Extremes (VICE) · VICE Australia
The Man Who Mailed Himself From the UK to Australia
May 24, 2019·32 min·2 clips
A stranded Olympic hopeful decides to mail himself from London to Australia inside a wooden crate.
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A box, a bond shed, and one determined trip home.
Reg Spears tells the story of mailing himself from London to Perth inside a box, and Extremes stays close to the practical audacity of it. The episode keeps its feet on the ground: the cramped ride, the bond shed, the thirst, the beer that goes down wrong, the improvised escape,…
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