Outsider by Brett Popplewell
When journalist Brett Popplewell first heard about an aging former stuntman who lived alone inside a school bus on a mountain, running day and night through blizzards and heat waves, he was intrigued and bewildered. What Popplewell witnessed on a secluded mountain perch led him on a six-year odyssey to uncover the true story of the 81-year-old man.
- Last updated: November 1, 2023
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An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past.
Matt Galloway talks with Aabye and Brett Popplewell.
Dag Aabye is a legend in British Columbia's ski and marathon communities who has spent the past two decades living off the grid in a school bus.
Article covering Dag Aabye history in Whistler.
Dag Aabye is eighty-one, lives in an old school bus on a mountain, and is pushing his body to its absolute limits
He’s 81, runs marathons, lives in an old school bus on a mountain. But who is Dag Aabye? Brett Popplewell found out
In his new book ‘Outsider,’ journalist Popplewell digs deep to tell this remarkable story of human endurance