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By Aaron Habel & Jack Luna
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The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.
In the summer of 1968, an English newspaper, The Sunday Times, proposed a contest - The Golden Globe Yacht Race - which challenged all comers to attempt the first single handed non-stop circumnavigation of the world. Many entered, but only one man, Robin Knox-Johnson, completed the sail, securing the Golden Globe Trophy and a cash prize of 5000 pounds.
This caught the attention of Dougal Robertson (a former sailor in his late forties) along with his wife Lyn and their children - 18 year old Anne, 16 year old Douglas, and 12 year old twin boys Neil and Sandy, who together, followed the Golden Globe race from their dairy farm in rural Staffordshire, England. While watching a news report of the race, Neil, one of the twins, blurted out “Daddy’s a sailor, why don’t we sail around the world?” And this was how it started.
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Sources:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/14/how-a-12-year-old-boy-survived-38-days-adrift-in-ocean/
https://nmmc.co.uk/2022/05/the-50th-anniversary-of-the-robertson-family-rescue/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W6R0x8RK6Q&ab_channel=LADbibleTV
The family road trip brings to mind an overpacked station wagon, some unimpressed kids in the back, and a couple of adults arguing up front over a comically large map. It’s supposed to be a good time but in reality, usually, it’s a bit of a nightmare. Especially if dad made a wrong turn. And then another… and it’s getting dark.
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Sources:
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2011/01/kati_kim_speaks_out_on_oregonl.html
https://abcnews.go.com/2020/kati-kim-tells-heart-wrenching-story-family-ended/story?id=12884927
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49f9SiLmgEk
https://www.oregonlive.com/editors/2013/04/kim_familys_fatal_oregon_journ.html
History is often written by the victors - or in this case - a man named Vilhjalmur Stefansson who made a living and a name for himself by using other people's money to put unsuspecting explorers in peril.
This is the true story of Ada Blackjack.
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Tuesday April 25th, 2006. 9:26 PM. The small mining town of Beaconsfield in
Tasmania, Australia will soon find itself under the media’s spotlight - having lost the light of miners to collapse.
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Sources:
Beaconsfield (TV Movie 2012)
https://youtu.be/xKzFfX3qtik?si=CgBojCD3LHZv0Uct
60 Minutes Australia
https://youtu.be/LXC-LYD-4LU?si=vrInOhpDoKc8NiCS
Larry Knight Coroner Inquest
https://eagcg.org/common/pdf/Beaconsfield.pdf
Mineaccidents .com
http://www.mineaccidents.com.au/uploads/beaconsfield-investigation-report.pdf
Maroon - to leave someone trapped and isolated in an inaccessible place, especially an island. Admittedly, stories that closely fit that definition are more difficult to come by than we originally thought. This episode, however, fits the bill.
Resources:
Book ~ Fleming, Gregory N. At the Point of a Cutlass. 2014
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To be stranded anywhere - Marooned - sucks. It’s going to be uncomfortable. You’re going to have to find a way to get through it, until rescue. Usually that means finding shelter, eating bugs, and drinking urine. You know the deal. But for astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore it will mean an extended stay in the place they've always longed to be. Outer Space.
Bonnie Pandya's book is Little Tail, Big Tales and can be found wherever you buy books.
Aaron's books are Peek A Boop and Wag A Boop and are on Amazon.
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Marni Sheppeard (36) and Sonja Rendell (25) are both postgraduate students studying physics at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Sonja and her longtime boyfriend have recently broken up and Sonja is noticeably heartbroken. In an attempt to help her classmate clear her head, Marni suggests spending some time in nature; maybe a hike through Arthur’s Pass National Park.
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Timothy Treadwell, infamously known as “Grizzly Man”, referred to himself as The Kind Warrior. A nod to his tireless work in the wild as a documentarian and aspiring arbiter of all things animal. This unique character strove to become one with the bears of Alaska. A dream that would be fulfilled in nightmare fashion.
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The Jungle looks like a pretty fun place in cartoons. Appears to be a hot spot for adventure in the movies. Juliane Koepcke, a teenager at the time of this story, knew the adventure part. She, unlike most German teenagers, had spent time in the jungle. Not enough to master its secrets to survival, but apparently just enough to give it a problem killing her... after the plane crash failed to do it.
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Sources:
Wings of Hope - A documentary from Werner Herzog
https://bushcraftbuddy.com/juliane-koepcke/
On top of the world. You’d think you’d be jubilant. But at the peak of Mount Everest there’s little energy to celebrate. You’ve got about 20 minutes to enjoy the view, to take in your enormous accomplishment - before it’s time to go. You’re dying. You’re at high risk of cerebral edema. Brain swelling. It’s a grand achievement but you must go back down. You can’t let it get to your head. Or you will die. In the Death Zone.
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