Tom Williams | Desert Island Survival and Polar Expeditions

"Real adventures start when things go wrong and the road ahead is unwritten." -Tom Williams



Do you dream of being a castaway? Tom Williams is the founder of Desert Island Survival, where he takes people to remote tropical islands, teaches them survival skills, and leaves them for several days to be castaways.



When a friend of the show - Anna Mascaro - Former guest and founder of Terracotta Travel - told me about what Tom was up to - I knew I had to have him on the show.



The first part of his trips are survival lite - what you might experience watching one of the survival TV shows, but the second half of the trips are true - stranded on a desert island with no food or shelter situations. Which can lead to some incredible experiences and profound changes



For many people that go on his trips, their lives are never the same, with their newfound confidence, connection with themselves and nature, and the reset that comes from taking care of yourself in nature.



What you'll learn in this episode:



* How to win a race to the North Pole* The key skills for surviving on a desert island* The biggest accidents that can happen on desert islands* How Tom finds the perfect goldilocks Islands to take guests* How nature heals us* What happens on a desert island survival trip



Quotes:



"During the race to the north pole, I fell asleep while walking, and fell face first into the snow."-Tom Williams



"The quickest way for me to learn about the business was to run a trip."-Tom Williams



"Real adventures start when things go wrong and the road ahead is unwritten." -Tom Williams



"We can't really do more than 4 or 5 trips on an island a year otherwise we will deplete its resources."-Tom Williams



"Looking for satellite imagery of islands is the fun part of finding a new island."-Tom Williams



"There will always be that slow expansion to tourism and we know that our islands will only be good locations for us for 5 to 15 years."-Tom Williams



"The most remote islands are still littered with plastic" -Tom Williams



"If you love what you do, it's quite easy to apply huge amounts of time to it. And success can follow."-Tom Williams



"After the north pole expedition, I suddenly had more self-worth and confidence."-Tom Williams



"You have to learn to be extremely organized for desert island trips. You can't have mistakes out there."-Tom Williams



"It's easy to give up mentally. It's very rare to give up physically." -Tom Williams



"At one point during our race to the north pole, we walked 52 hours in a snowstorm without eating" -Tom Williams



"Nature is healing: 100% of the people with tree vistas in a hospital study healed faster than those that only had a view of a brick-wall." -Tom Williams



Continue the Adventure:



Desert Island Survival



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Chase Boehringer | The Chase to Another World Record



Anna Mascaro | Creating Terracotta Travel – A Luxury Travel Startup



Antesa Jensen | Adventure Awake: Self-Awareness Through Travel