Classes from a lifetime of journey
There may be a lot extra to Mike Atkinson (aka Outback Mike) than what we noticed of his 64 days, toughing it out within the wilds of Tassie’s west coast, on the primary season of SBS’ Alone Australia.
He’s been having epic expedition-style adventures since his first lengthy hike at 11 years previous along with his household and constructing in the direction of his first solo journey, snowboarding from Mt Kosciusko to Canberra, aged 17.
Watching him on ALONE, I used to be drawn in by his problem-solving and seemingly countless tinkering to construct a greater existence on the market. As you’ll hear on this episode (and might learn way more about in his e-book Trendy Day Castaway), that canoe wasn’t his first.
On this ep we get to know a bit extra about what drives such a life and what it takes within the type of meticulous planning and testing, earlier than committing to one thing that may value him every thing and the way he as soon as made the choice to name for assist.
BTS: If you happen to pay attention fastidiously, you may hear plane within the background. Yep… for those who’re going to be an Air Power pilot, you reside close to an airbase!
Key episode takeaways:
- Why life is best with journey
- How Mike approaches problem-solving and mitigating threat
- The worth of calling for assist early
- What a pilot sees from the air (ideas for being seen)
- Resolution-making in a disaster – how to not be ‘flappy’
- The significance of satellite tv for pc communication and worth of 2-way gadgets eg. ZOLEO, InReach, and many others
- Selecting who will likely be your emergency contact
- When feelings can shock you and the way they might have an effect on determination making
- Preparation and planning
- What adventurers can study from pilots – planning for each doable situation, psychological checklists and rehearsing them
- Mitigating rescue assets by sensible planning
- The problem of sharing places to ‘particular spots’ on social media
- The down and UP sides of threat
- Why hardship is nice for us
Hyperlinks from this episode:
Mike’s e-book – Trendy Day Castaway
Timelapse video of Mike constructing his dugout canoe
Mike and his youngsters do the Snowies 10 Peaks Video
Because of sponsor Paddy Pallin
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Episode transcript
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Sponsor // Paddy Pallin
Rescued Podcast important picture // Ben Cirulis and fotografija.com.au
