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Wander the World: Untamed Tribe supports women adventure movement · Wander the World with Pippa Hudson

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  Speaker 1: I'm wondering if any of you watched the Miss Universe
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  Speaker 1: competition recently. It was just this past weekend. I was
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  Speaker 1: fascinated to see how much of a response it had online,
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  Speaker 1: and interested to see that people are still watching this pageant,
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  Speaker 1: because in an era where women's rights are looked at
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  Speaker 1: with a kind of modern attitude, is there a place
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  Speaker 1: for a Miss Universe still in this day and age?
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  Speaker 1: I wonder do you still watch the pageant? There was
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  Speaker 1: a huge like reality show that unfolded. One contestant left,
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  Speaker 1: Miss Jamaica, fell off the stage and landed up in ICU.
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  Speaker 1: Some judges resigned. There was a trans Testant who pulled
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  Speaker 1: out early because she felt that she was unfairly treated.
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  Speaker 1: It became really quite an interesting political place. So did
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  Speaker 1: you watch the pageant? Is it something that you think
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  Speaker 1: is still relevant in this day and age women competing
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  Speaker 1: at this level with the beauty and their minds. I
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  Speaker 1: suppose to some level. I'm interested to know what you think.
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  Speaker 1: You can call me on two one four four six
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  Speaker 1: five sixty seven, or you can send me a WhatsApp
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  Speaker 1: to seven two five six seven one five six seven.
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  Speaker 1: But it is now time for our travel feature. And
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  Speaker 1: we cross to our zoom line. Today on Wonder the World,
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  Speaker 1: we chatting to a woman who's turning her love for engines,
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  Speaker 1: dirt roads, and the great outdoors into something powerful for
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  Speaker 1: women across South Africa. Nicole Page, who is a mechanic
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  Speaker 1: who helps people dream overlanding vehicles, is the founder of
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  Speaker 1: Untamed Tribe, a new initiative that's creating space for women
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  Speaker 1: to learn practical skills, gain confidence, and step into the
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  Speaker 1: world of overlanding and adventure without feeling intimidated. She's building
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  Speaker 1: this community in honor of her late father, the man
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  Speaker 1: who first taught her how to camp, fix cars, and
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  Speaker 1: embrace the outdoors without fear. So Untamed Tribe is a safe,
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  Speaker 1: supportive environment for women to learn new skills, get hands
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  Speaker 1: on and explore the world with confidence. And she joins
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  Speaker 1: us now on zoom to tell us how it all
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  Speaker 1: began and where this growing movement is headed. Welcome to
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  Speaker 1: the show, Nicole, Are you.
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  Speaker 2: There, I'm there. How are you guys doing.
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  Speaker 1: Let's start with you telling us about your background and
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  Speaker 1: what drew you to engines, dirt roads and adventure.
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  Speaker 2: So basically, you said it spot on earlier. So my
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  Speaker 2: dad was my biggest inspiration in all of this. He
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  Speaker 2: taught me how to ride motorbikes, he taught me how
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  Speaker 2: to work on them. We had many adventures traveling all
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  Speaker 2: over and his biggest thing for me was safety and
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  Speaker 2: the know how and not have to depend on anyone
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  Speaker 2: else but myself if I got stuck into a situation,
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  Speaker 2: and that just blossomed into something more beautiful with me
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  Speaker 2: now being able to work in the industry thanks to
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  Speaker 2: my two mentors, which is Paul Marsh and Jomarsh who
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  Speaker 2: helped me and guarded me into this industry.
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  Speaker 1: Tell us what the idea of Untamed Tribe is and
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  Speaker 1: what sparked the idea to create this space specifically for
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  Speaker 1: women in the outdoor and overlanding world.
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  Speaker 2: The big thing is, you know, there's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people that are wanting to do it. There's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of women that are wanting to enjoy, wanting to venture
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  Speaker 2: and have fun, but they just they didn't have the
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  Speaker 2: dad that I had. So my thing is to help
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  Speaker 2: inspire woman feel confident, feel safe and actually enjoy and
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  Speaker 2: and learn about about the fun adventures that you can
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  Speaker 2: have in the overlanding and four by four industry.
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  Speaker 1: I mean you know, my late dad taught me how
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  Speaker 1: to change attire and I did go camping with him.
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  Speaker 1: But this is another level of expertise that your dad
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  Speaker 1: was also into motocross. Is that is that correct?
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  Speaker 2: That's correct?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, So you really can fix you can fix a car,
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  Speaker 1: am I right. It's a bit different to just changing
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  Speaker 1: a tire and going camping. You know, this is really,
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  Speaker 1: you know, rather experience. Why do you think so many
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  Speaker 1: women feel intimidated or excluded from these kind of experiences
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  Speaker 1: in spaces?
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  Speaker 2: The big thing is it's a very male dominated industry.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if you look at vehicles and camping and
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  Speaker 2: that it's more male dominated. And what I'm trying to
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  Speaker 2: get across is you don't need to always have a
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  Speaker 2: man by your side to be able to change your
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  Speaker 2: tire when you're stuck in the bush. Put out your tent,
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  Speaker 2: know the one of one of your vehicle, Go for
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  Speaker 2: the recovery training, go for the maintenance training, and feel
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  Speaker 2: confident in yourself to be able to do it and
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  Speaker 2: to achieve it and to actually enjoy yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's actually not that difficult once you know how right.
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  Speaker 2: It is, It's not that difficult.
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  Speaker 1: You're building a community that's very hands on. What kind
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  Speaker 1: of workshops and learning experiences are you offering and working
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  Speaker 1: on right now? Just to give us an idea.
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  Speaker 2: So twenty twenty six is going to be the year
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  Speaker 2: that we launch everything, and in that we are going
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  Speaker 2: to be having workshop days where we will be doing
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  Speaker 2: recovery training, one oh one, maintenance on your vehicle training.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to be having tips and tricks on how
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  Speaker 2: to pack your car, what you need to pack, survival
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  Speaker 2: skills when you're going out, say for a weekend or
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  Speaker 2: a week or even a month. We're also going to
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  Speaker 2: be doing workshops and fun rally days where all the
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  Speaker 2: women can get together and showcase what they have learned
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  Speaker 2: and the courses and that so a nice little get
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  Speaker 2: away for people, but it's more about bringing across the
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  Speaker 2: confidence and bringing out the confidence and the woman through
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  Speaker 2: these workshops.
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  Speaker 1: And where are these Where do these workshops take place?
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  Speaker 1: Just give us an idea, just in case any of
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  Speaker 1: our listeners would like to engage.
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  Speaker 2: So we are going to be running it here in
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  Speaker 2: the Western Cape. We don't have physical location. Each training
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  Speaker 2: station and workshop will be in a different location.
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  Speaker 1: All right, And how can people find out about these
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  Speaker 1: training workshops.
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  Speaker 2: So they will be loaded up onto our Facebook and
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  Speaker 2: Instagram and onto our website.
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  Speaker 1: And so the Facebook is Untamed Tribe. Is that what
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  Speaker 1: they call?
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  Speaker 2: That is correct, it's untamed Tribe.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, sorry I interrupted, you go on. So they're they're
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  Speaker 1: loaded up.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, that's fine. So they're going to be loaded
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  Speaker 2: up onto the Facebook which is nicole Page Underscore untamed
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  Speaker 2: Underscore Tribe, and then our website which is Untamed Tribe,
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  Speaker 2: dot co, dot zete.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, tell us a bit about some of the adventures
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  Speaker 1: and trips you've done yourself, Nicole.
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  Speaker 2: So there's very many, there's many many trips. If I
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  Speaker 2: had to go way back, we did a trip to
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  Speaker 2: Mozambique a few quite a few years ago and that
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  Speaker 2: was literally we were there for about two weeks. There
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  Speaker 2: were no ablutions, there were no people. I mean, the
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  Speaker 2: roadmap was turn left at the packet hanging on the tree,
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  Speaker 2: so that was it was literally that like danse in
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  Speaker 2: the bush and I remember us getting there and it
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  Speaker 2: was we had there. It had hailstorm for the first
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  Speaker 2: time in forty years. But the hail is the size
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  Speaker 2: of ice cubes and that and we had to make
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  Speaker 2: makeshift bathrooms. And that was my first real big experience
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  Speaker 2: of overlanding in that many years ago. But ever since
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  Speaker 2: then with when you were across from that, we literally
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  Speaker 2: I was I was booked. I was booked.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of overland adventure would you recommend someone should
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  Speaker 1: start with when they're first starting out. I mean, when
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  Speaker 1: you say an overland adventure, are you talking about those
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  Speaker 1: big trucks with the big windows where everybody sits in
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  Speaker 1: a sits in them. And that's what I think of
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  Speaker 1: when I think of an overline overland trip. I'm like, incorrect.
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  Speaker 1: Is that a dated view?
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  Speaker 2: Yes? And so overlanding means getting out an adventuring. Overlanding
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  Speaker 2: means being able to sustain yourself, being away from civilization
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  Speaker 2: in it. So whether you've got the big land Cruiser
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  Speaker 2: seventy eight series where it's kitted out completely with your
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  Speaker 2: rooftop tents and that, or whether you like me and
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  Speaker 2: I've got my little mitch Bishy short bill based Perjero
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  Speaker 2: where I got all my camping year which I just
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  Speaker 2: throw into my car and off you go. So there's
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  Speaker 2: no limit to what you need.
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  Speaker 1: What type of trip would you recommend for someone who's
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  Speaker 1: just starting out.
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  Speaker 2: I would recommend starting out in a little campsite where
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  Speaker 2: you have people around you and feel safe, just so
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  Speaker 2: that you can get the hang of being outdoors, putting
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  Speaker 2: up your tent, making sure that you've got all your
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  Speaker 2: safety equipment, making sure that you've got all your necessities
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  Speaker 2: that you basically need. Start off there and slowly graduate
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  Speaker 2: into doing more and more I should I say more
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  Speaker 2: and more adventurous things. We're going to go to a yeah,
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  Speaker 2: so more location where there's less people and less people,
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  Speaker 2: and soon you're going to get to a place where
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  Speaker 2: you have booked your spari trip somewhere and it's just
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  Speaker 2: you on your own. So that's where I would.
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  Speaker 1: Safe to be on your own on safari.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it is right.
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  Speaker 1: You know what you're doing.
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  Speaker 2: You know, if you've got your safety and you've got
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  Speaker 2: your tools and your backups, than you are.
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  Speaker 1: Tell us about people who would like to tell us
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  Speaker 1: if you've got options for people who'd like to join
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  Speaker 1: a group like a lady's only camping trip. Is this
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  Speaker 1: something you offer, Yes, it is, so that is something
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  Speaker 1: that we are going to be doing.
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  Speaker 2: So once we've done our training and once you've got
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  Speaker 2: more comfortable in what you're needing and your recovery training,
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  Speaker 2: and that we are going to be doing hopefully every
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  Speaker 2: three months, where we're going to be taking these women
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  Speaker 2: on set like a weekend trip to start off with,
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  Speaker 2: so they can utilize the training that they've gone through
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  Speaker 2: and done. Even if you're a beginner, like literally a beginner,
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  Speaker 2: we can make sure that you've got the equipment, you've
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  Speaker 2: got all the extras that you need. You don't have
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  Speaker 2: to just go out and buy everything on your own.
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  Speaker 2: So just to slowly gradually get women more involved and
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  Speaker 2: then hopefully within say mid next year to the end
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  Speaker 2: of the year as well, we're going to do a
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  Speaker 2: nice ten day trip where we have a starting point,
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  Speaker 2: we've got a few campsites in between with an end point,
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  Speaker 2: so we make it a good trail and a good adventure.
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  Speaker 1: Just give us an idea of where, like where where? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's what.
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  Speaker 2: We haven't got to yet. Okay, we haven't got yet
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  Speaker 2: because it also depends on what people are willing and
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  Speaker 2: wanting to do.
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  Speaker 1: Is it within the bounds of the country of South Africa? Yeah, yes,
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  Speaker 1: of course, right, okay, And what do you hope women
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  Speaker 1: will walk away with after spending time with the Untamed Tribe,
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  Speaker 1: so to speak.
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  Speaker 2: More confidence than themselves, to be able to say to
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  Speaker 2: themselves that I was able to do this, and I
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  Speaker 2: can do this, and I've survived.
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  Speaker 1: My guest on today on Wonder the World, I'm chatting
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  Speaker 1: to Nicole Page, who is a mechanic who helps build
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  Speaker 1: people's dreams of overlanding. She is the founder of Untamed Tribe,
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  Speaker 1: which is a new initiative that's creating space for women
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  Speaker 1: to learn practical skills, gain confidence, and step into the
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  Speaker 1: world of overlanding and adventure without feeling intimidated. And she
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  Speaker 1: is building this community and you can get hold of
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  Speaker 1: her on Facebook. Did you say on Instagram as well?
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  Speaker 1: Or is it on Facebook?
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  Speaker 2: Facebook and Instagram?
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  Speaker 1: Facebook and Instagram. It's called Untamed Tribe and she's building
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  Speaker 1: this community in honor of her late father, who is
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  Speaker 1: the man who first taught her how to camp, fix cars,
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  Speaker 1: and embrace the outdoors. If you have any questions for
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  Speaker 1: my guest, you can send me a WhatsApp or a
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  Speaker 1: voice note to seventy five six seven one five six seven,
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  Speaker 1: or you can call me on two one four four
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  Speaker 1: six five six seven. Let us know what your experience
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  Speaker 1: has been like overlanding and if you, as a woman
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  Speaker 1: have felt intimidated going on your own on an overland tour,
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  Speaker 1: we we really love to hear from you. And in
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  Speaker 1: your day job, Nicole, you work in the overlanding industry
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  Speaker 1: building people's vehicles. How does that experience feed into what
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  Speaker 1: you're doing with the tribe.
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, so I work for a company called Manjara
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  Speaker 2: Industries where we build up your dream overlanding vehicle and
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  Speaker 2: that draws into exactly what you're actually needing in your
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  Speaker 2: vehicle to go and enjoy these trips. So it's quite
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  Speaker 2: interesting to see because we do very much custom balls
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  Speaker 2: on that and it's quite interesting to seeds what people
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  Speaker 2: actually want. But my biggest thing that my mentor has
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  Speaker 2: taught me, you know, what's simple is always better. But
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  Speaker 2: what the clients want we have to give.
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  Speaker 1: Tell us some of the things. Come on, do you
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  Speaker 1: have to like pump people's rides? I remember that there
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  Speaker 1: was a program on TI you pimp my ride? Tell
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  Speaker 1: us what are the what's the most unusual modification have
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  Speaker 1: you had to put on on a four by four? Oh?
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  Speaker 2: Where'd you start? Well, we've got one of these clients
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  Speaker 2: that he's absolutely phenomenal shame and he's got a seventy
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  Speaker 2: nine series double cowb Land Cruiser and the whole back
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  Speaker 2: section of his car we've converted into a kitchen because
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  Speaker 2: he loves cooking in that and he's in the industry
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  Speaker 2: of cooking, So we've literally built a kitchen with a
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  Speaker 2: mini fridge, coffee machine, milk throfugher, bread boards, drop down tables,
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  Speaker 2: you name it. We had to do it. So that
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  Speaker 2: obviously is one of the ones that really stand out
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  Speaker 2: to me. That's amazing other clients.
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  Speaker 1: To start his own cooking show art in the wild
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  Speaker 1: while he's traveling.
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  Speaker 2: Yes he can, and I'm convinced he's going to, so
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to that.
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  Speaker 1: That's an interesting one. I'm interested to know what kind
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  Speaker 1: of response you've had from women who've joined the workshops
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  Speaker 1: or any of the trips have you had. Do people
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  Speaker 1: want to learn? Do women want they do?
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  Speaker 2: I've got a lot of women that are contacting me
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  Speaker 2: asking Okay, when are we starting, where do they start?
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  Speaker 2: What do they need? So we actually had the gravel
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  Speaker 2: Kings event about two weekends ago, and that was absolutely
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  Speaker 2: phenomen model because I was able to meet so gravel
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  Speaker 2: Kings is an event where it's gravel racing, so you've
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  Speaker 2: got like a quarter mile race and you race your
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  Speaker 2: vehicle in it. And I had the honor of joining.
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  Speaker 2: So it was absolutely fantastic racing in that I was
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  Speaker 2: gifted a car to drive, so I was quite grateful.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, But we did.
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  Speaker 2: There ended up being about ten women that came to
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  Speaker 2: join us, and we have kind of we've started our
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  Speaker 2: own WhatsApp group just to keep in contact with each
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  Speaker 2: other so that in more and more events that we
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  Speaker 2: are going to be doing and and bring more women
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  Speaker 2: into so that we can all stick together and if
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  Speaker 2: anyone needs help and that that's that's where we jump in.
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  Speaker 1: How are the men feeling about this in the industry.
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  Speaker 2: Believe it or not. They they're actually they they're enjoying it.
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  Speaker 2: They are really enjoying it.
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  Speaker 1: They always a bit of a boys club, you know.
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  Speaker 1: I know that sometimes know they're very welcoming. Okay, okay, good.
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  Speaker 2: To know they're very welcoming. And I know with Anthony
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  Speaker 2: and them from gravel Kings and that, I mean it
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  Speaker 2: was it was with our collaboration. That's that is our
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  Speaker 2: draft to bring more women into the industry.
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  Speaker 1: When you look ahead, what is your vision for Untamed
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  Speaker 1: tribe over over the next year or so.
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  Speaker 2: I want to be able to have a look at
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  Speaker 2: the end of next year and see more confident women
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  Speaker 2: behind the wheel, more more women taking part in the events,
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  Speaker 2: more women not having to just always be a passenger,
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  Speaker 2: Press says, but actually be able to drive these these
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  Speaker 2: tours on that and that's that for me, will be
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  Speaker 2: my cherry on top when I can see that there
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  Speaker 2: are more women that are more involved in these events.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you know you're driving this big vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: It's important to understand the monster so much so to
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  Speaker 1: speak you know the beast. You know you can't just
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  Speaker 1: get in. It's a powerful machine. It's interesting to know
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  Speaker 1: how it works. And that is empowering in itself. And finally,
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  Speaker 1: for women listening right now, because we need to say
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  Speaker 1: goodbye and go to news. What if they're feeling curious
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  Speaker 1: and listening but they're nervous, what would you say to
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  Speaker 1: encourage them to take that first step?
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  Speaker 2: Just do it. Nothing is stopping you. You standing in
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  Speaker 2: your own way of true happiness and true adventure. Follow
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  Speaker 2: your passion and follow your heart. You think you can
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  Speaker 2: do it. You can do it.
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  Speaker 1: That's wise words. Thank you so much, Nicole, really appreciate
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  Speaker 1: your time today.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for having me.
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