Aki Ra is one of the most amazing individuals I’ve ever seen. He’s so incredible that he has been proclaimed a Badass by one website. Why is Aki Ra so amazing you ask? Because he has personally cleared over 50,000 landmines out of Cambodia minefields. 50,000 Landmines! He has done this with the most basic of tools and without the protective gear that is so commonly worn by EOD experts who deal with bombs and mines. Aki Ra has put his life in jeopardy 50,000 times for a cause he believes in and to help make Cambodia a safer place.
Keep in mind that these landmines that he’s disarming aren’t just laying around the jungle on top of the soil. The mines are buried and he finds them by poking around with a stick with a sharp point. To do this once would be a real adrenaline rush. To do it 50,000 times is just plain incredible.
The first video below shows Aki Ra in action and the incredible trust others have in his skills as they are standing close enough to be killed if he makes a mistake while he works. For the rest of Aki Ra’s story Go Here.