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Podcast: Freedom Pact | Joseph and Lewis
Episode: #102: Ash Dykes - Hiking Mongolia, Madagascar & The Yangtze River
Description: Ash Dykes is an explorer, extreme athlete, motivational speaker and 3x World First Record Holder.
Ash recently head-lined global news by becoming the first person to hike the entire length of the Yangtze River in China. A 4,000-mile journey that took him 352 days to complete, he faced bears, altitude, wolves, landslides, blizzards and more.
In 2014, Ash became the first ever recorded person to hike across Mongolia solo and unsupported, covering over 1,500 miles in 78 days. He trekked over the Altai Mountains, through the Gobi Desert and the Mongolian Steppe, all whilst pulling a wheeled trailer weighing 120kg, carrying everything needed to...