Classes from a lifetime of journey
There’s 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He’s been having epic expedition-style adventures since his first lengthy hike at 11 years outdated together with his household and constructing in direction of his first solo journey, snowboarding from Mt Kosciusko to Canberra, aged 17.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 infinite tinkering to construct a greater existence on the market. As you’ll hear on this episode (and may learn way more about in his e-book Fashionable Day Castaway), that canoe wasn’t his first.
On this ep we get to know a bit extra about what drives this kind of 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: Should you pay attention fastidiously, you would possibly hear plane within the background. Yep… should you’re going to be an Air Power pilot, you reside close to an airbase!
Key episode takeaways:
- Why life is healthier with journey
- How Mike approaches problem-solving and mitigating danger
- The worth of calling for assist early
- What a pilot sees from the air (suggestions 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 so forth
- Selecting who can be your emergency contact
- When feelings can shock you and the way they may have an effect on choice 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 areas to ‘particular spots’ on social media
- The down and UP sides of danger
- Why hardship is sweet for us
Hyperlinks from this episode:
Mike’s e-book – Fashionable Day Castaway
Timelapse video of Mike constructing his dugout canoe
Mike and his youngsters do the Snowies 10 Peaks Video
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Sponsor // Paddy Pallin
Rescued Podcast foremost photograph // Ben Cirulis and fotografija.com.au
