{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheoutdoorsstation.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Ff36cedf5-f36cedf5","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"No 385 - Ash Dykes","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/229507/22950763-0a09-42b6-9c33-d552f57208a4/915c13f1-43fa-4276-836c-637e5ccdd0c1/1520335233artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/915c13f1-43fa-4276-836c-637e5ccdd0c1\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"No 385 - Ash Dykes\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"On 5th August 2014, Ash Dykes age 23, from Wales U.K, became the first known person to complete a solo & unsupported walk across Mongolia, the second largest landlocked country in the world. He pulled all of his provisions on a wheeled cart weighing 120kg, from West to East, covering 1,500 miles in just 78 days, knocking a staggering 22 days off his predicted time. The threat from Wolves, snakes, guard dogs, dehydration, sandstorms and snow blizzards, are only a few of the many dangers he faced whilst traversing the Altai Mountains, Gobi Desert & Mongolian Steppe. I caught up with him on the first night of his UK theatre tour to hear more about his unique journey.\n\n"}