▁times . ▁▁ ▁As ▁an ▁advent urer , ▁Bow les ▁volunt arily ▁puts ▁himself ▁through ▁count less ▁extreme ▁experiences ▁and ▁stress ful ▁situations ▁as ▁a ▁“ gi ant ▁life ▁experiment " ▁to ▁learn ▁more ▁about ▁what ▁is ▁required ▁to ▁overcome ▁challeng es ▁am oid ▁the ▁cha os . ▁Having ▁surv ived ▁vol cano ▁er u ptions , ▁cro cod ile - inf ested ▁rivers , ▁life - th re aten ing ▁foot ▁in fe ctions , ▁desert ▁war fare ▁and ▁shot gun - w ield ing ▁lun at ics , ▁he ▁engine ers ▁his ▁accomplish ments ▁in ▁vol atile , ▁un predict able ▁and ▁complex ▁situations ▁into ▁real ▁business ▁success ▁- ▁think ▁extreme ▁advent ures ▁coll iding ▁with ▁forward - th inking ▁business ▁ac umen . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Bow les ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁person ▁to ▁run ▁Australia ’ s ▁B ic ent enn ial ▁National ▁Tra il ▁( B NT ). ▁Running ▁from ▁He ales ville , ▁Victoria ▁to ▁Cook town , ▁Queensland , ▁he ▁covered ▁ 5 , 3 3 0   km ▁in ▁five ▁months . ▁ ▁Only ▁two ▁weeks ▁after ▁comple ting ▁the ▁B NT , ▁Bow les ▁ran ▁New ▁Zealand ' s ▁Te ▁Ar aro a ▁Tra il , ▁at ▁ 3 , 0 5 4 km ▁becoming ▁the ▁first ▁person ▁to ▁complete ▁it . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁Bow les ▁ran ▁the ▁Israel ▁National ▁Tra il , ▁covering ▁its ▁ 1 , 0 0 9   km ▁length ▁in