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Beau Miles
Beau Miles
Personal information
Born	1979 or 1980 (age 44–45)
Nationality	Australian
Education	Monash University
Occupations	YouTuber; educator; author; outdoorsman;
Spouse	Helen Barclay
Children	1
Website	beaumiles.com
YouTube information
Channel	Beau Miles;
Location	Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Years active	2016–present
Subscribers	500 thousand
Total views	26.41 million
Creator Awards
	Last updated: 12 August 2022

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Beau Miles (born 1979 or 1980^[1]) is an Australian YouTuber, educator, author, and outdoorsman.

Career

Beau Miles is "The fittest wheelbarrow pusher in his district"
Miles' father is a painter.^[3] Miles started as an undergraduate student in 1999 at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He started to lecture at Monash in outdoor education, and later earned his PhD in Outdoor Education at Monash. In 2016, Miles started his YouTube channel for his PhD project, "Bass by Kayak" in a 6-part video series.^[4] In 2021, Beau quit his job as a professor and became a full time father and YouTuber.^[3] In 2021, Beau released his first book, The Backyard Adventurer.^[5]

Adventures

Miles is best known for his self-imposed adventures, which he films and posts to his YouTube channel.^[5] These challenges have included walking 90 kilometers (56 mi) to Monash University from his home in Jindivick,^[1] exclusively eating beans for 40 days,^[6] and running a marathon at a pace of roughly one mile every hour over a 24-hour period.^[7] Prior to his YouTube career, Miles attempted a 4,000 kilometers (2,500 mi) kayak trip around the southern tip of Africa and ran 650 kilometers (400 mi) across the Australian Alps.^[8]^[3]

Personal life

Miles is married to Helen Barclay, and they have a daughter together.^[5]^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hinchliffe, Joe (20 August 2018). "Man walks 90 kilometres to get to work". The Age. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "About Beau Miles". YouTube.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sleep Like the Dead: A Portrait of Beau Miles". The Outdoor Journal. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ wearemonash. "A PhD with a difference. - wearemonash, A PhD with a difference". WeAreMonash. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Homespun adventures: Looking for the positives in life". RNZ. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ Ellis, Philip (31 August 2020). "This Guy Ate Nothing But Beans for 40 Days. Here's What It Did to His Body". Men's Health. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ Middlebrook, Hailey (3 December 2019). "Man Runs a Marathon in 24 Hours While Doing Home Repairs Along the Way". Runner's World. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ Johnson, Sian (15 May 2021). "How YouTube adventurer Beau Miles' fear of death drives him to 'explore everything'". ABC News. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ Benson, Bill (6 January 2021). "Beau Miles". The Sidney Sun-Telegraph. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

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[theAge-1] Hinchliffe, Joe (20 August 2018). "Man walks 90 kilometres to get to work". The Age. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[YouTubeStatsBeau_Miles-2] "About Beau Miles". YouTube.

[:0-3] "Sleep Like the Dead: A Portrait of Beau Miles". The Outdoor Journal. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[4] wearemonash. "A PhD with a difference. - wearemonash, A PhD with a difference". WeAreMonash. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[:1-5] "Homespun adventures: Looking for the positives in life". RNZ. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[mensHealth-6] Ellis, Philip (31 August 2020). "This Guy Ate Nothing But Beans for 40 Days. Here's What It Did to His Body". Men's Health. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[runnersWorld-7] Middlebrook, Hailey (3 December 2019). "Man Runs a Marathon in 24 Hours While Doing Home Repairs Along the Way". Runner's World. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[8] Johnson, Sian (15 May 2021). "How YouTube adventurer Beau Miles' fear of death drives him to 'explore everything'". ABC News. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[9] Benson, Bill (6 January 2021). "Beau Miles". The Sidney Sun-Telegraph. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

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+Beau Miles is "The fittest wheelbarrow pusher in <i>his</i> district"<br>
 Miles' father is a painter.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=8 November 2021|title=Sleep Like the Dead: A Portrait of Beau Miles|url=https://www.outdoorjournal.com/podcast/beau-miles-sleep-like-the-dead/|access-date=30 January 2022|website=The Outdoor Journal|language=en}}</ref> Miles started as an undergraduate student in 1999 at [[Monash University]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia. He  started to lecture at Monash in outdoor education, and later earned his PhD in Outdoor Education at Monash. In 2016, Miles started his YouTube channel for his PhD project, "Bass by Kayak" in a 6-part video series.<ref>{{Cite web|last=wearemonash|title=A PhD with a difference. - wearemonash, A PhD with a difference.|url=https://wearemonash.tumblr.com/post/158162254838/a-phd-with-a-difference|access-date=30 January 2022|website=WeAreMonash}}</ref> In 2021, Beau quit his job as a professor and became a full time father and YouTuber.<ref name=":0" /> In 2021, Beau released his first book, ''The Backyard Adventurer''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=21 May 2021|title=Homespun adventures: Looking for the positives in life|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018796409/beau-miles-and-his-homespun-adventures|access-date=30 January 2022|website=[[RNZ]]|language=en-nz}}</ref>