Long Way Down

[maverick moocher]

Was nice to see Max and the Shadowhawk team involved in Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's Bike ride to South Africa.Last Night BBC2. Providing Survival/Awareness training for said trip, oh and there was some bloke called Ray on there as well.Its repeated tomorrow at 11.20pm,way passed my bed time.

By the way, I have no professional connection with Shadowhawk.

 

[mace242]

Well worth watching - enjoyed it a lot. Missed the first series - going to have to get it on DVD.

 

[Burnt Ash]

Was nice to see Max and the Shadowhawk team involved in Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's Bike ride to South Africa.Last Night BBC2. Providing Survival/Awareness training for said trip, oh and there was some bloke called Ray on there as well.Its repeated tomorrow at 11.20pm,way passed my bed time.

By the way, I have no professional connection with Shadowhawk.

Why did Max have to squash poor Ewan's shelter like that? It's not supposed to be for avalanche protection! And telling tall tales about people having their faces chewed off by hyenas. He does it so dead-pan, too. Naughty Max!

Burnt Ash

 

[Nat]

Very good start program. I guess he squashed it to prove a point or just to be a mean so and so

Nice to see Exmed, at least they've got a very very good medic on board aswell.

Looking forward to the other episodes, should be good.

 

[spamel]

I missed it. Totally forgot about it, I blame Jodie for not giving me a reminder!

 

[Jared]

Was a good start.

Fancy mentioning the B word in an airport.

 

[Nat]

Would be interesting to know what actually happened, as Ewan said something about the lass in the departure lounge being rude or obnoxious. Glossed over....Still a naughty thing to do though.

Not sure if it's repeated.

 

[spamel]

When the book comes out, it will probablt go into more detail. Although I have no idea what happened as I missed it!

 

[Nat]

Spamel i just checked and it's repeated on Tuesday evening at 11:20pm.

Now you can watch it

 

[Jared]

Think the hardback is already available.

Some clips on http://www.longwaydown.com/

 

[pibbleb]

Yeah it was a good watch last night.

I'm interested to learn more about the Team medic, I appreciate the guy is probably a Doctor, but I'm fascinated by expedition medics and medicine.

Looking forward to next weeks episode!

Is it just mean though or do you get jealous watching these things!

P

 

[Nat]

Thats the guys here

From what i know, they're rather good at what they do.

 

[Jared]

Yeah it was a good watch last night.

I'm interested to learn more about the Team medic, I appreciate the guy is probably a Doctor, but I'm fascinated by expedition medics and medicine.

Looking forward to next weeks episode!

Is it just mean though or do you get jealous watching these things!

P

He's a paramedic, as opposed to a doctor I believe.

 

[Tourist]

I'm interested to learn more about the Team medic, I appreciate the guy is probably a Doctor, but I'm fascinated by expedition medics and medicine.

Tell you what, you would rather have one of these guys looking after you than a doctor in a remote area.

The dude is Dai Jones, from Ex-Med where most of the firm are ex military medics, normally with experience of working with Special Forces and training them. Aswell as being military medic qualified they are Paramedic qualified.

They are VERY well respected and provide training and services for many private security companies and television companies.

http://www.ex-med.co.uk/pages.aspx?id=296

The other camera man, Jim Foster, he was also UK Special Forces.

Why did Max have to squash poor Ewan's shelter like that? It's not supposed to be for avalanche protection! And telling tall tales about people having their faces chewed off by hyenas. He does it so dead-pan, too. Naughty Max!

If it isn't going to stand up to Max gently climbing up it, then it would stand no chance against an equivelent sized animal clambering on it.

In the Army we used to have land rovers driven over our KIP shelters to make sure they would stand up to abuse..............some times with the builder inside. On the French commando course you have tanks drive over the top of you, whilst laying down and also whilst in a shelter.


Being a biker, especially off road, I like the notion and intent of the programme but Charley Boorman was acting like a professional spoiled brat.........again.

 

[Jodie]

I missed it. Totally forgot about it, I blame Jodie for not giving me a reminder!

Tee hee

I will try and do better for tomorrow then. I thought the programme was great.

 

[pibbleb]

Chalk up another dream job then!

The MIRA course looks the bees knees, does anyone know whether they are just for Medical staff only, not that I've got £900 kicking about mind!

As with you I like the concept of the trips but the reality of it for the average joe is probably little more than a dream. With that in mind and the amount of free stuff and support they get I wonder whether it fosters an attitude of 'spoilt brat'.

Pib

 

[Burnt Ash]

If it isn't going to stand up to Max gently climbing up it, then it would stand no chance against an equivelent sized animal clambering on it.

In the Army we used to have land rovers driven over our KIP shelters to make sure they would stand up to abuse..............some times with the builder inside. On the French commando course you have tanks drive over the top of you, whilst laying down and also whilst in a shelter.


Being a biker, especially off road, I like the notion and intent of the programme but Charley Boorman was acting like a professional spoiled brat.........again.

Land Rovers and tanks, eh? Gosh! The things you military types get up to!
I've got a strange contraption called a tent. It gives great shelter against rain, snow and wind and (being an expedition rated tent) will stand up to some pretty fierce weather. It will, however, collapse if someone climbs over it. Horses for courses, I suppose.

If you think Boorman was behaving like a spoiled brat, I'm not sure the McGregors' great wheeze of having Mrs McG (with nil previous experience on a motorbike) come along for part of the ride was anything but stupid indulgence. If they wanted to do the husband and wife biking thing together, that's utterly splendid and wonderful, but another time, another place. Not on this project.

Burnt Ash

 

[spamel]

I realise that they did a trip before with just the two of them and the mad camera man, but I can't help but think that in their position with all of the sponsorship they can muster, it would have been nice if they could have done a nationwide competition and took a couple of people along with them. They could easily have got the bikes and kit for two extra people, the advertising for the companies would have made it worth it.

 

[Tourist]

Chalk up another dream job then!

The MIRA course looks the bees knees, does anyone know whether they are just for Medical staff only, not that I've got £900 kicking about mind!

As with you I like the concept of the trips but the reality of it for the average joe is probably little more than a dream. With that in mind and the amount of free stuff and support they get I wonder whether it fosters an attitude of 'spoilt brat'.

Pib

Most of the stuff Ex Med do is available to whoever has a cheque book. I chatted with one of their guys recently and he assured me that their 5 day courses are similar in content to the SAS patrol medic course. I was also told that paying for the course does not guarantee passing the course..........it's not just 'course attended', you have to work at it to pass it.

If'n you are interested in getting qualled in summat why don't you do, in this order:

1. St Johns activity first aid, 2 days.........@ most St Johns Centres, around £50'ish
2. REC 4..........
3. REC 5..........
4. Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician (WEMT) or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)

no's 2, 3 & 4 you can do here: http://www.pawprintmedical.com/courses.html
There are also several US based schools that run the WEMT & WFR courses.

Hollywood star and the son of a Hollywood director, spoiled, surely not???

Its nice to get wadges of sponsorship but it is do-able cheaper. In 2010 want to get a Bedford MK and drive down thru europe, over to Morrocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal (xmas on the beach there), thru Mali to Timbuctou, down thru Burkina Faso, finishing in Ghana where the MK is given to a deserving charitable organisation and then fly back to UK. Should take 6 weeks and cost around £1.5K each for 10 people, for the experience of a lifetime - I am serious, honest.

 

[Nat]

Thanks for the intel Alex, cheers.

You are rather mad though