#1410 - Ash Dykes

Joe Rogan (0:03)

Do you think a salt lamp's real? Do you think that thing does anything?

Ash Dykes (0:06)

I don't know how much you'd need, hey.

Joe Rogan (0:08)

Well, it keeps, it's got a hat on it, so it's not being taken too seriously.

Ash Dykes (0:13)

And that's actually a big one, you're getting a lot smaller than that, don't you?

Joe Rogan (0:15)

Yeah, I saw that one, that was the biggest one you could find on Amazon, so I got that, because I'm a glutton. I like big things, big salt rocks.

Ash Dykes (0:24)

Why the hell not?

Joe Rogan (0:25)

Yeah, why not? I'm like, I want a big one.

Ash Dykes (0:27)

Do it.

Joe Rogan (0:28)

It's very flashy. Do you think that does anything, though?

Ash Dykes (0:31)

I don't know, good question. It just lets the air off and just breathing in the natural salts on you. Helps with the sleep, as well.

Joe Rogan (0:38)

But how is it doing that? It's just by being in the room?

Ash Dykes (0:42)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:43)

Maybe I should have them everywhere.

Ash Dykes (0:44)

Well, isn't it the light underneath, as well?

Joe Rogan (0:45)

It just sets off. The heat from the light?

Ash Dykes (0:47)

The heat sets off the air, I believe so.

Joe Rogan (0:50)

Sounds like horseshoe, right?

Ash Dykes (0:51)

I studied it.

Joe Rogan (0:52)

Could be, could be a little bit.

Ash Dykes (0:53)

Yeah, it looks good, though, right?

Joe Rogan (0:55)

So you asked me before if you were the first Welshman.

Ash Dykes (0:59)

Yes.

Joe Rogan (0:59)

I think you are. Is that the KLH, Jamie? Do you know if that's the case?

Somebody might have snuck in and didn't tell us.

Ash Dykes (1:06)

There we go, yeah, yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:07)

What is this thing that you brought?

Ash Dykes (1:08)

So I thought if I'm the first Welsh person, I've gotta bring-

Joe Rogan (1:11)

Try to keep this like a fifth from you.

Ash Dykes (1:13)

Sure.

Joe Rogan (1:13)

There we go.

Ash Dykes (1:14)

I gotta bring a Welsh dragon for you.

Joe Rogan (1:15)

A Welsh dragon?

Ash Dykes (1:16)

A Welsh dragon. So this is on our flag in Wales.

Goes back a long time ago, since we were like protecting ourselves and pride.

Joe Rogan (1:25)

Wow, it's cool.

Ash Dykes (1:26)

Don't really know the history, but there we go.

Joe Rogan (1:28)

So this is a classic Welsh dragon?

Ash Dykes (1:30)

Welsh dragon, yeah. I think it was named like one of the coolest flags in the world. It's just got this big, big raging dragon on our flag.

Joe Rogan (1:37)

That is pretty cool.

Ash Dykes (1:37)

So I thought if I'm the first Welsh person, I gotta bring you the red dragon.

Joe Rogan (1:42)

Look at it right there. There's some images of it.

Yeah.

Ash Dykes (1:46)

Have you been to Wales before?

Joe Rogan (1:47)

No.

Ash Dykes (1:48)

No?

Joe Rogan (1:48)

No.

How badass is it? Should I go?

Ash Dykes (1:51)

Yeah, beautiful. It is a good place. Lots of mountains right on the coast there as well, of course.

Forests, lakes, good for training. It's where I do all my training. Yeah, hardcore elements.

Joe Rogan (2:01)

Speaking of training, Ash, tell everybody what you've done.

Ash Dykes (2:03)

So I've recently, only five months ago, now five and a half months, came back from achieving my third world first record in walking the entire length of the Yangtze River in China. So it's the third longest river in the world. The longest to run through a single nation. So it's 4,000 miles. It took 352 days.

And it's from the Tibetan Plateau in the west of China. So you're talking 5,100 meters above sea level, which is equivalent to aerospace camp.

And yeah, 4,000 miles later, 352 days, you end up near Shanghai, where it pours out into the East China Sea.

Joe Rogan (2:42)

You know, when I thought, when I heard that you did this, I thought two things. One, I thought this guy's insane. Like, what kind of willpower does it take to walk and hike 4,000 plus miles?

But the other thing I thought is, this kind of validates a lot of the ideas that people have always had about human beings migrating from Africa and through Siberia and through the Bering Strait. Like, if you can do that, what you did, what you did is not dissimilar, you know?

Ash Dykes (3:08)

That's it, yeah. You've got trails all over the world.

Joe Rogan (3:10)

And you're just doing it for a world record. Imagine if you're doing it because you're trying to stay alive, you're trying to keep your family alive.