DEEP TROUBLE: Alone in the Desert
Adventure Rider Radio
Canoe West Media
4.9 • 915 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2024
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Irwin Kubilius set out for a solo ride into the desert, fully aware of the challenges ahead. With experience, skill, and preparation on his side, he emerged unscathed in the end. But in hindsight, we can pinpoint a series of seemingly harmless decisions that could have easily led to disaster if conditions were less than ideal.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we have another one of our Deep Trouble series. Deep Trouble is an exclusive series only found here on adventure rider radio. |
| 0:08.0 | It's stories from riders that have experienced catastrophes, breakdowns, being lost, injuries, other issues that have led them into deep trouble. |
| 0:15.0 | And of course, no one wants to run into trouble, |
| 0:18.0 | but if there was no threat to dodge, no line in the sand to skirt, |
| 0:21.0 | no precipitous edge to approach, there would be no adventure. |
| 0:25.3 | And because adventure lives in that zone, that gray zone between safety and danger, |
| 0:29.4 | it's all about riding that |
| 0:33.0 | our gray zone, your gray zone, whatever that is. |
| 0:34.0 | And our Deep Trouble series is about helping you ride the gray zone without crossing into danger |
| 0:38.0 | by hearing stories of those that have fallen into trouble, |
| 0:41.0 | struggled, and returned with lessons for all of us. |
| 0:44.5 | And should you find yourself in a situation, hopefully some of what we learn through |
| 0:49.2 | this will pay off in getting you out of deep trouble. |
| 0:53.0 | On this episode of Deep Trouble, we've got a fair bit to talk about. |
| 0:55.8 | Erwin Cabelius rode solo into the desert with a full understanding of what to expect. |
| 1:00.4 | He was used to it. |
| 1:01.4 | He was experienced, skilled, prepared. |
| 1:03.0 | In the end, of course, he was all right. |
| 1:05.0 | But looking back, we identify a number of seemingly innocuous choices |
| 1:10.0 | that had conditions been different, they could have spelled disaster, |
| 1:13.6 | as well as a serious mistake, entire choice. |
| 1:17.0 | I'm Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio. |
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