I'll always been a fan of gritty adventure, survival, wilderness exploring and even TV shows like Bear Grylls, Survivor Man, and yes, occasionally even Naked & Afraid.

So after I returned from a week long wilderness survival immersion at Twin Eagles Wilderness School, I jumped at the chance to get adventurer Monty Halls on the podcast. Monty is a broadcaster, speaker, naturalist, formal Royal Marine, marine biologist, travel writer and leadership specialist with experience covering over two decades of leading teams in some of the most remote environments on earth for wildlife and adventure documentaries like Great Ocean Adventures and Lost Worlds (which is currently a new series on the Discovery Channel).

He's also written adventure books like Dive: The Ultimate Guide to 60 of the World's Top Dive Locations (Ultimate Sports Guide), The Fisherman's Apprentice, Adventures On The Wild West Coast and Adventures On The Atlantic Coast.

In today's episode you'll discover: -What Monty's life was like leading up to that point that got him head-hunted as a competitor in the flagship show Superhumans, a test of elite performers, competing in a series of challenges devised by the QinetiQ testing centre in the UK... -What it was like to dive with a giant squid... -Monty's philosophy on combining sleep with adventure... -What it means to be "seven meals away from a savage"... -When you first encounter a strange or new environment, how you can accelerate your learning process or chances of survival... -How Monty manages combining adventuring and survival trips with managing a family life... -Monty's take on exercise, dieting and biohacks... -And much more!

Resources from this episode: -Diving and adventure books by Monty Halls

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