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Introduction

• The Adventure Diaries Podcast revisits season four highlights as a lead-up to season five.
• This episode features memorable moments and lessons from survival expert Megan Hine.

Megan’s Adventure Story

• Megan recounts a tense experience building a rope bridge in a remote gorge, unexpectedly caught in crossfire between local tribes and rangers.
• She describes the chaos, quick thinking, and eventual escape to safety, emphasizing the unpredictability of adventure.

Survival Tips & Mindset

• Megan explains the “Rule of Threes” for survival: 3 minutes without air, 3 hours without shelter, 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food.
• She adds her own: 3 months without company (for mental health) and 3 seconds without thinking (the importance of staying alert).
• Introduces the STOP acronym: Stop, Think, Observe, Plan—useful for both wilderness and everyday life to avoid panic and make rational decisions.

Adventure Mishaps

• Megan shares a story about returning from Borneo with a parasite in her foot, and the creative (if gross) method she used to remove it.

Call to Adventure

• Listeners are encouraged to stop procrastinating and step out their front door—adventure can be found anywhere, even in city green spaces or by joining a local climbing wall.
• The key message: Don’t let dreams stay dreams—take action!

Outro & Links

• Enjoyed the highlights? Listen to the full Megan Hine interview for more insights.
• Stay tuned for next week’s highlight episode featuring Paul Harris, the Warrior Walker.
• Find Adventure Diaries Podcast on YouTube: adventurediaries.com/youtube

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Adventure Diaries Podcast: Quick Update

Welcome to a special solo episode of the Adventure Diaries Podcast! In this update, your host reflects on two incredible years of the show, shares recent milestones, and gives a sneak peek at what’s coming next.

Highlights:

• The podcast just turned two years old! Over 60 amazing guests have shared their stories and adventures.
• The show was nominated for two awards and recently won the People’s Choice Award for Best Outdoor Podcast.
• As promised, for every vote received for the award, a donation was made to Blue Cross for animals in need.
• Season 4 has wrapped up, featuring 15 inspiring guests. Highlights and best moments from this season will be replayed in upcoming mini-episodes.
• A short break is planned before Season 5, which is already shaping up to be the best yet, with exciting guests and interviews lined up.
• The Adventure Diaries Map Project is launching soon—an immersive storytelling series with hand-illustrated maps and soundscapes. Beta testers worldwide will receive their copies before Christmas.
• Starting in 2026, expect an additional weekly solo episode from the host, offering short, punchy insights and stories. The release day is still being decided—listeners are invited to share their preferences!
• The host expresses gratitude to all listeners, guests, and supporters for making the show a success.
• Final ask: If you enjoy the podcast, please follow, subscribe, and leave a rating or review on your favorite platform to help keep the adventure going!

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Katharina Kneip is two and a half years into a human-powered and wind-powered northern loop of the Earth — walking, skiing and hitchhiking on sailboats across some of the most remote regions on the planet. In this conversation, she speaks from Nova Scotia while continuing her multi-year art project Round Motion, a slow, honest look at how people live on the edge of wild landscapes. Her story stretches from Germany to Arctic Norway, Svalbard, Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland and now mainland Canada — shaped by weather, chance encounters and the generosity of strangers.

What You’ll Learn

• How Round Motion blends long-form travel with contemporary art.
• Life in the High North: polar night, sea ice, winter tenting and borderlands.
• The realities of sailing early-season sea ice, storms and remote crossings.
• How landscapes, politics and people shape the way she thinks about culture and nature.
• Why this journey has no fixed story, no race and no heroics — just honest field experience.

Guest Bio (short)

Katharina Kneipp is a German artist walking, skiing and sailing a northern loop around the Earth as part of her ongoing project Round Motion. Her work focuses on slowness, field experience, borderlands, and how people live with weather, terrain and history.

Resources

• Katharina’s project: Round Motion
• Newsletter: KONTAKT - ROUND:MOTION

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Overview

In this short update, Chris shares exciting news from the Adventure Diaries Map Project — an immersive, story-driven map experience designed to bring the spirit of exploration into your hands. After months of fine-tuning and a few expected production tweaks, the first full prototype has arrived, ready to be shipped to beta testers across the world.

This isn’t just a map. It’s an experiment in slow storytelling — a physical artefact that captures the wonder of exploration, the pull of curiosity, and the joy of discovery. Chris explains how listeners can still join the final beta testing round, receive a free prototype, and help shape the finished Adventure Map before its official release.

What You’ll Learn

• 🗺️ How the Adventure Diaries Map Project blends storytelling with geography.
• 📦 Why physical storytelling creates deeper connection than digital screens.
• 🌍 How global beta testers are shaping the project’s final version.
• 🧭 How to join the final testing round and contribute feedback.
• 💌 The importance of gratitude and community in creative work.

Guest Bio

Host: Chris Watson
Chris is the host and creator of Adventure Diaries, a podcast that documents stories of wild places, slow travel, and human connection to the natural world. Through both field recording and narrative craft, he’s now expanding that storytelling into the tactile world through The Adventure Diaries Map Project — a physical, story-driven map designed to be explored and experienced.

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This week, Chris sits down with Georgia Barker, the voice and lens behind Nature with Georgia. From growing up on a goat farm in Essex to rafting below Victoria Falls and rediscovering the beauty of UK wildlife, Georgia’s story proves that adventure is often right outside your door.

She’s built a fast-growing community of bird lovers and everyday nature enthusiasts by sharing her honest learning journey — proof that you don’t need to be an expert to inspire others. Georgia’s mission is simple: to make birdwatching cool again and show that the wild is never far away.

What You’ll Learn

🕊️ How Georgia fell in love with birdwatching during a random day out at an RSPB reserve
📸 Why photography helped her slow down and reconnect with nature
🌍 What seven years of solo travel taught her about happiness and purpose
💡 The importance of accessibility and community in conservation
🎙️ How she’s using storytelling to change perceptions of British wildlife

Guest Bio

Georgia Barker is a wildlife photographer and creator from Essex, UK. Through her platform Nature with Georgia, she documents her journey into birdwatching and outdoor storytelling, encouraging people to reconnect with their local environment. She’s passionate about community nature walks, ethical photography, and making the outdoors welcoming for everyone.

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🎥 YouTube → Nature With Georgia

🌍 Website → www.naturewithgeorgia.co.uk

Resources Mentioned

• RSPB – Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
• Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
• Victoria Falls, Zambia & Zimbabwe

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Overview

From a Swansea estate to the peaks of Patagonia, Ollie Treviso became the first person to walk the entire length of the Andes — 14,000 kilometres across seven countries, taking 20 months of near-continuous motion. His story isn’t about records or ego, but about endurance, kindness, and rediscovering humanity step by step.

In this episode, Ollie speaks openly about losing direction in his twenties, leaving behind a job in insurance, and how walking became his therapy. He reflects on the extremes of the Andes — from the Salar de Uyuni’s white infinity to the Venezuelan jungle — and the strangers who saved him time and again. Through fractured bones, altitude sickness, and moments of despair, he found that the world is still full of good people and that adventure, at its heart, is about carrying on when no one is watching.

Chris and Ollie talk about how walking can heal mental health, the beauty of simplicity, and what modern life has lost in the rush for comfort. It’s an episode about grit, humility, and gratitude — a reminder that you don’t need to be special to do something extraordinary.

What You’ll Learn

• 💡 How a lost young man from Swansea became a global adventurer.
• 🧭 The unseen kindness and generosity of South America’s rural communities.
• 🗣️ Lessons in endurance, patience, and humility from 14,000km on foot.
• 🌍 Why walking can be a powerful tool for mental health and reflection.
• 🔥 How simplicity and gratitude can rebuild connection and purpose.

Resources

• Follow Ollie’s future projects: coming soon via Adventure Diaries updates.
• The BloomSpace Foundation— mental health charity supported by Ollie.
• Books mentioned: Endurance (Shackleton), Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (Fiennes), Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts).
• Watch the Andes visual diaries on Adventure Diaries YouTube.

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What happens when you try to drive the world in £75 cars and a big yellow school bus?

In this episode of The Adventure Diaries, Chris Watson is joined by Global Convoy founders Max White, Joel & Becca — the adventurous trio who turned a summer road trip idea into a worldwide overlanding community.

From rusty £75 bangers on Gumtree to a Pan-American Highway expedition in a converted US school bus, this episode dives into the chaos, charm, and community of traveling the world on a shoestring.

You’ll hear:
✨ The origin story of Global Convoy — how strangers became a family on the road.
✨ Why cheap cars = the best adventures.
✨ Mishaps, breakdowns & roadside repairs across Russia, Central Asia, and the Americas.
✨ Stories of kindness from locals in Uzbekistan, Japan, and South America.
✨ The epic Pan-American road trip in a big yellow school bus.
✨ How Global Convoy turned into a movement — and how you can join.

This isn’t just a travel story. It’s an adventure about community, resilience, and discovering magic in the unexpected.

🔗 Links & Resources

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Instagram: @globalconvoy
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Fitz Cahall—founder of The Dirtbag Diaries and co-founder of Duct Tape Then Beer—joins me to trace a life built around curiosity, craft, and the wild. We get into the nomadic childhood that pushed him outdoors, the dog-mauling that forged resilience, discovering climbing in Seattle, and the early podcasting leap that turned unsold magazine stories into a movement. We talk States of Adventure (DK), how to choose stories that reflect a lifetime outdoors, making inclusive adventure culture, and the 50-day Sierra traverse with Becca that reset his compass. We also explore creative stamina, running a mission-driven studio, and building family identity through shared time outside—plus Alex Honnold, Climbing Gold, and where audio can still surprise us.

What you’ll learn

• How childhood instability became a foundation for autonomy, authenticity, and adventure
• The moment podcasting “clicked” and scaled from 30 friends to thousands overnight
• Anatomy of States of Adventure: selecting 30 stories that mirror a life lived outside
• Why inclusive, everyday adventures expand the ecosystem (burro racing, rollerblading Iowa, etc.)
• Sustaining creative passion for 18 years without burning out
• Designing a family life that keeps mountains and forests in the calendar

Memorable threads

• The power of medium choice: audio stories at the length they need
• Craft over clout: playful branding as a filter for the right partners
• Lessons from a stormy, illness-riddled, unforgettable Sierra crossing
• Curiosity as a daily practice—for interviews, parenting, and purposeful work

Resources & links mentioned

• The Dirtbag Diaries — https://www.dirtbagdiaries.com
• Duct Tape Then Beer — https://www.ducttapethenbeer.com
• States of Adventure (DK) — https://www.dk.com
• National Geographic — https://www.nationalgeographic.com
• This American Life — https://www.thisamericanlife.org
• Climbing Gold (with Alex Honnold) — https://www.climbinggold.com
• Alex Honnold — https://www.alexhonnold.com
• Grand Canyon (NPS) — https://www.nps.gov/grca
• Yosemite (NPS) — https://www.nps.gov/yose
• RAGBRAI (Iowa cross-state ride) — https://www.ragbrai.com
• Pack Burro Racing — https://www.packburroracing.org
  Episode takeaway

Adventure—as practice and culture—builds resilient creativity, community, and meaning when we protect curiosity and time outside.

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