Chris Long, author of The Boy From Gorge River, grew up in a remote off-grid corner of the South Island, two days walk from the nearest town; writer, UNICEF goodwill ambassador and philanthropist Jo Morgan, author

of Dancing With The Machine, lived with her husband Gareth, son Sam (founder of Trade Me) and their three other children on a Bedford house bus, travelling the country and doing everything from picking carrots to gutting fish. Both have taken long-honed resilience and a sense of adventure to the world – across continents, up mountains and through adversity. They discuss all with journalist, back-country adventurer and author of Solo, Hazel Phillips.