MIND GAMES
In a lifetime of adventures, Ed Stafford has pushed his mind to breaking point. The former Army captain endured 860 days of anxiety and self-doubt during his record-breaking trek along the Amazon River in 2008-10, where – among other encounters – he was held at arrow point by local tribes and suffered a dozen scorpion stings. For his 2013 TV show Naked and Marooned, Stafford survived 60 days of mind-warping solitude on the Pacific island of Olorua. And in his new series of First Man Out – available now on the Discovery Channel – he races the world’s best survivalists through hazardous swamps, caves and mountains.
But over time, Stafford has learned how these challenging adventures have shaped – and improved – his mental health. The 44-year-old adventurer sat down with MF to discuss the
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