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The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to another episode of Unmistakable Creative, where we're joined by Alastair Humphreys, a British adventurer, author, and member of National Geographic's Adventurers of the year for 2012. Humphreys left his home in Yorkshire in August 2001 on his bicycle and returned four years later after cycling 46,000 miles across the world. His adventures have taken him through over 80 countries by bicycle, boat, and on foot.
In this episode, Humphreys shares his experiences from his global adventures, from playing the violin on the streets of Spain to rowing across the Atlantic, pulling a cart through the desert, and walking through India. He discusses how living an adventurous life is a possibility for everyone, regardless of age, income, or location.
Don't miss this episode to learn from one of the most influential voices in adventure and personal development. Gain insights that could transform your life and career, and understand how to live adventurously every day.
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| 0:00.0 | and I stopped to check the river and I wasn't sure whether to do it and I thought |
| 0:04.8 | this looks a bit too much and then I thought this will look awesome on film and so I thought |
| 0:10.8 | go and then go and then I'll do it and I set off down this river and instantly regretted it |
| 0:17.2 | it was terrifying it's the closest I've ever come to dying I dragged myself out of the river |
| 0:22.8 | very humbles and I learned two important lessons the first was I've forgotten to press record |
| 0:29.6 | on the video camera so I didn't even get that and the second thing is something that I've |
| 0:37.3 | now carried on into everything I do whether expeditions or writing books or anything is would I do |
| 0:43.8 | this thing if nobody ever found out or am I doing it to impress strangers on the internet? |
| 0:53.6 | I'm Strenie Rao and this is the unmistakable creative podcast where you get a window into the |
| 0:58.1 | stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who've started movements, |
| 1:02.4 | built thriving businesses, written best selling books and created an insanely interesting art. |
| 1:06.9 | For more check out our 500 episode archive at unmistakablecreative.com |
| 1:15.9 | Alster welcome to the unmistakable creative thanks so much for taking the time to join us |
| 1:19.4 | thank you for having me it is my pleasure to have you here so as you and I were joking here given |
| 1:24.7 | the adventurous nature of both of our lives yours probably more than mine it has taken six months |
| 1:29.9 | for us to actually make this happen but I am absolutely thrilled to have you here I've known about |
| 1:35.1 | your work for a long time long before you actually reached out and really just have a profound |
| 1:40.4 | respect and admiration for what you do and kind of how you show up in the world and with that in |
| 1:45.2 | mind I want to start by asking what I think is a fitting question given the nature of how you |
| 1:50.4 | have ended up and that is what social group where you're part of when you were in high school |
| 1:54.1 | and what has been the impact of that on who you've become and what you've done with your life. |
| 2:00.9 | That is a great question which no one has ever asked me before so this bodes well |
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