Can you take us back to your early 20s in Thailand and the night that you woke up in hospital?

Tell us what happened and go back to that experience and share what that was like for you.

Yeah, so, you know, I graduated from university, didn't have a ton of money as a kid,

but I always thought, you know, when I get out of school,

I want to, you know, travel around the world, you know, see a bit of it.

You know, it's fairly common for Australians, but you know, just on a shoestring budget,

saved up a few thousand dollars painting houses when I was a kid and, you know, just basically 21 years old set off into the world for a bit of an adventure.

You know, living in youth hostels, hitchhiking around, went to New Zealand, Australia, Fiji,

actually met my now wife in Fiji. This was 15 years ago, but so I

guess that was a win right out of the gates. But unfortunately I found myself in

Thailand and I made a foolish mistake which is I you know being young and silly I saw some guys

jumping a flaming jump rope and I thought you know gee that looks like a good idea

so I jumped that flaming jump rope and it tripped over it.

Kerousteine splattered my body and unfortunately it lit my body basically

on fire to my neck.

Survival mode kind of kicked in or needed it most.

I jumped into the ocean to extinguish the flames, but not before, you know, about 25% of my body was severely burned

predominantly my legs and my feet. And I was in a remote part of Thailand. I was actually on an island off the coast of Thailand.

So no proper medical facilities.

Instead of an ambulance ride, I had a moped ride down a dirt path.

So it was a pretty rough state.

And the doctors, I couldn't be moved.

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