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I took a wrong turn in the searing Australian outback. Insufficient water left me severely dehydrated. I stumbled out with a lucky escape.

Field-repaired a clutch using sandpaper and brake fluid on a Cape York beach - while saltwater crocodiles grumbled in the river beside me.

Cut a stranger from his crashed car in a freezing ditch near Seward, Alaska. He was barely conscious. I was grateful I’d learnt to carry an emergency kit.

A park ranger drove 3 hours to my location to save my life. I had crashed my overloaded bike, 700 km from the nearest hospital. I wish one of us had carried morphine.