to go. In this episode, I speak with Linda Berry…
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I linked up with Australian adventurer Lucy Barnard in Central America as she hiked past the halfway mark of her 30,000km hike from the southern tip of South America to the northern tip of Alaska. I've known Lucy for a while now and we unpacked her adventure while hiking for three days up an active volcano in Guatemala while her hiking companion, W…
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I got to know Naomi closely as we worked together for two weeks as survival instructors for Desert Island Survival on an uninhabited island off Panama. This is a summation of those deep convos in our hammocks after 'work'. Strap in. We cover some interesting territory- -survival coping mechanisms -bisuexual polygamy -rape, extreme trauma, and the a…
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Naomi has experienced amazing things in the survival world despite finding her passion recently and still being in her twenties. Labelled 'Bushcraft Barbie', she doesn't fit the fashion-designer stereotype.......at all. From bear encounters (bear and Bear), to dealing with the media, to post partum depression she's open and honest about her fears a…
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We all know the importance of having solid first aid skills when we head off into the bush. A good remote area first aid course not only gives us the technical know-how of what to do in an emergency, but confidence to step in and act when someone suffers an injury. However, there’s something that first aid courses can’t really prepare us for that c…
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Closer to Morocco than Madrid, the resort town of Nerja on Spain's southern coastline, draws visitors to its beaches, historic caves and mountainous national park that surrounds it. In this episode, experienced hiker Jane takes us high up into the Rio Chilla, a beautiful, clear water walk-in canyon that's popular with families and tourists with a n…
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In 2020 over 3.7 million people from Australia and overseas visited the Blue Mountains - The most visited National Park in New South Wales. They're drawn to the dramatic clifftop views, deep valleys and diverse habitats that stretch over the 1 million hectares of this world Heritage sandstone plateaux, a landscape that is constantly being carved by…
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Matt U’Brien’s story is powerful. During his 17-year policing career (mostly within the Police Rescue Squad), he’s done literally hundreds of rescues and saved countless lives whilst risking his own. What’s unique about Matt, is that during this time he also found himself in the critical position of needing to be rescued himself. For this, and many…
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When we hear the whisper to step off the concrete, away from the built environment and into the bush, we step into a world and a place that speaks to the very heart of what it means to be alive. These places, away from the constraints and controls that are part of our day-to-day lives, connect us to a place that is proven to be fuel for our bodies …
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Mike and Anita Pavey speak to special guests Chairman of SA Variety Brenton 'Rambo" Ramsey, Team Jellybeans, Meagan Sampson, Tracey Robinson and Penny Ryall and Stuart and Brian Peddle in the Mobile Workshop, as they left for the 8 days adventure from Mt Barker to Mt Gambier. Live to air 12.8.2017 Hills Radio 88.9FM…
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