I turned 50 last Friday. I’m saving the party up for when I’m about 100 because I thought I’ll have a lot more energy when I’m 100.
The producer rang me and said, “Come on mate, we’re really keen for you.”
I thought, how do I do this, because I do a daily podcast – how do I just stop that? Because that’s how I get paid. [I thought] okay, I’ll do 20 in advance and say yes. So I worked my a** off in the last 10 days because of all these podcasts.
I’m 50 and the oldest in my team. My dad always wanted to send me to Outward Bound, going into the bush, but I’m a fisherman and I go hunting and stuff – I love the land, you know, and that’s what it’s about to be in New Zealand ... so none of that fazes me.
But I know my dad – he’s dead now, he died of cancer – he wanted me to go on an adventure like that, and we never got around to it. The anniversary of his death’s coming up, so I’m doing this for him and me, to prove I can do it.
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Duncan Garner: I know my dad – he’s dead now, he died of cancer – he wanted me to go on an adventure like that, and we never got around to it. The anniversary of his death’s coming up, so I’m doing this for him and me, to prove I can do it.
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