Wild with Sarah Wilson

BEST OF: BEAU MILES: How to be a backyard adventurer

Jan 23, 2024

Beau Miles, Patagonia and Outward Bound ambassador, author and YouTube star, discusses his adventures, from running across the Australian Alps to spending a night in a tree. They explore flipping your day-to-day life into a flirtation, getting out of ruts, and the value of being weird. Topics include embracing uniqueness, making changes, facing fear, adventure in adulthood, and embracing fun in adventure activities.

50:49

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Beau Miles

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Quick takeaways

Bo Miles encourages people to challenge societal norms and embrace unconventional ideas in their backyard adventures.

Bo Miles promotes earning less and doing more, emphasizing the importance of finding joy in simple activities and experiences.

Bo Miles believes that stepping out of comfort zones, embracing discomfort, and taking calculated risks are essential elements of backyard adventures.

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Challenging societal norms

Bo Miles encourages people to challenge societal norms and embrace unconventional ideas in their backyard adventures.

Introduction

6min

Embracing Uniqueness Through Bean Challenges

5min

Profound Reflections at a Petrol Station

14min

Taking Control and Making Changes

5min

Facing Fear and Building Resilience

2min

Adventure and Play in Adulthood

7min

Embracing Fun in Adventure Activities

13min

Listening to Whispers and Taking Actions

2min

Over the Australian summer, I’ve been picking out some cracker eps that you might have missed or would benefit from revisiting. This chat with Beau Miles, a Patagonia and Outward Bound ambassador, author and YouTube star, is perfectly calibrated to keep the holiday spirit alive just a little longer.

Beau used to be a mad explorer – he’s indeed conquered Everest base camp, became the first person to run 650kms across the Australian Alps, kayaked Bass Strait and the rest. But a few years back he made the switch to exploring the world closer to home and now inspires a league of fans who froth over his mad-as videos of running the length of the old Warragul-Noojee Railway line to learn its history (dressed in a train driver uniform, carrying a shovel and three jars of dried pasta, just to chuck a hardship bomb into the equation), eating his body weight in beans (to see what happens), and spending a night in the tree outside his front door. This is more of a fun two-way chat where the two of us compare notes on flipping your day-to-day life into a flirtation, getting out of life ruts, playing and loving being weird.