I've been looking for an adventure for a while.
It's been a while since I've done one, a proper adventure.
Met Matt in Hong Kong and he sowed the seed
and looked at it a little bit,
but then suggested it to my dad and he said,
hey, let's go get off the track a little bit
and hang out and go explore.
I mean, I live in Asia and you get to see
in a lot of beautiful places,
but it feels like it's really quite trodden these days.
And opportunity to come and do something unique, I think.
I generally don't think about things too much
before I do them, which is perhaps to my detriment,
bringing the wrong kit or leaving stuff behind,
but I was super excited about just the unknown
more than anything.
Little bit nervous about just getting out of your comfort
zone a bit, I guess.
I'm a bit of a pussy when it comes to sleeping rough
and jungles full of insects and bugs and monsters.
But yeah, it makes you really.
I mean, just a few days before, I was super excited.
I was pouncing around a little bit.
Yeah, it was excellent.
Really loved it.
Variety, just throwing the deep end.
Here now, we're not here to mess around.
Let's get into it, so I love that about it.
Just not knowing where we were going.
Every day was a challenge.
Every day being beaten up.
Tired, but feeling like you've achieved something.
Yeah.
Yeah, it was great.
I mean, I'm glad to think I'm fit,
but it definitely pushed me.
I mean, the first day, as I said,
it was deep end, mostly hard work.
Mentally, a little bit.
I'd say that was more physically challenging
than mentally challenging.
But then a few things I struggled with a little bit,
but just hit me on both of those.
Yeah, it's good.
I needed that.
I'm a control freak, for sure.
And it's hard, I mean, to keep asking questions.
Like, what time are we doing this, where we go in here?
And Matt did really well in not actually giving in
any information.
Honestly, he just accepts it.
Once someone tells you, you're not
going to find out.
You're here and just see what happens.
And then actually more comfortable with it
than I expected.
It was fine.
I mean, work-wise, I had work to do,
but ultimately didn't really care.
And I've now got my phone.
I know that there's a lot of messages and emails that are on
there, and I haven't had time or a chance to look at them yet.
But Saturday afternoon, and I'm up at the mountain,
there's more important things to look at here.
Yeah, I'm fine.
Need more of that, I think.
The chance to do things that everyone kind of goes on
adventures, everyone goes on trips, and you can go and book
everyone could book a ticket to come to these places
ultimately, but they can't get the same experience.
You might join a trip, an organized tour, or someone might
give you some tips on where to go, but you just don't get to
go as deep as we've done here.
So I think the world is nowhere really
it's undiscovered, but just getting into it as possible.
That's what I like the most.
I couldn't have done this without knowing, or Matt
knowing what he's doing.
Got to hang out with my dad for seven days in the middle of
nowhere, seeing him be challenged, seeing me be
challenged to see how we completely handled that
situation, that was pretty cool, no arguments.
Just a good reminder of getting my ass back on some sort of
adventure circuit, I used to do more than I've done in the
last few years, and I need them.
Absolutely what I want to do, and it's a good reminder for
sure.
Immediately, yeah, sign up.
I'd even go as far as to say just do it blindly, but I had
a few beers with Matt beforehand and didn't give
anything away by any stretch, but just had a bit of a feel
of what we're doing, and I'd say just take my word and sign
up for the next one, and just turn up, pack the kit, and
move on.
