Science of Survival: Adrift

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

What happens to people who are swept out to sea? Some survive for months and even years, alone in lifeboats eating whatever they can catch and drinking rainwater. In this episode we ask you, the listener, to imagine a surfing session gone very wrong when a strong offshore wind blows you out into the ocean. You’re alone on your board, at the mercy of the weather. No one knows you’re out here and you have no way of calling for help. Do you have what it takes to endure until a rescue arrives? And then we tell you the true story of someone who did.

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0:00.0	This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Saris, a company that dedicates $100,000 every year to cycling advocacy programs.
0:08.0	They also make the exceptional Magnus and Hammer indoor smart trainers,
0:12.0	the kind that allow you to ride your bike around a fictional video game island from the comfort of your podcast partner's basement.
0:18.0	All right, there you are, that's your guy.
0:20.0	That's me? That's you. So start pedaling.
0:22.0	Now, my podcast partner happens to be a competitive cyclist.
0:25.0	He's been geeking out on these trainers for a month.
0:28.0	But if you don't have someone explaining things to you in very granular detail,
0:32.0	what you need to know is that Cyclops Smart trainers someone explaining things to you in very granular detail.
0:33.0	What you need to know is that Cyclop Smart trainers convert your normal outdoor bike
0:36.7	into a stationary bike and link it to your computer.
0:39.8	This allows you to adjust pedaling resistance on the fly.
0:42.8	And if you use virtual training software,
0:44.9	like Ruvie or Swift, the bike will react
0:47.7	to the digital environment you're riding through.
0:50.1	Slip in and draft behind the peloton,
0:52.3	and you'll feel the difference.
0:53.4	Jump on him, see, oh, you could.
0:55.4	There, see if you close the gap.
0:57.4	Yeah, if you catch them, then you'll get a drafting boost, so it'll get a little easier.
1:02.4	Yeah, so now you're drafting.
1:03.6	Hi guys.
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