DEEP TROUBLE: Stranded in the Desert Without Fuel and Water

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of DEEP TROUBLE, we talk with James McCormick who went on what he calls, a ‘leap of faith ride’ in Baja, somewhere he had ridden many times before. This time he and his friend chose to explore a more remote area and everything seemed to be going smoothly until they were well past halfway into the ride, when suddenly the road they had counted on following was gone and all that remained was sand, rocks, cactus, and brush. Facing a critical decision, they decided to push on and by nightfall they found themselves stranded in the desert without enough fuel to either continue or turn back, and even worse, they ran out of water. Photos and links related to this episode can be found in the show notes. Adventure Rider Radio and RAW are the longest-running adventure motorcycle and travel podcasts and we remain committed to bringing you new and exciting episodes every Thursday. Never miss an episode, be sure to FOLLOW the show on your favourite podcast app. Have a show idea or suggestion, send us an email. We'd love to hear from you! If you can, we’d love to get your support, please visit the Support page on our website. Thank you for listening!

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0:00.0	Today we have another of our Deep Trouble series.
0:02.8	Deep Trouble is an adventure rider radio exclusive series,
0:06.1	motivating stories of riders who found themselves in deep trouble.
0:09.6	In this unique series, we retrace the experience with the rider. We shed light on some
0:13.9	unique challenges they face and the strategies they use and ultimately the
0:17.5	valuable lessons they learned through it. Most critically we employ some
0:22.0	counterfactual thinking and try to envision how things could have turned out differently if some of those controlled aspects were changed.
0:28.5	This way all of us riders can learn from the experience and hopefully avoid our own deep trouble.
0:35.0	On this episode of deep trouble,
0:38.0	two riders rode off into the Baja Desert for a fast-paced adventure
0:42.0	into an area that hadn't explored before.
0:43.7	Now this trip would be running along remote roads and tracks that few people
0:47.6	traveled. This was a long route that would require more fuel than they could
0:51.7	carry, so their plan was to buy fuel at the halfway
0:55.2	mark, the extent of their fuel range in a remote fishing village.
0:59.4	But it didn't go as plan.
1:01.2	Something went wrong.
1:02.2	And every decision they made after that produced their chances
1:05.3	of getting out alive, even after they called for help. I'm Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio. Stay with us,
1:12.4	we got a good one for you. This is Adventure Rider Radio. Stay with us.
1:13.0	We got a good one for you. Z
1:26.3	Sim must then Simon, Simon Baby.
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