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Steve Backshall's extreme mountain challenge. Episode 1 / series director, Ben Lawrie ; BBC Earth.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Backshall, Stephen, on-screen presenter.
Lawrie, Ben, director.
BBC Worldwide Ltd., film distributor.
Series:
Academic Video Online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Adventure travel.
Adventure and adventurers.
Mountaineering--Venezuela.
Mountaineering.
Mountains--Venezuela.
Mountains.
Genre:
Documentary television programs.
Action and adventure television programs.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (50 minutes)
Place of Publication:
London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2016.
Language Note:
In English.
System Details:
video file
Summary:
Adventurer and naturalist Steve Backshall embarks on one of the most dramatic and dangerous expeditions ever filmed by a BBC crew. His mission is to explore Venezuela's tepuis - ancient, sheer-sided mountains, lost worlds cut off from the jungle below. With an elite team of rock climbers, Steve attempts the first ascent of an unclimbed wall on a remote tepui to search for wildlife on the summit. But nobody could have predicted what would happen, nor the kinds of decisions they'd be forced to make. A white-knuckle ride from the start, the team encounter river rapids and hazardous wildlife, and survive a close shave with a rickety biplane. Yet nothing can prepare them for their climb to the island in the sky.
Participant:
Presenter, Steve Backshall.
Notes:
Title from resource description page (viewed April 10, 2019).
OCLC:
989709410

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