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Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Welcome to the Wild Tales Podcast. My name is Jason Fox and on this podcast I'm going to be speaking to

some inspirational people about their lives and adventures and looking at issues

like resilience and the benefits of hitting the great outdoors. The podcast is presented by the Book of Man and

supported by Taliska, the Single Malt Whiskey made by the sea. My guest today

is Aldo Kane. He's a former Royal Marine Commando sniper, an explorer, a TV presenter, a world

record rower and quite a bit of this has been with me.

Over a telescope we talk about his formative experiences as an adventure-loving kid,

experiences like jumping into an erupting volcano and living without daylight for 10 days,

and discuss fear and how you can handle it. I hope you enjoy. Right, so, so mate, it feels a bit weird being set up as it, your best mate with a microphone

plonked in front of us both but this is the podcast and I'm I don't know it's

weird isn't it well I tell you what just before you start rabbiting on this is

probably an opportunity we we never take. We talk as

best mates but we don't really talk about each other as in proper seriously

posed questions. We don't ask each other how we're feeling do you

mean no we do that we do that but and we drink whiskey we do half of it but anyway

let's start so people get to know the real Aldo cane at the beginning.

Growing up as a kid, mate, you're a bit of an adventure now.

You've done quite a lot.

Have you always had that adventurous streak? I grew up in, I mean you

know my family, I grew up in Ayrshire coining with my twin brother who was in

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