Jon Muir OAM a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to mountaineering, a Centenary Medal and the Australian Geographic Society’s Adventurer of the year. He started climbing full-time as a teenager and since then, he has gained ground-breaking solo records in climbing the south side of Mount Everest and navigating the Kedarnarth Peaks as well as walking to the South and North Poles without huskies or mechanical vehicles.
In 2000 Jon paddled a kayak for 52 days along the east coast of Cape York Peninsula, living off the natural environment. In Jon’s fourth attempt in 2001, he and his dog Seraphine began a journey from Port Augusta in South Australia to Burketown on the Queensland North Coast, dragging a cart, taking 128 days on foot and covering 2500 kilometres, reaching Burketown. Jon is also the first person to complete a solo and unsupported walk across the Australian continent.
In addition to achieving all this and more Jon and his wife Suzan are living in the forest surrounded by the Grampians National Park and living a sustainable life. We’ve tried to capture his enormous life in this episode, which we know you’ll enjoy.