By age 26, Dallas Ramsden had visited every continent on Earth, except Antarctica, to study and experience uncommon situations. Thankfully, without a selfie stick, he was awe-struck by China’s Great Wall, Machu Picchu in Peru, the Great Pyramids of Egypt, and his 64-megabyte MP3 music player.

In late 2004, Dallas was severely injured in a train accident in Northwest Thailand. In a coma, fighting meningitis, pneumonia, and pseudomonas, and declared clinically dead upon his arrival at a hospital in Bangkok, he decided to level up and live the gift of life on purpose. But first, he had to relearn how to walk, talk, and make lame jokes about mummies like himself listening to “wrap” music.