{"id":13724,"date":"2021-02-16T11:30:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T11:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordsandimages.battleface.com\/?p=13724"},"modified":"2024-05-02T13:56:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:56:38","slug":"running-out-of-water-crossing-the-gobi-desert-feat-ash-dykes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/running-out-of-water-crossing-the-gobi-desert-feat-ash-dykes\/","title":{"rendered":"Running out of water crossing the Gobi Desert feat Ash Dykes"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approx read: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><h3 id=\"in-this-episode-of-when-it-hit\">In this episode of When it hits the fan we talk to world-record-setting adventurer and extreme athlete Ash Dykes.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordsandimages.battleface.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thumbnail_image2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13728 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wordsandimages.battleface.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thumbnail_image2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thumbnail_image2.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thumbnail_image2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thumbnail_image2-280x420.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a>Ash first came to the public&#8217;s attention when he trekked across Mongolia, solo and unsupported, in 2014. Two years later, he set his sights on Madagascar, becoming the first person to hike across the country via its eight highest peaks. And in 2020 he completed Mission Yangtze &#8211; following the 6,500km length of Asia&#8217;s longest river.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Running out of water crossing the Gobi Desert | Extreme athlete Ash Dykes\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gZ4ajt84W04?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ash Dykes is an explorer, extreme athlete, motivational speaker and 3x World First Record Holder.<\/p>\n<p>National Geographic: Walking the Yangtze with Ash Dykes.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Ash Dykes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ash_dykes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCholW9FU8n9pCE_3OK6t2Lw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshDykes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of When it hits the fan we talk to world-record-setting adventurer and extreme athlete Ash Dykes. Ash first came to the public&#8217;s attention when he trekked across Mongolia, solo and unsupported, in 2014. Two years later, he set his sights on Madagascar, becoming the first person to hike across the country via [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":13729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1659],"tags":[1438,1366,1437,1439,1383],"class_list":["post-13724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-when-it-hits-the-fan-podcast","tag-adventure-travel","tag-battleface-podcast","tag-extreme-athlete-ash-dykes","tag-walking-the-yangtze-with-ash-dykes","tag-when-it-hits-the-fan-podcast","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13724"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21674,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13724\/revisions\/21674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}