DEEP TROUBLE: Injured and Alone
Adventure Rider Radio
Canoe West Media
4.9 • 915 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
When Eliot Metherell set off on a solo motorcycle journey through Australia, he was chasing freedom, solitude, and scenic back roads. But just days into the ride, a friendly suggestion to try a campground in the hills turned into a nightmare. Being new to adventure riding and with no off-road experience and an overloaded bike, Eliot found himself injured and alone, pinned under his motorcycle on a remote forest trail with no cell service and nightfall approaching. In this episode, Eliot shares the full story of what went wrong, what he learned, and how a few key decisions can make the difference between adventure and disaster.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today we have another one of our Deep Trouble series. Deep Trouble is an exclusive series found only here on Adventure Rider Radio. |
| 0:08.1 | Deep Trouble is stories from riders that have experienced breakdowns, being lost, catastrophes, injuries, or other things that have led them into deep trouble. |
| 0:17.3 | And of course, no one wants any kind of trouble. But if there was no threat to dodge, no line in the sand to skirt, no precipitous edge to approach, there would be no adventure. And because adventure lives in that gray zone, that gray zone between safety and danger, it's all about riding the gray zone, your gray zone, whatever that is. And our deep trouble series is about |
| 0:38.5 | helping you ride the gray zone without actually crossing into danger. In other words, |
| 0:43.5 | getting a taste without gulping a mouthful. And we do that by hearing stories of those that have |
| 0:48.4 | fallen into trouble, that have struggled and returned with some lessons for all of us on how |
| 0:53.1 | to avoid deep trouble. |
| 0:54.8 | As well, maybe something that will help you should you find yourself in deep trouble. |
| 1:00.5 | On today's episode of Deep Trouble, Elliot Methrol from Australia set out on a four-month |
| 1:05.3 | journey across Australia. He was looking for wide open roads and stunning landscapes, |
| 1:10.2 | but a seemingly simple detour he made on the recommendation from a local turned his dream into a bit of a nightmare. |
| 1:18.1 | With no off-road experience, no cell service, and no one else around, Elliot found himself pinned under his motorcycle, injured, and facing the real possibility that help |
| 1:29.6 | might not come. I'm Jim Martin. This is Adventure Rider Radio. Stay with us. We got a good one for you. |
| 1:39.8 | I'm Sam Manico. I'm not Manick Simon Pavey |
| 1:44.2 | Halge Pairdus |
| 1:44.9 | Garslin Snell |
| 1:45.6 | Charlie Bowman |
| 1:46.2 | Simon Thomas |
| 1:46.9 | Lisa Jarvis |
| 1:47.5 | Graham Jarvis |
| 1:49.8 | Chris Bech |
| 1:50.4 | Nick Sanders |
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