Is solo adventure an illusion? | Nick Hancock | TEDxHull

The idea is to discuss whether an adventure, like mine, when you are physically on your own, can truly be described as solo due to the amount of people and companies involved in supporting the expedition, and with the scope of modern communications allowing you to be in regular contact with friends, family and supporters. Nick Hancock has recently returned from a unique and record breaking expedition to the remote Isle of Rockall in the North Atlantic, an expedition which Bear Grylls described as “An ambitious, exciting and wonderfully mad project”. Nick lived alone on Rockall, in a home-made survival pod on a small ledge, for 45 days, over 15 hours and 230 miles from the Outer Hebrides; a project which was 5 years in the planning. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx