EPISODE 9 - DIMITRI KIEFFER

• Intro
• Rapid response questions
• Journey into adventure
• Ultramarathons and adventure racing
• Borneo Adventure Race - http://www.sabahadventurechallenge.com/
• Becoming the first non South African to finish the 2300km month long ‘Freedom Challenge’ adventure race - http://freedomchallenge.org.za/
• Dimitri’s toughest race - 50 competitors, only 2 finishers
• True isolation - 30 days to the nearest person
• BBC documentary - walking and swimming the Bering Strait with ex-paratrooper Karl Bushby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlRgHZu-Tkw&list=PLEOb18KS9xQfyuJo7-2vOfdVA8AkR5m-x

Photo credit: Karl Bushby

• Karl Bushby - walking 36,000 miles around the world from Chile back to England - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/humber/4872348.stm
• 5,000km by foot through Alaska and Russia
• Travelling the Stans
• The bureaucratic nightmare of obtaining visas in the Middle East
• Crossing the Red Sea by kayak
• Why do this by human power?
• The legendary hospitality of the Stans

Photo credit: Saber Moster Alyami

• Detained for 55 days in Russia upon arrival
• Travelling in Russia
• The effect of population density
• A close call whilst pulling a sled, completely alone through the Russian Arctic
• What would you do differently next time?
• Advice for those embarking on a big trip
• The key to getting sponsorship
• Adventuring with a partner
• The Tartars - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatars
• What do you do for fun other than adventuring?
• Favourite documentaries

River Blue - http://riverbluethemovie.eco/

I Am Not Your Negro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNUYdgIyaPM

Proof of Loyalty - http://proofofloyalty.com/

• Causes close to Dimitri’s heart

International Rescue Committee (IRC) - https://www.rescue.org/

OXFAM - https://www.oxfam.org/

• Dimitri’s amazing photo collection on Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nexusexpeditions/sets
• One second per day in Iran - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=857M8vkjcTE
• Dimitri’s heroes

Fedor Konyukhov - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedor_Konyukhov

Aleksander Doba - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Doba

Jason Lewis - http://www.jasonexplorer.com/

Erden Eruç - http://www.around-n-over.org/projects.htm#6SP

Sarah Outen - http://www.sarahouten.com/

Julie and Colin Angus - https://angusadventures.com/

• Are heroes born or made?

BBC DOCUMENTARY - CROSSING THE BERING STRAIT