Benedict Allen
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Life on the Edge
Explorer Benedict Allen, famous from his BBC TV series, shares some highlights from an extraordinary life as an adventurer, from dangerous times with his heroic camel companion Nelson, to undergoing a secret initiation to make him 'as strong as a crocodile' and being shot at by drug barons while crossing the Amazon Basin with the help of the Matses 'Jaguar' people. With considerable good humour, Benedict conveys what it's like to have faced 'the Abyss' alone in the jungle.
